Glacier boys third at Great Falls Invite golf
GREAT FALLS — Tyler Avery won a playoff for fifth place and helped lead Glacier boys golf to a third place finish at the season-opening Great Falls Invite on Tuesday.
Avery fired an even-par 71 on the second day of the competition to finish with 147 strokes.
Gallatin’s Justus Verge, two-time state AA champion, was medalist with 140. Gallatin placed four golfers in the top 10.
Glacier’s Chloe Tanner shot 87-81—168 won a playoff to finish eighth over Lauren Mayala of Billings Senior.
Another Senior golfer, Kenzie Walsh, was the girls’ medalist. Walsh was five strokes ahead of second-place Kadence Fisher of Billings West.
Gallatin boys took first as a team with 580. Helena Capital was second with 612, and Glacier was three behind with 615.
Billings West girls topped Bozeman with 661. Glacier girls were fifth at 762, and Flathead eighth with 844.
Great Falls Invite
Eagle Falls Golf Course
Individual
Boys
Justus Verge, Gallatin 69-71—140
Stevie Voigt, Gallatin 72-72—144
Eli Groshelle, CMR 73-71—144
Joe Opitz, Sentinel 75-71—146
Tyler Avery, Glacier 76-71—147
Jordan Verge, Gallatin 74-73—147
Jack Prigge, Butte 73-75—148
Ramey Loyd, Gallatin 75-74—149
Joe McGreevey, Helena Capital 74-75—149
Logan Connolly, Skyview 78-73—151
Girls
Kenzie Walsh, Billings Senior 74-79—153
Kadence Fisher, Billings West 80-78—158
Addiley Loyd, Gallatin 78-80—158
Bella Johnson, Billings West 75-84—159
Kodie Hoagland, Butte 82-82—164
Sara Priebe, Bozeman 81-83—164
Elly Atkins, Bozeman 87-80—167
Chloe Tanner, Glacier 87-81—168
Lauren Mayala, Billings Senior 84-84—168
Becca Washington, Billings Senior 85-85—170
Team
Boys
Gallatin 580; Capital 612; Glacier 615; Senior 627; Sentinel 633; Skyview 642; Bozeman 664; West 666; CMR 666; Butte 672.
Girls
West 661; Bozeman 677; Senior 678; Gallatin 732; Glacier 762; Capital 773; CMR 778; Flathead 844; Belgrade 854; Sentinel 932.