Larson, Avery medal; pace Glacier on links
FORTINE — Glacier’s Scott Larson and Teigan Avery claimed medalist honors for the first time this fall golf season at the Kalispell Invitational on Friday at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.
Larson opened with a 70 at Northern Pines on Thursday and finished up with an 84 for a 154 total and a three-shot victory over Pat Colberg of Missoula Hellgate, 77-80—157.
Devin Bray of Hellgate, who had the best round on the final day at Crystal Lakes with a 79, placed third with a 159 score.
Glacier had five in the top 10. Tommy Mann, 77-83—160, tied for fourth. Cody Sherrill, 74-88—162 and Sam Stern, 77-85—162, tied for sixth. Greg Jones, 82-82—164, was 10th.
Avery put together two rounds of 80 to run away from the field. Her 160 total was 15 shots better than runner-up Katie Wills of Hellgate, 87-88—175.
Larson held a four-shot lead after Thursday’s session while Avery had a seven-shot advantage.
Flathead had three golfers crack the top 10.
For the boys, Joseph Potkonjak, 79-83—162, tied for sixth.
On the girls side, Jenna Jensen, 93-94—187, was fifth and Morgan Knutson, 95-98—193, finished seventh.
Glacier had three more girls in the top 10 — McKenna Hulslander, 97-102—199, tied for eighth; and McKenna Tinseth, 102-104—206, and Kyrsten Seibanaler, 104-102—206, tied for 10th.
The Glacier boys and Hellgate girls were team champions.
Kalispell Invitational
Boys
Team Totals
Glacier 640, Missoula Hellgate 646, Missoula Sentinel 665, Flathead 714, Missoula Big Sky 719
Individual
Scott Larson, GHS 1 70-84—154
Pat Colberg, Hlgt 77-80—157
Devin Bray, Hlgt 80-79—159
Tommy Mann, GHS 1 77-83—160
Brady Henthorn, Hlgt 80-80—160
Joseph Potkonjak, FHS 1 79-83—162
Cody Sherrill, GHS 1 74-88—162
Sam Stern, GHS 2 77-85—162
Logan Becker, Sen 76-86—162
Greg Jones, GHS 1 82-82—164
Sean Ramsbacher, Sen 83-82—165
Rayce Compton, Big Sky 83-84—167
Sam Rivey, Sen 76-91—167
Jacob Welch, FHS 1 84-85—169
Dylan Rossbach, Hlgt 82-88—170
Jon Nolan, Sen 86-85—171
Ryan Keenan, FHS 1 82-90—172
Kevin Talcott, GHS 1 91-82—173
Richard Robinson, Big Sky 86-88—174
Nate Fuge, Sen 87-88—175
Chancey Liston, Hlgt 88-90—178
Tyson Gentri, Big Sky 96-88—184
Russell Jensen, FHS 2 95-91—186
Eli Hertlein, GHS 2 99-90—189
Drew Beck, Big Sky 97-97—194
Micheal Hamblin, GHS 2 88-108—196
Matthew Marshall, FHS 1 96-101—197
Jake Quinn, Big Sky 99-107—206
Nick Weaver, FHS 2 105-102—207
Jake Cirincoine, GHS 2 96-111—207
Riley Nelson, GHS 2 104-111—215
Tyler Davis, FHS 2 110-112—222
Hans Munzing, FHS 2 110-121—231
Girls
Team Totals
Missoula Hellgate 720, Glacier 771, Flathead 870, Missoula Sentinel 907, Missoula Big Sky 925
Individual
Teigan Avery, GHS 1 80-80—160
Kaite Wills, Hlgt 87-88—175
Maddie Trent , Hlgt 87-88—175
Kate Michell, Hlgt 90-92—182
Jenna Jensen, FHS 1 93-94—187
Jenna Herrick, Hlgt 97-91—188
Morgan Knutson, FHS 1 95-98—193
Shayla Johnson, Big Sky 95-104—199
McKenna Hulslander, GHS 1 97-102—199
McKenna Tinseth, GHS 1 102-104—206
Kyrsten Seibanaler, GHS 1 104-102—206
Lindsay Bixler, Sen 103-110—213
Sami Ormesher, Big Sky 107-115—222
Cynthia Gilbertson, GHS 1 107-120—227
McKenna Van Soest, Sen 111-117—228
Kailee Nelson, Sen 118-112—230
Aryn Phillips, FHS 1 115-120—235
Brie Finbraaten, Sen 119-117—236
Sydnee Nowlen, Sen 116-121—237
Emma Epperly, GHS 2 115-126—241
Kara Hogan, Hlgt 119-122—241
Jennifer Rasmussen, GHS 2 118-124—242
Marlee Sandry, Big Sky 115-134—249
Sidney Davis, Big Sky 132-123—255
Morgan Corkish, FHS 1 119-136—255
Liz Lorentz, FHS 1 135-128—263