Flathead's Mercer leads Great Falls golf

GREAT FALLS — Marcella Mercer’s high school golf career is off to a very notable start.

The Flathead freshman opened the season Monday afternoon at Meadow Lark Country Club by shooting 78 for a one-shot lead in the Great Falls Invitational.

Bozeman’s Kameryn Basye and Annika Danenhauer are tied for second with 79s.

Those were the only three golfers to break 80.

Glacier was led by Aly Meeker, who is tied for 21st with a 101.

Cassidy Lavin of Flathead and Kate Trunkle of Glacier both shot 102 to tie for 24th.

The Flathead girls are ninth and Glacier is holding down 11th place.

Bozeman, with four girls in the top 10, has a commanding lead on the team side with a 329 score. Billings West, 352, is second.

Glacier’s AJ Grande carded a 74 to finish the first 18 holes tied for eighth place and four shots off the pace in boys play.

Braxton Humphrey of Billings Senior had the low round of the day with his 70.

Defending state champ Joey Moore of Billings West is second with a 71.

Sam Elliott had the best showing for Flathead, shooting an 85. That tied him for 35th.

Flathead’s Ezra Epperly and Glacier’s Brayden Aurich are tied for 38th with 87s.

C.M. Russell leads the team standings with a 295 score. Great Falls High is second at 305.

Glacier is currently eighth and Flathead 14th.

Play concludes today at Eagle Falls Golf Club.

Great Falls Invitational

Monday

At Meadow Lark Country Club

Girls

Team Totals

1. Bozeman 329; 2. Billings West 352; 3. Billings Senior 394; 4. Billings Skyview 396; 5. Helena High 400; 6. Butte 407; 7. Great Falls High 423; 8. Helena Capital 427; T9. Flathead 428; T9. Missoula Sentinel 428; 11. Glacier 432; 12. Havre 454.

Individuals

1. Marcella Mercer, Flathead, 78; T2. Kameryn Basye, Bozeman, 79; T2. Annika Danenhauer, Bozeman, 79; T4. Carrie Carpenter, West, 82; T4. Nevin Larsen, West, 82; 6; Cora Rosanova, Bozeman, 83; 7. Emily Garden, Sentinel, 84; 8. Laurel Ward, Bozeman, 88; 9. Peyton Kimmel, West, 89; T10. Ellie Jackson, 91; T10. Reyla Williams, Helena, 91; 12. Gigi Montague, Senior, 92; 13. Jalen Wagner, Senior; T14. Kyra Brockhausen, Skyview, 96; T14. Alexis Night, Big Sky, 96; T16. Aliya Morrow, Skyview, 97; T16. Kylee Longenecker, Capital, 97; T18. Amanda King, Skyview, 99; T18. Raelynn Bruyere, West, 99; 20. Sidney Overby, Senior, 100.

T21. Sadie Starcevich, Butte, 101; T21. Grace Luoma, Butte, 101; T21. Aly Meeker, Glacier, 101; T24. Ella Prigge, Butte, 102; T24. Cassidy Lavin, Flathead, 102; T24. Kate Trunkle, Glacier, 102; T24. Kelly Jones, GFH, 102; T24. Lauren Williams, Helena, 102; T29. Kelliann Neary, Butte, 103; T29. Morgan Sunchild, GFH, 103; T29. Grace Jones, Helena, 103; T29. Sev Armstrong, Hellgate, 103; T33. Meilyn Armstrong, Skyview, 104; T33. Riley Coonan, Helena, 104; 35. Hannah Fehres, GFH, 105; T36. Cierra Sundheim, Skyview, 106; T36. Blair Hebnes, CMR, 106; T36. Kielar Jones, Capital, 106; T39. Samantha Benson, Senior, 107; T39. Alivia Skeslien-Jenkins, West, 107; T39. Regan Lammers, Havre, 107; T39. Kate Nelson, Sentinel, 107.

T43. Hailey Iverson, Glacier, 108; T43. Ginny Kerr, Helena, 108; T45. Kennedy Lean, Butte, 109; T45. KK Lawrence, Capital, 109; 47. Sarah Qualls, Senior, 111; 48. Bailee Potratz, CMR, 112. T49. Katrina Adkins, GFH, 113; T49. Erin Murphy, 113; T51. Teagan Fee, Havre, 114; T51. Grace Litzinger, Havre, 114; T53. Marrin Chapman, Capital, Sentinel, 115; 55. Sabryn Knight, Big Sky, 116; 56. Maisie Hanson, Flathead, 117; 57. Kinzee Peterson, Havre, 119; 58. Reide Barcus, Glacier, 121; T59. Lexi McNew, Capital, 122; T59. Andrea Porch, Sentinel, 122; 61. Morgan Zuidema, CMR, 123; 62. Maycee, Nowlen, Sentinel, 125; 63. Sheridan Stroop, Flathead, 131; 64. Kalonna Gervais, GFH, 140.

Boys

Team scores

1. C.M. Russell High 295; 2. Great Falls High 305; 3. Billings West 307; 4. Bozeman 314; 5. Billings Senior 322; 6. Butte 325; 7. Missoula Sentinel 328; 8. Glacier 339; 9. Missoula Big Sky 340; 10. Helena High 341; 11. Billings Skyview 342; 12. Missoula Hellgate 345; 13. Helena Capital 352; 14. Flathead 358.

Individuals

1. Braxton Humphrey, Senior, 70; 2. Joey Moore, West, 71; T3. Duncan Hollar, CMR, 72; T3. T3. Keaton Sunchild, GFH, 72; T3. JR Small, Bozeman, 72; T6. Tucker Thomas, CMR, 73; T6. T6. Connor Mora, GFH, 73; 8. T8. Ben Kaul, CMR, 74; T8. AJ Grande, Glacier, 74; T8. Jace Rhodes, West, 74; T11. Brady Cady, Senior , 76; T11. Tucker Pietrykowski, CMR, 76; T13. Blake Hasquet, Sentinel, 77; T13. Cody Brunner, Skyview, 77; 15. Garrett Nielson, Bozeman, 78; T16. Jack Thorsen, Bozeman, 79; T16. Thain Johnson, GFH, 79; T16. Jack Johnston, Sentinel, 79; T16. Isaiah Weldon, Butte, 79; T20. Rylan Periman, GFH, 81; T20. Peyton Strieff, West, 81; T20. Blake Loberg, West, 81; T20. Adam Nedens, Skyview, 81; T20. Tucker Hauer, Helena, 81.

25. Tyler Hall, Senior, 82; T26. Carsten Quam, Butte, 83; T26. Will Hoagland, Butte, 83; T26. Ryan Harvey, Big Sky, 83; T26. Austin Murphy, Helena, 83; T30. Kaven Noctor, Butte, 84; T30. Gavin Anderson, Helena, 84; T32. Ben Huguet, Hellgate, 85; T32. Hank Mesenko, Big Sky, 85; T32. Shawn Ryan, Sentinel, 85; T32. Tyson St. John, GFH, 85; T32. Bradley De Martino, Bozeman, 85; T32. Sam Elliot, Flathead, 85; T38. Zach Harvey, Big Sky, 86; T38. Blake Heintzelman, Big Sky, 86; T38. Ryan Domako, Hellgate, 86; T38. Jack Bright, Bozeman, 86; T38. Ezra Epperly, Flathead, 86; T43. Brayden Aurich, Glacier, 87.

T43. River Duce, Hellgate, 87; T43. Soren Rasmussen, Hellgate, 87; T43. Jaden Dennis, Sentinel, 87; T43. Connor Kessler, Sentinel, 87; T43. Gabe Whitman, Capital, 87; T43. Holden Gehringer, Capital, 87; 50. Cal Irvine, Capital, 88; T51. Caden Willis, Glacier, 89; T51. Hunter Berke, Glacier, 89; T53. Trevor Swanson, Capital, 90; T53. Ben Pope, Skyview, 90; T55. Tyzer Furlong, Capital, 92; T55. Kaeden Morisaki, Flathead, 92; T57. Andrew Kober, Butte, 93; T57. Ethan Purdy, Glacier, 93; T57. Cole Hasquett, Helena, 93; T60. Brendan Lindseth, CMR, 94; T60. Nico Micheletti, Senior, 94; T60. Caden Freeman, Skyview, 94; 63. Spencer Christy, Flathead, 95; T64. Jackson, Susott, Big Sky, 96; T64. Luke Thomson, Helena, 96; T64. Dylan Ahlgren, West, 96; 67. Ryan Thomson, Flathead, 97; 68. Connor Kieckbusch, Senior, 98; T69. Kade McCullough, Hellgate, 99; T69. Ben Ebel, Skyview, 99.