Glacier boys 4th in golf; Flathead's Mercer 3rd
BUTTE — The Glacier boys, led by Will Salonen, Keaton Cassidy and Sam Manaker, are tied for fourth place with Missoula Sentinel after the opening round of the Class AA State Golf Tournament at the Butte Country Club on Thursday.
Glacier and Sentinel are both at 312, just two shots behind third-place Billings Skyview.
Bozeman is comfortably in front with a 284 score. Billings West, 309, is second.
Salonen shot 76 and is in a three-way tie for ninth place.
Cassidy and Manaker both carded 78, which tied them with four other golfers for 12th place.
Flathead, in last place with a 374 total, did not have a golfer in the top 15.
Justus Verge of Bozeman shot a 4-under 66 to top the leaderboard.
In girls play, Flathead’s Marcella Mercer is tied with Bozeman’s Anna Danenhauer for third. Both shot 78.
Carrie Carpenter of Billings West had the best round with a 73. Emily Garden of Sentinel is second with a 77.
Glacier’s Kate Trunkle is tied for 14th place with Maya Priebe of Bozeman. Both turned in 89s.
Bozeman, 331, leads the team standings with Billings West, 339, second and Helena High, 357, third.
Flathead, 396, is eighth and Glacier, 408, ninth.
Play resumes today at 10 a.m. with the final 18 holes.
Class AA State
at Butte Country Club
Thursday’s Results
Par 70
Boys
Team Totals
Bozeman 284, Billings West 309, Billings Skyview 310, Missoula Sentinel 312, Glacier 312, Billings Senior 316, Butte 336, Helena 336, Missoula Big Sky 343, Helena Capital 343, Great Falls CMR 353, Missoula Hellgate 357, Great Falls 363, Flathead 374.
Top 15
Justus Verge, Bozeman, 66; J.R. Small, Bozeman, 71; Blake Loberg, West, 71; Cody Brunner, Skyview, 71; Jordan Verge, Bozeman, 73; Kaven Noctor, Butte, 74; Jack Thorsen, Bozeman, 74; Brady Cady, Senior, 74; Adam Nedens, Skyview, 76; Jack Johnston, Sentinel, 76; Will Salonen, Glacier, 76; Connor Mora, Great Falls, 78; Mason Johnson, West, 78; Joe Opitz, Sentinel, 78; Connor Kessler, Sentinel, 78; Keaton Cassidy, Glacier, 78; Sam Manaker, Glacier, 78.
Individuals
Justus Verge, Bozeman, 66; J.R. Small, Bozeman, 71; Blake Loberg, West, 71; Cody Brunner, Skyview, 71; Jordan Verge, Bozeman, 73; Kaven Noctor, Butte, 74; Jack Thorsen, Bozeman, 74; Brady Cady, Senior, 74; Adam Nedens, Skyview, 76; Jack Johnston, Sentinel, 76.
Will Salonen, Glacier, 76; Connor Mora, Great Falls, 78; Mason Johnson, West, 78; Joe Opitz, Sentinel, 78; Connor Kessler, Sentinel, 78; Keaton Cassidy, Glacier, 78; Sam Manaker, Glacier, 78; Tyler Hall, Senior, 79; Jace Rhodes, West, 79; Gavin Anderson, Helena, 79.
Caleb Binfet, Helena, 79; Gabe Witham, Capital, 79; Ben Pope, Skyview, 80; Jaden Dennis, Sentinel, 80; Ethan Purdy, Glacier, 80; Ramey Lloyd, Bozeman, 81; Tucker Pietrykowski, CMR, 81; Siam Wilailuck, Senior, 81; Peyton Streiff, West, 81; Carson Quam, Butte, 82.
Jhett Braley, Senior, 82; Ryan Harvey, Big Sky, 82; William Philliber, Hellgate, 82; Dylan Ahgren, West, 83; Ben Ebel, Skyview, 83; Zach Harvey, Big Sky, 83; Ty Insko, Butte, 85; Trenton Olson, Great Falls, 85; Aiden Gappert, Hellgate, 85; Tyson St. John, Great Falls, 86.
Connor Ferguson, CMR, 87; Carson Suchecki, Big Sky, 87; Trevor Swanson, Capital, 88; Cas Bloomquist, Capital, 88; Brett Stoos, Capital, 88; Tucker Hauer, Helena, 89; Austin Zeiler, Helena, 89; Ezra Epperly, Flathead, 89; Landen Blades, CMR, 90; Zach Hangas, Sentinel, 90.
Caden Willis, Glacier, 90; Joston Cripe, Flathead, 90; Killian Yeager, Skyview, 91; Hayden Ellis, Big Sky, 91; Kade McCulloch, Hellgate, 92; Reece Mayala, Senior, 94; Drew Lowry, Flathead, 94; Danny McCloskey, Butte, 95; Fox Weymouth, CMR, 95.
Cale Hines, Capital, 96; Brevyn Goosen, CMR, 97; Kellen Lean, Butte, 98; Luke O’Leary, Hellgate, 98; Luke Thomson, Helena, 98; Thomas Huguet, Hellgate, 99; Spencer Christy, Flathead, 101; Sam Huckeba, Flathead, 108; Briggs Johnson, Great Falls, 114.
Girls
Team Totals
Bozeman 331, Billings West 339, Helena 357, Butte 358, Billings Skyview 367, Billings Senior 381, Missoula Sentinel 382, Flathead 396, Glacier 408, Great Falls 417, Helena Capital 418, Great Falls CMR inc., Missoula Big Sky, inc.
Top 15
Carrie Carpenter, West, 73; Emily Garden, Sentinel, 77; Anna Danenhauer, Bozeman, 78; Marcella Mercer, Flathead, 78; Cora Rosanova, Bozeman, 81; Laurel Ward, Bozeman, 83; Kadence Fischer, West, 83; Ginny Kerr, Helena, 84; Kodie Hoagland, Butte, 85; Reyla Williams, Helena, 85; Aliay Morrow, Skyview, 86; Emily Kelly, Butte, 88; Kylee Longenecker, Capital, 88; Maya Priebe, Bozeman, 89; Kate Trunkle, Glacier, 89.
Individuals
Carrie Carpenter, West, 73; Emily Garden, Sentinel, 77; Anna Danenhauer, Bozeman, 78; Marcella Mercer, Flathead, 78; Cora Rosanova, Bozeman, 81; Laurel Ward, Bozeman, 83; Kadence Fischer, West, 83; Ginny Kerr, Helena, 84; Kodie Hoagland, Butte, 85; Reyla Williams, Helena, 85.
Aliay Morrow, Skyview, 86; Emily Kelly, Butte, 88; Kylee Longenecker, Capital, 88; Maya Priebe, Bozeman, 89; Kate Trunkle, Glacier, 89; Patyn Viker, West, 90; Cierra Sundheim, Skyview, 91; Grace Luoma, Butte, 92; Gigi Montague, Senior, 92; Meilyn Armstrong, Skyview, 92; Kennedy Lean, Butte, 93; Sami Yates, Bozeman, 93; Nevin Larsen, West, 93; Kelly Jones, Great Falls, 94; Lauren Williams, Helena, 94.
Pilar Santos, Helena, 94; Sami Benson, Senior, 95; Raelynn Bruyere, West, 95; Cassidy Venner, Senior, 96; Jillian Wynne, Flathead, 96; Ella Prigge, Butte, 98; Bryn Turnquist, Senior, 98; Amanda King, Skyview, 98; Hannah Fehres, Great Falls, 99.
Sidney Overby, Senior, 99; Kyra Hart, Skyview, 99; Marissa Breum, Sentinel, 100; Kate Nelson, Sentinel, 101; Erin Murphy, Big Sky, 102; Morgan Sunchild, Great Falls, 103; Sofia Fero, Sentinel, 104; Abi Manger, Glacier, 104; Hailey Iverson, Glacier, 105; Makayla Lawrence, Capital, 107.
Lexi McNew, Capital, 108; Bailee Potratz, CMR, 109; Avery Andersen, Glacier, 110; Cassidy Lavin, Flathead, 110; Tess Huckeba, Flathead, 112; Hannah Nikunen, Glacier, 114; Zita Graveley, Capital, 115.
Jordan Johnson, Helena, 116; Sierra Dilworth, Flathead, 117; Morgan Jacobson, Big Sky, 118; Morgan Sukut, Great Falls, 121; Alexa Fjelstad, Great Falls, 122; Kendra Fuller, Capital, 137.