GOLF: Glacier's Tinseth leads in Helena; Polson, Whitefish win in C-Falls
HELENA — McKenna Tinseth of Glacier is tied for the lead with Sydnee Nowlen of Missoula Sentinel and Emily Garden of Missoula Hellgate at the Capital City Golf Invitational on at Bill Roberts Golf Course on Thursday.
Tinseth, Nowlen and Garden all carded 89s.
Two girls are three shots behind the leaders.
Maddie Huestis of Flathead, 94, is seventh.
The Glacier girls are fourth in the team standings with a 422 mark while Flathead is six shots back and in fifth place.
Helena High’s girls are first with a 387 score.
Helena Capital is second and one-point behind.
In boys play, Rielly Manger of Flathead is tied for ninth place with an 83.
Glacier did not have a player in the top 10.
Missoula Sentinel, 318, leads on the team front. Flathead, 352, is fourth and Glacier, 355, sixth.
Talon Buirchard of Helena High shot a 74 to top the leader board. He leads by three shots.
Play continues Friday at Green Meadow Country Club.
Capital City Golf Invitational
Bill Roberts Golf Course
BOYS
Team scores
Missoula Sentinel 318, Helena High 321, Helena Capital 340, Flathead 352, Missoula Hellgate 359, Glacier 366, Missoula Big Sky 366.
Individual Top 10
1, Talon Burchard, HHS 74; 2 (tie), Owen Hathaway, HHS, 77; Blake Hasquet, MS, 77; 4 (tie), Gabe Pargot, HHS, 79; Sean Ramsbacher, MS, 79; Jack Johnston, MS, 79; 7, River Duce, MH, 80; 8, Riley Lawrence, CHS, 82; 9 (tie), Rielly Manger, Flat, 83; Sam Miland, MS, 83.
Teams
Sentinel (318) - Hasquet 77, Ramsbacher 79, Johnston 79, Miland 83.
Helena (321) - Burchard 74, Hathaway 77, Pargot 79, Austin Murphy 91.
Capital (340) - Lawrence 82, Gabe Witham 84, Holden Gehringer 85, Simon Clark 89.
Flathead (352) - Manger 83, Nick Weaver 86, Noah Love 90, Ben Walseth 93.
Hellgate (359) - Duce 80, Ryan Domako 91, Ben Huguet 92, Soren Rasmussen 96.
Glacier (366) - Brayden Aurich 86, Brandon Olsen 87, AJ Grande 88, Hunter Berke 105.
Big Sky (366) - Zach Harvey 87, Blake Heintzelman 90, Hank Mesenko 94, Ryan Harvey 95.
GIRLS
Team Totals
Helena High 387, Helena Capital 388, Missoula Sentinel 392, Glacier 422, Flathead 428.
Individual Top 10
1 (tie), Sydnee Nowlen, MS, 89; Emily Garden, MH, 89; McKenna Tinseth, Gla, 89; 4 (tie), Reyla Williams, HHS, 92; Lauren Peterson, MS, 92; 6, Jamie Wilson, CHS, 93; 7, Maddie Huestis, Flat, 94; 8, Mikaela Latka, CHS, 95; 9 (tie), Weslee Nehl, HHS, 96; Severine Armstrong, MH, 96.
Teams
Helena (387) - Williams 92, Nehl 96, Emily Kelly 98, Ginny Kerr 101.
Capital (388) - Wilson 93, Latka 95, Madi O’Mara 99, Amber O’Mara 101.
Sentinel (392) - Nowlen 89, Peterson 92, Sara Michell 103, Halle Nurse 108.
Glacier (422) - Tinseth 89, Gabi Mammana 102, Kate Trunkle 110, Reid Barkus 121.
Flathead (428) - Huestis 94, Ava Munzing 106, Cassidy Cavin 113, Katie Stobie 115.
Columbia Falls Invitational
COLUMBIA FALLS — Polson’s Carson McDaniel and Whitefish’s Brendan Buls shot dueling 83s to tie for medalist honors while the Whitefish girls won their fourth straight tournament on Thursday at the Columbia Falls Invitational at Meadow Lake Golf Club.
McDaniel’s 11-over-par score helped the Pirates to the boys team title.
Polson (343) bested Columbia Falls (376) and Whitefish (386) by placing five golfers in the top 10. Noah McDonald tied for third at 86, Matt Hobbs and Colin Kenney tied for fifth at 87 and Trey Kelley shot a 90 to finish eighth.
Logan Peck was Columbia Falls’ top finisher in third place with an 86.
The Whitefish girls, meanwhile, continued a terrific start to the season by easily besting Polson 401-498.
The Bulldogs, defending Class A state champions, have won the Northwest A Kickoff tournament, Missoula Invitational and now back-to-back Columbia Falls invites.
Holly Hileman posted the top girls score with a 90, 12 shots ahead of her twin sister, Hayley, and Polson’s Kiyara McCue.
Columbia Falls Invitational
Thursday
At Meadow Lake Golf Course
Par 72
Thursday
BOYS
Team scores — Polson 343, Columbia Falls 376, Whitefish 386.
Top 10 Individuals
1, Carson McDaniel, POL, 83; 1, Brendan Buls, WF, 83; 3, Logan Peck, CF, 86; 3, Noah McDonald, POL, 86; 5, Matt Hobbs, POL, 87; 5, Colin Kenney, POL, 87; 7, Logan Lybbert, CF, 89; 8, Trey Kelley, POL, 90; 9, Ryan Kemm, WF, 93; 10, Thomas Carloss, WF, 98.
GIRLS
Team scores — Whitefish 401, Polson 498.
Top Individuals
1, Holly Hileman, WF, 90; 2, Kiyara McCue, POL, 102; 2, Hayley Hileman, WF, 102; 4, Paige Sproul, WF, 103; 5, Megan Archibald, WF, 106; 6, Callie Cannon, POL, 110; 7, Gracie Young, WF, 115; 8, Amanda Farley, POL, 141; 9, Esme Yarbrough, POL, 145.