Glacier’s Avery, Flathead’s Mercer medalists at Helena Invite golf tourney
HELENA - Glacier’s Tyler Avery was the boys’ medalist, Flathead’s Marcella Mercer had the honor among the girls and the Glacier Wolfpack swept the team titles at the Helena Invitational golf tournament Thursday.
Avery shot a 66 to edge Flathead’s Ezra Epperly and Helena High’s Logan Meyer by two strokes at Bill Roberts Golf Course. Will Salonen of Glacier was fourth at 73, and teammates Coby Kunda and Sam Manaker shot 77.
Kadin Gall shot a 76 for Flathead.
The Wolfpack won the team title with 293 strokes; Flathead was second at 306, one ahead of Missoula Sentinel.
On the girls’ side Mercer shot a 69 to take individual honors by seven strokes, though her team finished third. Glacier edged Helena Capital for the team title, 367-370.
Glacier put four girls in the top 10, led by Alana Griffin, who was third at 84. Chloe Tanner, Kenna Sandler and Stella Claridge also scored well for the Pack.
Boys
Team scores - Glacier 293, Flathead 306, Sentinel 307, Helena Capital 310, Helena 313, Missoula Hellgate 332, Missoula Big Sky 336, Belgrade 338.
Individual Top 10
Tyler Avery, Glacier 66
Ezra Epperly, Flathead 68
Logan Meyer, Helena 68
Will Salonen, Glacier 73
Kade McDonough, Sentinel 74
Hayden Ellis, Big Sky 74
Caswell Bloomquist, Capital 74
Austin Zeller, Helena 75
Kadin Gall, Flathead 76
Cale Hines, Capital 77
Coby Kunda, Glacier 77
Sam Manaker, Glacier 77
Jaden Dennis, Sentinel 77
Andrew Hauser, Sentinel 77
Glacier - Keaton Cassidy 78, Tyler Avery 66, Coby Kunda 77, Will Salonen 73, Sam Manaker 77.
Flathead - Ezra Epperly 68. Joston Cripe 78, Drew Lowery 84, Kadin Gall 76, Kobin Hawley 85.
Girls
Team scores - Glacier 367, Helena Capital 370, Flathead 401, Missoula Hellgate 463, Belgrade 471.
Individual Top 10
Marcella Mercer, Flathead 69
Lauren Williams, Helena 76
Alana Griffin, Glacier 84
Celi Chapman, Helena 87
Lexi McNew, Capital 87
Zita Gravely, Capital 89
Chloe Tanner, Glacier 90
Kenna Sandler, Glacier 95
Makayla Bury, Capital 95
Stella Claridge, Glacier 98
Flathead - Marcella Mercer 69, McKinlie Murer 106, Sophie Dykhuizen 109, MJ Reed 121, Brooklyn Sampson 117.
Glacier - Alana Griffin 84, Chloe Tanner 90, Stella Claridge 98, Kenna Sandler 95, Colette Daniels 117.