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Flathead’s Epperly is medalist, Glacier boys win divisional golf

by Daily Inter Lake
| September 25, 2020 8:16 PM

FAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS — Flathead’s Ezra Epperly shot a second-round 76 to pin down boys’ medalist honors Friday while Glacier put five golfers in the top 10 and took the team title at the Western AA Divisional.

Epperly’s two-day total of 149 put him two strokes ahead of Missoula Sentinel’s Kade McDonough, who shot a 77 Friday. Epperly’s second-round score was surpassed only by the 73 fired by Glacier’s Sam Manaker.

Manaker and teammate Cassidy tied for fourth with a total of 157; Tyler Avery tied for sixth at 158 and the Pack’s Coby Kunda was eighth (159) and Will Salonen (161) 10th. Salonen shot a 77 Friday. Glacier finished 20 strokes ahead of Sentinel, with a 626 total.

On the girls’ side, Butte’s Kodie Hoagland shot 82 Friday to hold off teammate Ella Prigge by two strokes and Flathead’s Marcella Mercer by three. Mercer shot 83, which wasn’t enough to offset her first-day 86. Teammate Jillian Wynne was fourth at 183.

Glacier’s Alana Griffin was sixth at 185.

Butte won the girls’ team title with a two-day total of 718; Helena Capital was a distant second at 782, followed by Flathead and Glacier. None of the Missoula schools fielded full girls’ teams, nor did Helena High.

Western AA Divisional Golf

Fairmont Hot Springs GC

Friday

BOYS

Team scores --1, Glacier 626; 2, Missoula Sentinel 646; 3, Helena Capital 648; 4, Missoula Hellgate 679; 5, Flathead 688; 6, Missoula Big Sky 717, 7, Helena 728.

Individual Top 10

Ezra Epperly, Flathead 73-76--149

Kade McDonough, Sentinel 74-77--151

Caswell Bloomquist, Capital 76-76--152

Keaton Cassidy, Glacier 77-80--157

Sam Manaker, Glacier 84-73--157

Tyler Avery, Glacier 76-82--158

Hayden Ellis, Big Sky 81-77--158

Coby Kunda, Glacier 77-82--159

Dutch Teders, Capital 84-76--160

Will Salonen, Glacier 84-77--161

FLATHEAD -- Ezra Epperly 149; Joston Cripe 88-85--173; Drew Lowery 91-91--182; Kadin Gall 89-95--184; Korbin Hawley 93-101--194.

GLACIER -- Tyler Avery 158; Will Salonen 161; Keaton Cassidy 167; Sam Manaker 157; Coby Kunda 169.

GIRLS

Team scores -- 1, Butte 718; 2, Helena Capital 782; 3, Flathead 824; 4, Glacier 832.

Individual Top 10

Kodie Hoagland, Butte 84-82--166

Ella Prigge, Butte 84-84--168

Marcella Mercer, Flathead 86-83--169

Jillian Wynne, Flathead 91-92--183

Lauren Williams, Helena 92-92--184

Alana Griffin, Glacier 91-94--185

Mackenzie Finnegan, Butte 101-87--188

Celi Chapman, Helena 98-91--189

Megan Swanson, Capital 95-99--194

Paige O’Mara, Capital 98-96--194

FLATHEAD - Mercer 169, Wynne 183, McKinlei Murer 109-108--217, Sophia Dykhuizen 125-130--255.

GLACIER - Griffin 185, Chloe Tanner 99-104--203, Stella Claridge 103-106--209, Kenna Sandler 111-124--235.