Flathead's Mercer in second place at AA golf
Glacier’s Tyler Avery
is 10th among boys
The Daily Inter Lake
GREAT FALLS —The Bozeman boys and Butte girls lead all teams in the State AA golf tournament after the first day at Great Falls’ Meadow Lark Country Club in Great Falls. The Hawk boys shot 309, and the Bulldog girls shot 356.
Flathead’s Marcella Mercer is currently second among the girls, four shots behind Carrie Carpenter of Billings West. Butte’s Butte’s Ella Prigge is third with an 82.
On the boys side, defending champion Justus Verge of Bozeman leads with a score of 71. His twin brother Jordan trails him at 74, while Butte’s Kaven Noctor is third with a 79.
Glacier’s Tyler Avery shot an 84 on Monday and is in ninth place.
The Bozeman boys are well ahead of the pack — second place Missoula Sentinel is 37 strokes back at 346 and Helena Capital is third at 347.
The Glacier boys are in fifth place overall after the first day, with a 361 team score. The Flathead Braves are in eighth, with a 368.
The defending champion Bozeman girls are second after day one action with a team score of 362. Helena High is third at 366. The Flathead girls shot an even 400 on Monday and are in eighth place. The Glacier girls are 10th at 417.
Play begins at 10 a.m. today.
State AA golf
Meadow Lark Country Club
Monday
Girls
Team: 1, Butte 356; 2, Bozeman 362; 3, Helena High 366; 4, Billings West 375; 5, Billings Senior 386; 7, Billings Skyview 386; 8, Kalispell Flathead 400; 9, Helena Capital 413; 10, Kalispell Glacier 417; 11, Great Falls 417; 12, C.M. Russell 470.
Individual: 1, Carrie Carpenter, West, 75; 2, Marcella Mercer, Flathead, 79; 3, Ella Prigge, Butte 82; 4, Cooper Knarr, Bozeman, 85; 5T Samantha Benson, Senior, Lauren Williams, Helena, 87; 7, Cierra Sundheim, Skyview, 88; 8T, Sami Yates, Bozeman, Jillian Wynne, Flathead, and Ginny Kerry, Helena, 89; 11T, Kadence Fischer, West, Cora Rosanova, Bozeman, and Kennedy Lean, Butte, 90; 14, Kodie Hoagland, Butte, 91; 15T, Bryn Tumquist, Senior, Grace Luoma, Butte, and Lexi McNew, Capital, 93; 18, Celi Chapman, Helena, 94; 19, Pilar Santos, Helena, 96; 20T, Franchi Ceartin, Bozeman, and KK Lawrence, Capital, 98; 23T, Gigi Montague, Senior, Cassidy Venner, Senior, Kaitlyn Hensel, Skyview and Halle Vandersloot, Bozeman, 99; 27T, Abi Manger, Glacier, and Morgan Sunchild, Great Falls, 100; 29, Meilyn Armstrong, Skyview, 101; 30T, Kennedy Venner, Senior, and Blayke Fropppiana, Glacier, 102; 33, Mackenzie Finnegan, Butte, 103; 34, Kelly Jones, Great Falls 104; 35T, Stella Claridge, Glacier, and Zita Gravely, Captial, 105; 37, Bailee Potratz, CMR, 106; 38, Raelyan Bruyere, West, 108; 39, Kendra Thayer, CMR, 109; 40T, Barbara McGregor, West, and Hannah Nikunen, Glacier, 110; 43T, McKinlie Murer, Flathead, Bella Cory, Hellgate, Gabbie Hasskamp, Big Sky, 113; 47, Gracie Mestas, Skyview, 114; 48T, McKenna Malsam, GFH, Paige O’Mara, Capital, and Morgan Jacobson, Big Sky, 117; 51, Kiana Storm, Flathead, 119; 52, Jadyn Johnson, Helena, 121; 53, Kendall Haverlandt, GFH, 122; 54, Megan Swanson, Capital, 123; 55, Alexa Fjelstad, GFH, 125; 56, Tristan Zaremski, CMR, 126; 57, Kylie Henderson, CMR, 129; 58, Brynn Butler, Belgrade, 130; 59, Sophie Dykhuizen, Flathead, 131; 60, Isabella Corn, CMR, 136; 61, Jordan Whitaker, Belgrade 137.
Boys
Team scores: 1, Bozeman 309; 2, Missoula Sentinel, 346; 3, Helena Capital 347; 4, Billings Senior 350; 5, Kalispell Glacier 361; 6T, Billings Skyview and Belgrade 362; 8, Kalispell Flathead 368; 9, Butte 370; 10, Billings West 373; 11, Missoula Big Sky 375; 12, C.M. Russell 377; 13, Missoula Hellgate 378; 14, Helena High 400; 15, Great Falls High 408.
Individual: 1, Justus Verge, Bozeman, 71; 2, Jordan Verge Bozeman 74; 3, Kaven Noctor, Butte, 79; 4, Eli Groshelle, CMR, 81; 5T, Aidan Binau, Skyview, 82, JR Small, Bozeman, Lloyd Ramey, Bozeman and Gabe Witham, Capital; 9, Tyler Avery, Glacier, 84; 10T, Reece Mayala, Senior, 85, Connor Halligan, West, Jaden Dennis, Sentinel, Trevor Swanson, Capital, and Blake Brock, Belgrade, 86; 15, Ezra Epperly, Flathead, Trenton Olson, GFH, Hayden Ellis, and Zack Hangas, Sentinel, 86; 19T, Cameron Ketchum, Skyview, Daniel Loomis, Bozeman, Will Salonen, Glacier, and Joe Opitz, Sentinel, 87; 23T, Siam Wilailuck, Senior, Tyler Brunner, Senior, Clay Goodwin, Sentinel, and Luke Thomson, Helena, 88; 27, Jhett Braley, Senior, 89, Hunter Salcido, Butte, Dutch Teders, Capital, Anthony Madison, Belgrade, and Jaxson Hinshaw, Belgrade, 89; 32T, Carson Shuchecki, Big Sky, Trey Mattson, Hellgate and Andrew Hauser, Sentinel, 90; 35T, Fox Weymouth, CMR, Joston Cripe, Flathead, Aiden Gappert, Hellgate and Caswell Bloomquist, Capital 91; 40T, Kadin Gall, Flathead, and Ryan Harvey, Big Sky; 42T, Jacke Prigge, Butte, and Sam Manaker, Glacier, 94; 44T, Ben Ebel, Skyview, Coby Kunda, Glacier and William Philliber, Hellgate, 96; 47T, Ridge Wohler, Skyview, Jace Kirschman, West, and Keaton Cassidy, Glacier, 97; 50T, Cade Wagner, Senior, and Drew Lowry, Flathead, 98; 52T, Byren Stoner, Helena and Brodie Falk, Belgrade, 99; 54T, Robby Harper, Skyview, Jacob Wassmer, West, and Breet Stoos, Capital, 100; 57, Josh Beck, Hellgate, 101; 58T, Dylan Ahlgren, West, Kaleb Engel, CMR, and Braxton Butler, Belgrade, 102; 61, Brevyn Goosen, CMR, 103; 62T, Wyeth Hayes, GFH, and Thomas Huguet, Hellgate, 104; 64T, Lucas Coulter, Flathead, and Adler Lybbert, Helena, 105; 66, Cayden Bateman, Big Sky, 106; 67T, JT Sullivan, and James Lane, Helena, 108; 69T, Manuel Montoya, GFH, and Tate Swanson, GFH, 109; 71, Ty Insko, Butte, 111; 72, Myles Jacobs, Helena, 118; 73, Trey Wasson, CMR, 120; 74, Chris Dill, Big Sky, 123; 75, Tate O’Neill, GFH, 138.