Smith, Whitefish take slim leads over Avery, Glacier
Whitefish's Billy Smith watches his drive on the 15th tee during the Kalispell Invite at Northern Pines Golf Club on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Trevor Cunningham watches his drive on the 10th tee during the Kalispell Invite at Northern Pines Golf Club on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Nick Dubois watches his drive on the 10th tee during the Kalispell Invite at Northern Pines Golf Club on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Chloe Tanner watches her drive on the 8th tee during the Kalispell Invite at Northern Pines Golf Club on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's McKinlie Murer watches her drive on the 8th tee during the Kalispell Invite at Northern Pines Golf Club on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Billy Smith shot a 68 and Whitefish took a narrow lead in the team race after the first day of the Kalispell Invitational golf tournament, held at Northern Pines Wednesday.
Smith holds a one-stroke lead over Glacier’s Tyler Avery, who shot 69; Whitefish team total of 300 sits one stroke better than Glacier’s 301.
Helena Capital’s Joe McGreevey shot 71 to sit third; Whitefish golfer Johnny Nix is alone in fourth after a 72.
The Bulldogs also had a 78 from Riley Brown. Behind Avery, Glacier had a 74 from Trevor Cunningham, a 78 from Jonah Wynne and an 80 from Tanyon Murray.
Flathead, sitting seventh, had matching 75s from Dylan Morris and Nick Dubois.
Polson took a commanding 23-stroke lead in the girls team race, with two players in the top 15: Ashley Maki (82, third) and Clare Konen (92).
Anna Stensrud of Missoula Hellgate fired a first-round 75 to build a four-stroke lead over Glacier’s Chloe Tanner (79).
The tournament concludes today at Buffalo Hill.
BOYS
Team scores – 1, Whitefish 300; 2, Glacier 301; 3, Polson 303; 4, Helena Capital 306; 5, Sentinel 307; 6, Hamilton 311; 7, Flathead 317; 8, Great Falls CMR 320; 9, Glacier JV 351; 10, Great Falls 353; 11, Hellgate and Big Sky, 358; 13, Columbia Falls 362; 14, Whitefish JV 375; 15, Flathead JV 398.
Individual Top 15
Billy Smith, Whitefish 68
Tyler Avery, Glacier 69
Joe McGreevey, Capital 71
Johnny Nix, Whitefish 72
Hunter Emerson, Polson 73
Jackson Heath, Hamilton 73
Eli Groshelle, CMR 73
Carson Hupka, Polson 74
Trevor Cunningham, Glacier 74
Carson Richie, Hamilton 75
Dylan Morris, Flathead 75
Nick Dubois, Flathead 75
Colin McCarthy, Sentinel 75
Torrin Ellis, Polson 76
Dutch Teders, Capital 76
Kaden Yaeger, Big Sky 76
Brennan Labbe, Hellgate 76
Hudson Goroski, Sentinel 76
GIRLS
Team scores – 1, Polson 358; 2, Great Falls CMR 381; 3, Hellgate 382; 4, Glacier 391; 5, Hamilton 408; 6, Helena 414; 7, Flathead 436; 8k, Whitefish 463; 9, Sentinel 464.
Individual Top 15
Anna Stensrud, Hellgate 75
Chloe Tanner, Glacier 79
Ashley Maki, Polson 82
Hanna Boyd, Great Falls 83
Kylee Seifert, CMR 85
Kendra Thayer, CMR 89
Emma Hollingsworth, Hamilton 90
Bella Cory, Hellgate 91
Clare Konen, Polson 92
Ashlee Owens, Big Sky 93
Brooklyn Brown, Hamilton 94
Quincy Weymouth, CMR 95
Lev Heaney, Big Sky 95
Ryan Walker, CMR 98
Paige Springer, Capital 98
Kenna Sandler, Glacier 98