Mercer is medalist, Wolfpack boys second at G Falls golf
GREAT FALLS – Flathead High School’s Marcella Mercer took medalist honors and the Glacier High boys were second in the team race at the Great Falls Invitational meet held Monday at Meadow Lark Country Club.
Mercer fired a 75 to take a four-shot victory over Billings Senior’s Kenzie Walsh. The next highest finisher from Kalispell was Glacier’s Chloe Tanner, who was tied for 12th at 86.
Glacier had a couple top-25 finishers in Alana Griffin (87) and Stella Claridge (94). Flathead’s Jillian Wynne had an 87 as well.
Bozeman High School won the girls’ team race at 338; Glacier was sixth at 379 and Flathead was ninth at 403.
Bozeman Gallatin took the boys’ team title at 238, with twins Justus and Jordan Verge tying for medalist honors at 69. Justus Verge won the scorecard playoff.
With Ezra Epperly shooting a 74 – good for fourth – Flathead tied for fourth in the boys’ team race with Helena Capital at 329.
Meanwhile the Glacier Wolfpack ended with 312 strokes among its top four scorers – Tyler Avery (76), Will Salonen (76), Coby Kunda (79) and Keaton Cassidy (81) all finished between sixth and 23rd.
For Flathead Drew Lowery (83) and Kadin Gall (84) finished just outside the top 25. Joston Cripe had an 88.
Great Falls Invitational
Monday
BOYS
Team scores – Bozeman Gallatin 298, Glacier 312, Billings Senior 317, Helena Capital 329, Flathead 329, Bozeman 333, Billings West 337, Helena 338, Great Falls CMR 340, Great Falls 345, Billings Skyview 350, Belgrade 355, Butte 370.
Individual Top 25 – Justus Verge, GAL, 69 (won scorecard playoff); Jordan Verge, GAL, 69; Jack Prigge, BUTTE, 72; Ezra Epperly, FLA, 74; Eli Groshelle, CMR, 75; Tyler Avery, GLA, 76; Will Salonen, GLA, 76; Tyler Brunner, SEN, 76; Caswell Bloomquist, CAP, 76; Logan Meyer, HEL, 76; Tyler Avery, SKY, 76; Will Salonen, SKY, 76; Jacob Brandon, BOZ, 77; Trenton Olson, GF, 77; Reece Mayala, SEN, 77; Austin Zeiler, HEL, 78; Coby Kunda, GLA, 79; Siam Wilaluck, SEN, 79; Ramey Lloyd, GAL, 79; Coby Kunda, SKY, 79; Bryant Rivenbark, BOZ, 80; Keaton Cassidy, GLA, 81, Gavin Klein, GAL, 81; Keaton Cassidy, SKY, 81; Connor Halligan, WEST, 82; Cale Hines, CAP, 82.
GLACIER (312) – Keaton Cassidy 81, Tyler Avery 76, Coby Kunda 79, Will Salonen 76, Ethan Purdy 85.
FLATHEAD (329) – Ezra Epperly 74, Joston Cripe 88, Drew Lowery 83, Kadin Gall 84, Sam Huckeba 103.
GIRLS
Team scores – Bozeman 338, Billings Senior 346, Billings West 355, Butte 360, Billings Skyview 378, Glacier 379, Bozeman Gallatin 381, Great Falls CMR 400, Flathead 403, Helena Capital 413.
Individual Top 25 – Marcella Mercer, FLA, 75; Kenzie Walsh, SEN, 79; Sami Yates, BOZ, 81; Cierra Sundheim, SKY, 82; Cooper Knaar, BOZ, 82; Meilyn Armstrong, SKY, 83; Kadence Fischer, WEST, 83; Bella Johnson, WEST, 83; Ella Prigge, BUTTE, 84; Sami Benson, SEN, 84; Franchi Ceartin, BOZ, 85; Kelly Jones, GF, 86; Chloe Tanner, GLA, 86, Kodie Hoagland, BUTTE, 87; Jillian Wynne, FLA, 87; Alana Griffin, GLA, 87; Halle Vandersloot, GAL, 88; Elly Atkins, BOZ, 90; Kendra Thayer, CMR, 90; Lauren Mayala, SEN, 90; Barbara McGregor, WEST, 90; Addiliy Lloyd, GAL, 90; Lexi McNew, CAP, 92; Bryn Turnquist, SEN, 93; Kennedy Lean, BUTTE, 94; Stella Claridge, GLA, 94.