Lows scores hard to find at Bigfork Invitational
<p>Bigfork’s Ryder Trent watches a shot from the 12th fairway Thursday afternoon during the Bigfork Invitational at Eagle Bend Golf Course. Trent shot a 95.</p>
<p>Bigfork’s Maddie Lorang watches her drive off the second tee Thursday afternoon during the Bigfork Invitational at Eagle Bend Golf Course in Bigfork. Lorang shot 103.</p>
BIGFORK — Low scores weren’t easy to find, but a few golfers were able to get the better of Eagle Bend Golf Club on Thursday at the Bigfork Invitational.
Three boys and one girl shot sub-80 rounds to top the leaders at the Class B-C meet.
On a clear, blustery day, Seeley-Swan’s Micah Nicholas was the low golfer for the boys, finishing his round at 3-over-par 75, just ahead of Missoula Loyola’s Jared Geer, 76, and Tommy Tirrell, 77. The Loyola boys ran away with the team title thanks to its two leaders, topping Thompson Falls and Townsend, the latter placing three boys in the top 10.
Loyola’s Sadie Crippen, the state runner-up from last season, topped the girls field shooting a 78, five strokes better than Townsend’s Bailee Dexter and Anna Demars. The defending team state champion Bulldogs placed four golfers in the top eight to easily take the team title at the meet.
Bigfork’s Maddie Lorang was ninth for the girls, shooting a 103, and teammate Kalli Meagher was 10th with a 105.
Bigfork Invitational
Thursday at Eagle Bend Golf Club
Par 72
BOYS
Team Scores — 1, Loyola Sacred Heart 335; 2, Thompson Falls 354; 2, Townsend 354; 4, Deer Lodge 370; 5, Shelby 400; 6, Big Timber 404; 7, Bigfork 405; 8, Seeley-Swan 406; 9, Ronan 412; 10, Superior 422; 11, Eureka 429; 12, Cut Bank 439; 13, Plains 463.
Top 10 Individuals — 1, Micah Nicholas, Seeley-Swan, 75; 2, Jared Geer, Loyola, 76; 3, Tommy Tirrell, Loyola, 77; 4, William Gallivan, TFalls, 80; 4, Jaden Graveley, Townsend, 80; 6, Caleb Bates, TFalls, 82; 7, Thomas Brown, Townsend 87; 7, Josh Benda, Superior, 87; 9, Scott Demars, Townsend, 89; 9, Derek Walker, Deer Lodge, 89.
GIRLS
Team Scores — 1, Townsend 356; 2, Big Timber 401; 3, Loyola Sacred Heart 407; 4, Ronan 463; Seeley-Swan 529.
Top 10 Individuals — 1, Sadie Crippen, Loyola, 78; 2, Bailee Dexter, Townsend, 83; 2, Anna Demars, Townsend, 83; 4, Taryn Campbell, Big Timber, 85; 5, Brooke Bezanson, Loyola, 91; 6, Lynzee Dexter, Townsend, 94; 7, Tanna Campbell, Big Timber, 95; 8, Madison Robishon, Townsend, 96; 9, Maddie Lorang, Bigfork, 103; 10, Kalli Meagher, Bigfork, 105.