Polson sweeps triangular
Bigfork High School’s No. 1 golfer Tyler Butts swings out of a sandpit and onto the No. 3 green Tuesday at Meadow Lake Resort in Columbia Falls. Garrett Cheen/Daily Inter Lake
The Daily Inter Lake
COLUMBIA FALLS - Polson's Tyler Engebretson and Joe Andrews tied for medalist honors Tuesday at the Columbia Falls Triangular Golf Meet at Meadow Lake Golf Course to lead the Pirates to team victory.
Polson beat Bigfork by 29 strokes, while two Columbia Falls teams were 46 and 71 strokes back.
Engebretson and Andrews each carded an 11-over 83.
"Meadow Lake is probably the toughest course in the area that high school kids play on, so that's why the scores are a little higher than we're used to," Columbia Falls coach Gene Marcille said.
Polson had the only girls' team to have enough golfers to qualify for a team score. The Pirates' Natalia Arlint medaled at 22-over 94.
Columbia Falls Triangular Golf Meet
Meadow Lake Golf Course
Par 72
Tuesday
Boys
Team scores - Polson 341, Bigfork 370, Columbia Falls blue 387, Columbia Falls white 412.
Top 10 individuals
Tyler Engebretson, Polson 83; Joe Andrews, Polson 83; Ed Truman, Polson 87; Tanner Lineberry, Columbia Falls 87; Shawn Medland, Polson 88; Tyler Butts, Bigfork 88; Steve Schurster, Bigfork 90; Aaron Clairmont, Polson 91; Scott Tyalor, Bigfork 92; Micah Jam, Columbia Falls 94.
Girls
Team scores - Polson 407.
Top 10 individuals
Natalia Arlint, Polson 94; Julia DiGeallonardo, Polson 100; Carson Harris, Bigfork 104; Calli Hislop, Columbia Falls 106; Heather Mathison, Polson 107; Amy Williamson, Polson 113; Amy Gembala, Bigfork 117; Kelsey DeWitt, Columbia Falls 127; Caitlann O'Dell, Bigfork 137.
Whitefish boys third, girls second
MISSOULA - Sam Krause, Chelsea Ray and the Whitefish High School golf teams showed they could play with the big dogs of Montana's Class AA ranks.
In competition with all three of Billings' and Missoula's high schools plus Butte in the two-day Missoula Invitational, Krause won the boys' competition by three strokes, Ray tied for third in the girls field, the Whitefish boys placed third and the Whitefish girls finished second.
The Billings West squads swept the team first-place finishes Tuesday.
Krause followed his 4-under 68 on Monday with a 2-under 70 to beat Missoula Big Sky's Brian Beach for medalist honors. But the Billings West boys carded a 601 to beat Billings Senior (609) and Whitefish (624).
Ray shot an 82-83-165 to lead the Bulldogs' girls, who finished at 703 - 14 strokes behind West.
Missoula Invitational
At Larchmont Golf Course
Par 72
Tuesday
BOYS
Team scores - Billings West 601, Billings Senior 609, Whitefish 624, Missoula Big Sky 627, Missoula Sentinel 627, Missoula Hellgate 645, Butte 648, Billings Skyview 653.
Top 10 individuals
Sam Krause, Whitefish 68-70-138; Brian Beach, Big Sky 72-69-141; Austin Edwards, Sentinel 76-72-148; Tim Kienitz, Senior 76-73-149; Jake Hedge, West 74-75-149; Austin Dean, West 72-79-151; Sam Brown, Hellgate 78-74-152; Chris Larson, Senior 76-76-152
Ryan Marcotte, West 78-74-152; Andy Rutz, Senior 78-75-153.
Team results
Billings West (601) - Jake Hedge 74-75-149; Austin Dean 72-79-151; Ryan Marcotte 78-74-152; Sean McGrath 81-73-154; Kyle Castellano 78-77-155.
Billings Senior (609) - Tim Kienitz 76-73-149; Chris Larson 76-76-152; Andy Rutz 78-75-153; Matt Eames 77-79-156; David Mutch 85-78-163.
Whitefish (624) - Sam Krause 68-70-138; Andre Groschupf 80-79-159; Daniel Marcus 79-86-165; Ryan Zalucky 85-80-165; Joel Mallams 82-87-169.
Big Sky (627) - Brian Beach 72-69-141; Mike Beall 81-78-159; Adam Ormesher 81-79-160; Jake Cooper 90-77-167; John Doubleday 89-84-173.
Sentinel (627) - Austin Edwards 76-72-148; Connor Buckley 80-79-159; Ryan Colberg 80-79-159; Nick Shull 81-80-161; Ben DeMarois 80-82-162.
Hellgate (645) - Sam Brown 78-74-152; Colin Gunstream 76-77-153; Alex Schultz 87-83-170; Sebastian Robitaille 88-87-175; Brian O'Day 83-92-175.
Butte (648) - Tyler Wengel 78-76-154; Jake Kelly 81-80-161; Jared Jones 90-77-167; Jake Reid 84-87-171; Todd Cabrera 85-92-177.
Billings Skyview (653) - Luke Martinson 82-79-161; Nate Weston 83-80-163; Houston Bradbury 79-85-164; Matt VanValkenburg 84-87-171; Adam Delvo 92-81-173.
GIRLS
Team scores - Billings West 689, Whitefish 703, Butte 747, Billings Senior 764, Missoula Sentinel 804, Missoula Hellgate 830, Billings Skyview 852.
Top 10 individuals
Whitney Lamb, Hellgate 80-82-162; Erin King, West 86-78-164; Emily Gates, West 84-81-165; Chelsea Ray, Whitefish 82-83-165; Allyson Peterson, West 85-88-173; Libby Rute, Senior 86-88-174; BreAdda Cameron, Whitefish 90-85-175; Ashley Ogolin, Butte 88-88-176; Quinn Wicklewright, Whitefish 87-94-181; Kiley McConnell, Whitefish 97-85-182
Team results
Billings West (689) - Erin King 86-78-164; Emily Gates 84-81-165; Allyson Peterson 85-88-173; Sarah LeVeaux 99-88-187; Jenna Hennings 98-94-192.
Whitefish (703) - Chelsea Ray 82-83-165; BreAdda Cameron 90-85-175; Quinn Micklewright 87-94-181; Kiley McConnell 97-85-182; Danielle McCully 114-109-223.
Butte (747) - Ashley Ogolin 88-88-176; Brianna DeWitt 93-92-185; Savannah Talbott 101-89-190; Alex Hareland 98-98-196; Andrea Tone 109-110-219.
Billings Senior (764) - Libby Rutz 86-88-174; Kenzie Andren 91-98-189; Lindsie May 103-95-198; Sarah Mutch 104-99-203; Kai Yamamoto 113-103-216.
Sentinel (804) - Tawney Hughes 97-95-192; Brooke DeBolt 99-100-199; Mikee Sandau 103-99-202; Lindsey Galipeau 110-102-212; Shelbi Dantic 109-109-218.
Hellgate (830) - Whitney Lamb 80-82-162; Michelle Carey 95-103-198; MacKenzie Blake 119-122-241; Elyse Finnegan 111-118-229; Katie Martens 118-WD.
Billings Skyview (852) - Brittany Dutton 98-93-191; Celeste Petesch 114-98-212; Sara Fisher 110-109-219; Sarah Canfield 111-119-230; Karly Miller 122-123-245.
Big Sky (no score) - Madison Morris 99-102-201; Sara Feilzer 127-114-241; Chelsea Owens 125-124-249.