Flathead, Glacier golfers chasing titles at invitational
Flathead and Glacier are contending for individual and team titles at the Kalispell Invitational golf tournament.
The Flathead girls, led by sophomore Marcella Mercer, lead the team standings with a 374 total following Wednesday’s action at Northern Pines Golf Club.
Mercer is second in individual play, trailing Missoula Sentinel’s Emily Garden, who shot a 7-over 79, by a stroke.
Mercer was the medalist last week in Helena.
Helping Flathead top the standings was the play of Jillian Wynne and Cassidy Lavin. Both shot 93 and are in a three-way tie for sixth place.
“I was proud of their ability to go out there, grind and manage the course well,” Flathead coach Kyle Dunfee said of his top three.
“One more day.
“Overall, they competed well,” Dunfee said of his team.
“Cassidy Lavin had her best round under my watch. I would guess that she was happy with her play.”
Sentinel’s boys had the best score with a 313 total, but Glacier is right there in second at 319. Hamilton is third at 323.
Connor Mora of Great Falls High and Jack Johnston of Sentinel top the leader board with 1-over 73s.
Keaton Cassidy of Glacier is third with his 75 and Trey Kelley of Polson is fourth with a 76.
Only seven strokes separate Cassidy from Glacier’s No. 4 scorer. Ethan Purdy and Will Salonen both shot 81 for a three-way tie for 11th place. Sam Manaker turned in an 82.
The tournament ends today with the final 18 holes at Buffalo Hill Golf Club. Play starts at 10 a.m.
“I’m elated,” Glacier coach Jim Schaible said of the effort by his boys and girls
“It was just such an emotional day with the rain delay, two groups of people who couldn’t finish and lightning in the middle of the golf course.
“Keaton just kept it together. Even when a shot put him in jeopardy, he got it back. On 18 he was in the deep grass, beat it out of there, put it on the green from 130 to 140 yards out and made the putt for par. He survived, made the good plays.
“Trunkle had a good hole on 18,” Schaible added.
“She chipped one in from 40 yards out for a birdie. Obviously that makes a kid feel great. Her game has improved steadily the last couple weeks. I hope it continues.”
Kalispell Invitational
Wednesday at Northern Pines Golf Club
Par 72 for boys and girls
Boys
Team Totals
Missoula Sentinel 313, Glacier 319, Hamilton 323, Great Falls High 338, Missoula Big Sky 342, Polson 350, Great Falls C.M. Russell 353, Glacier JV 356, Missoula Hellgate 361, Flathead 367, Columbia Falls 393, Flathead JV 410
Individuals
Connor Mora, Great Falls 73
Jack Johnston, Sentinel 73
Keaton Cassidy, Glacier 75
Trey Kelley, Polson 76
Connor Kessler, Sentinel 78
Tanner Hanson, Hamilton 79
Tyson St. John, Great Falls 79
Tucker Pietrykowski, CMR 79
Bryce Reed, Hamilton 80
Joe Opitz, Sentinel 80
Ethan Purdy, Glacier 81
Will Salonen, Glacier 81
Zach Harvey, Big Sky 81
Zach Taylor, Hamilton 82
Tristan Hanson, Hamilton 82
Sam Manaker, Glacier 82
Zach Hangas, Sentinel 82
Matt Hobbs, Polson 83
Ezra Epperly, Flathead 83
Ryan Harvey, Big Sky 85
Trenton Olson, Great Falls 86
Joe Schlegel, Glacier JV 86
Coby Kunda, Glacier JV 86
Caden Willis, Glacier 87
Carson Suchecki, Big Sky 87
Aiden Gappert, Hellgate 87
Trey Perkins, Columbia Falls 88
Kade McCulloch, Hellgate 88
Drew Lowry, Flathead JV 88
Hayden Ellis, Big Sky 89
Tyler Langton, Columbia Falls 90
Landen Blades, CMR 90
Ryan Thomsen, Flathead 90
Andrew Hauser, Sentinel 90
Dylan Fisher, Glacier JV 91
Connor Ferguson, CMR 92
Fox Weymouth, CMR 92
Thomas Huguet, Hellgate 92
Calvin Nowlen, Polson 93
Hunter Berke, Glacier JV 93
Joston Cripe, Flathead 94
Kris Rosenbaum, Big Sky 94
William Philliber, Hellgate 94
Cody Brothwell, Columbia Falls 95
Marcus Gurzynski, Hellgate 96
Jeff Devlin, Polson 98
Daniel Juneau, Great Falls 100
Spencer Christy, Flathead 100
Briggs Johnson, Great Falls 102
Sam Huckeba, Flathead 103
Hunter Driear, Flathead JV 103
Lucas Coulter, Flathead JV 104
Brayce Clack, Hamilton 106
Kane Morisaki, Glacier JV 108
Brevyn Goosen, CMR 110
Carson Bauer, Flathead JV 115
Marcus Killman, Columbia Falls 120
Bobby Dewbre, Columbia Falls 128
Kadin Miller, Flathead JV 144
Girls
Team Totals
Flathead 374, Glacier 384, Great Falls High 399, Polson 399, Hamilton 432; not scoring — Great Falls C.M. Russell, Missoula Big Sky, Missoula Sentinel, Flathead JV, Glacier JV
Individuals
Emily Garden, Sentinel 79
Marcella Mercer, Flathead 80
Kelci Martin, Hamilton 86
Kate Trunkle, Glacier 86
Erin Murphy, Big Sky 86
Alana Griffin, Glacier JV 92
Hannah Fehres, Great Falls 93
Jillian Wynne, Flathead 93
Cassidy Lavin, Flathead 93
Cali Cannon, Polson 94
Hailey Iverson, Glacier 95
Esme Yarbrough, Polson 96
Kelly Jones, Great Falls 96
Marissa Breum, Sentinel 97
Aliy Rose, Hamilton 100
Morgan Sunchild, Great Falls 100
Avery Anderson, Glacier 100
Bailee Potratz, CMR 102
Nichole Linder, CMR 102
Ellie Thiel, Polson 103
Abi Manger, Glacier 103
Amanda Farley, Polson 106
Morgan Zuidema, CMR 106
Katelyne Druyvestein, Polson 107
Morgan Jacobson, Big Sky 107
Sophia Doyle, Hamilton 108
Sheridan Stroop, Flathead 108
Hannah Nikunen, Glacier JV 108
Alexa Fjelstad, Great Falls 110
Morgan Sukut, Great Falls 112
Sierra Dilworth, Flathead 112
Stella Claridge, Glacier 113
Tess Huckeba, Flathead JV 120
Laura Grachek, Flathead JV 120
Blayke Foppiano, Glacier JV 125
Haile Spear, Hamilton 138
Atlanta Waltman, Flathead JV 162