Mercer, Flathead 1st at golf invite
The Daily Inter Lake
Flathead sophomore Marcella Mercer closed with a 4-over 78 on the Championship 18 at Buffalo Hill Golf Club on Thursday to take medalist honors for girls at the Kalispell Invitational golf tournament.
Mercer had the low round of the day and finished one shot better than Emily Garden of Missoula Sentinel.
Garden turned in an 80 to finish at 159.
Garden opened with a 79 on Wednesday at Northern Pines Golf Club for a one-shot edge on Mercer.
It was the second straight medalist title for Mercer. She topped the invitational field at Helena a week ago.
Flathead’s Jillian Wynne had an outstanding two days, shooting 93-86—179 to finish fourth and help the Flathead girls capture the team title with a 732 total.
Flathead’s Cassidy Lavin, 196, finished 13th. She missed a top 10 finish by three shots.
Glacier was second at 764 and Polson third with a 796.
Kate Trunkle led Glacier, finishing third overall — 86-88—174. Teammate Hailey Iverson, 95-90—185, was sixth.
Alana Griffin of the Glacier JV had two impressive days, shooting 92-90—182 to place fifth.
Cali Cannon led Polson, tying Iverson for sixth. Cannon shot 94-91—185.
Missoula Sentinel, with three boys in the top 10, pulled away on the final day to take the top spot in the team action with a 638 total. Glacier, 656, was second and Missoula Big Sky, 675, third.
Glacier was just six shots behind Sentinel after Wednesday’s action.
Glacier’s Keaton Cassidy shot 75-81—156 to finish fifth and seven shots behind the winner.
Tucker Pietrykowski of Great Falls C.M. Russell, 79-70—149; Jack Johnston of Sentinel, 73-76—149, and Connor Mora of Great Falls, 73-76—149, all tied for first. They finished, in order, 1-2-3 on a scorecard playoff.
Pietrykowski was 2-under on the final day, the only player to break par.
Polson’s Trey Kelley, 76-79—155, was fourth.
Kalispell Invitational
Thursday at Buffalo Hill Golf Club
Championship 18
Par for boys 72, girls 74
Wednesday at Northern Pines Golf Club
Par for boys, girls 72
Boys
Team Totals
Missoula Sentinel 638
Glacier 656
Missoula Big Sky 675
Hamilton 677
Great Falls High 678
Polson 703
Great Falls C.M. Russell 704
Missoula Hellgate 718
Flathead 725
Columbia Falls 752
Glacier JV 728
Flathead JV 806
Individuals
Top 10
Tucker Pietrykowski, CMR 79-70—149
Jack Johnston, Sentinel 73-76—149
Connor Mora, Great Falls 73-76—149
Trey Kelley, Polson 76-79—155
Keaton Cassidy, Glacier 75-81—156
Connor Kessler, Sentinel 78-82—160
Tyson St. John, Great Falls 79-82—161
Joe Opitz, Sentinel 80-82—162
Zach Harvey, Big Sky 81-81—162
Bryce Reed, Hamilton 80-82—162
Also
Tristan Hanson, Hamilton 163
Tanner Hanson, Hamilton 164
Matt Hobbs, Polson 165
Will Salonen, Glacier 165
Ezra Epperly, Flathead 166
Ethan Purdy, Glacier 166
Trey Perkins, Columbia Falls 167
Hayden Ellis, Big Sky 168
Sam Manaker, Glacier 169
Trenton Olson, Great Falls 170
Ryan Harvey, Big Sky 170
Kade McCulloch, Hellgate 170
Cody Brothwell, Columbia Falls 172
Zach Hangas, Sentinel 174
Carson Suchecki, Big Sky 175
Andrew Hauser, Sentinel 175
Calvin Nowlen, Polson 177
Ryan Thomsen, Flathead 177
Aiden Gappert, Hellgate 177
Coby Kunda, Glacier JV 177
Drew Lowry, Flathead JV 178
Caden Willis, Glacier 180
Landen Blades, CMR 181
Hunter Berke, Glacier JV 181
Dylan Fisher, Glacier JV 184
Fox Weymouth, CMR 185
Thomas Huguet, Hellgate 185
Tyler Langton, Columbia Falls 186
William Philliber, Hellgate 186
Joe Schlegel, Glacier JV 186
Joston Cripe, Flathead 187
Connor Ferguson, CMR 189
Kris Rosenbaum, Big Sky 192
Daniel Juneau, Great Falls 198
Sam Huckeba, Flathead 198
Lucas Coulter, Flathead JV 198
Briggs Johnson, Great Falls 200
Spencer Christy, Flathead 202
Jeff Devlin, Polson 206
Marcus Gurzynski, Hellgate 207
Brevyn Goosen, CMR 210
Hunter Driear, Flathead JV 210
Brayce Clackd, Hamilton 212
Carson Bauer, Flathead JV 220
Marcus Killman, Columbia Falls 227
Kane Morisaki, Glacier JV 229
Bobby Dewbre, Columbia Falls 252
Kadin Miller, Flathead JV 264
Girls
Team Totals
Flathead 732
Glacier 764
Polson 796
Great Falls High 802
Hamilton 866
Not Scoring: Great Falls C.M. Russell. Missoula Big Sky, Missoula Sentinel, Flathead JV, Glacier JV
Individuals
Top 10
Marcella Mercer, Flathead 80-78—158
Emily Garden, Sentinel 79-80—159
Kate Trunkle, Glacier 86-88—174
Jillian Wynne, Flathead 93-86—179
Alana Griffin, Glacier JV 92-90—182
Hailey Iverson, Glacier 95-90—185
Cali Cannon, Polson 94-91—185
Marissa Breum, Sentinel 97-90—187
Kelci Martin, Hamilton 86-101—187
Erin Murphy, Big Sky 86-106—192
Kelly Jones, Great Falls 96-97—193
Also
Esme Yarbrough, Polson 194
Cassidy Lavin, Flathead 196
Hannah Fehres, Great Falls 197
Abi Manger, Glacier 201
Sierra Dilworth, Flathead 203
Aliy Rose, Hamilton 204
Avery Anderson, Glacier 204
Alexa Fjelstad, Great Falls 205
Morgan Zuidema, CMR 205
Amanda Farley, Polson 206
Morgan Sunchild, Great Falls 207
Ellie Thiel, Polson 211
Bailee Potratz, CMR 211
Sophia Doyle, Hamilton 212
Hannah Nikunen, Glacier JV 212
Morgan Sukut, Great Falls 219
Nichole Linder, CMR 219
Morgan Jacobson, Big Sky 221
Katelyne Druyvestein, Polson 224
Stella Claridge, Glacier 226
Sheridan Stroop, Flathead 228
Tess Huckeba, Flathead JV 233
Laura Grachek, Flathead JV 238
Blayke Foppiano, Glacier JV 243
Haile Spear, Hamilton 263
Scores courtesy of Roy Antley