Nix, Whitefish win divisional golf titles
HAMILTON — Johnny Nix was medalist and helped Whitefish’s boys to the Western A divisional golf crown Friday at Hamilton Country Club.
Nix fired a 73 to win by three strokes over Hamilton’s Jackson Heath. Libby’s Reece Malyevac was third. Nix’s teammates Billy Smith and Bjorn Olson were third and fourth.
Lane Clark of Columbia Falls placed 13th.
Whitefish won with 311 strokes; Polson was 10 behind in second place with 321. In third and fourth were Hamilton and Corvallis.
Macee Greenwood of Corvallis was girls’ medalist with 79 strokes. Katie Lewis of Frenchtown was second. Whitefish’s Macy Whisenand shot an 89 for fourth place. Ashley Maki of Polson came in fifth.
Corvallis took the girls’ divisional title. Hamilton was second, Polson and Whitefish were third and fourth.
Boys
Team scores — Whitefish 311; Polson 321; Hamilton 334; Corvallis 370; Dillon 379; Frenchtown 383; Ronan 387; Columbia Falls 403; East Helena 405; Libby 407; Browning 460.
Top 15 individuals
1, Johnny Nix, Whitefish, 73; 2, Jackson Heath, Hamilton, 76; 3, Reece Malyevac, Libby, 76; 4, Billy Smith, Whitefish 78; 5, Bjorn Olson, Whitefish, 78; 6, Tate Jessop, Corvallis, 79; 7, Carson Hupka, Polson, 80; 8, Torrin Ellis, Polson, 80; 9, Christian Lund, Polson, 80; 10, Kamas Romney, Frenchtown, 80; 11, Hunter Emerson, Polson, 81; 12, Marcus Kilman, Whitefish, 82; 13, Lane Clark, Columbia Falls, 82; 14, Max Cianflone, Hamilton, 83; 15, Carson Richie, Hamilton, 83.
Girls
Team scores — Corvallis 389; Hamilton 391, Polson 409; Whitefish 422; Frenchtown 427; Browning 481; Stevensville 502; Columbia Falls 531; Libby
589.
Top 15 Individuals
1, Macee Greenwood, Corvallis, 79; 2, Katie Lewis, Frenchtown, 81; 3, Aly Rose, Hamilton, 83; 4, Macy Whisenand, Whitefish, 89; 5, Ashley Maki, Polson, 92; 6, Brooklyn Brown, Hamilton, 93; 7, Emma Hollingsworth, Hamilton, 102; 8, Gabby Krueger, Corvallis, 102; 9, Kylee Niemeyer, Ronan, 102; 10, Alyssa Pretty on Top, Ronan, 102; 11, Brooke Blue, Browning, 103; 12, Ava Leopold, Corvallis, 104; 13, Hailey Anderson, Corvallis, 104; 14, Clare Konen, Polson, 105; 15, Kylee Seifert, Polson, 105.