Glacier boys lead Kalispell Invite by four strokes
The first day of the Kalispell Invitational shaped up like you thought it might, with Glacier, Missoula Sentinel and Polson bunched together in a tight boys’ team race.
With five golfers shooting from 71 to 75, Glacier fired a first-day total of 292 Wednesday at Northern Pines, good for a four-stroke advantage over Sentinel and six over Class A power Polson.
Sentinel’s Kade McDonough shot Wednesday’s best round, a 70. Glacier’s Trevor Cunnigham, Polson’s Christian Lund and Sentinel’s Colin McCarthy all had 71s.
The Spartans had four players shoot 78 or better; Polson had three shoot 74 or better.
Hamilton, led by Cole Dickemore’s 73, was fourth at 317 strokes; Flathead with fifth at 329. Dylan Morris and Korbin Eaton both shot 79s for the Braves.
Polson built a 20-stroke lead in the girls team standings Wednesday, with four girls in the top 15. Great Falls CMR is second at 382, and Hamilton is third at 399.
Ashley Maki led the Pirates with an 86, which ties her for fourth with Hannah Boyd of Great Falls High.
Bigfork’s Keni Wade and Hellgate’s Anna Stensrud both shot 78 to top the individual leaderboard by two over Glacier’s Chloe Tanner (80).
The Wolfpack (401) sits fifth in the team standings, one stroke behind Hellgate.
Whitefish is seventh and Flathead is eighth; Leia Brennan shot a 92 to lead Whitefish Wednesday, and Payzlee Boyce’s 97 leads the Bravettes.
The tournament concludes Thursday at Buffalo Hill.
BOYS
Team scores — 1, Glacier 292; 2, Sentinel 296; 3, Polson 298; 4, Hamilton 317; 5, Flathead 329; 6, Big Sky 333; 7, Great Falls CMr 337; 8, Glacier JV 340; 9, Whitefish 342; 10, Great Falls 346; 11, Columbia Falls 349; 12, Hellgate 367; 13, Flathead JV 382; 14, Bigfork 400.
Top 25 Individuals
Kade McDonough, Sentinel 70
Christian Lund, Polson 71
Trevor Cunningham, Glacier 71
Colin McCarthy, Sentinel 71
Carson Hupka, Polson 72
Torren Murray, Glacier 72
Cole Dickemore, Hamilton 73
Hunter Emerson, Polson 74
Tanyon Murray, Glacier 74
Sam Engellant, Glacier 75
Wes Weber, Glacier 75
Josh Bender, Hamilton 76
Riley Brown, Whitefish 77
Jack Pinski, CMR 77
Michael Perkins, Great Falls 77
Carson Bay, Sentinel 77
Carson Towe, Big Sky 78
Gabe Shepard , Sentinel78
Dylan Morris, Flathead 79
Korbin Eaton, Flathead 79
Tyce O'Connell, Hamilton 80
Tyler Williams, Flathead 80
Kaden Yeager, Big Sky 80
Hudson Goroski, Sentinel 80
Espn Fisher, Polson 81
Torrin Ellis, Polson 81
GIRLS
Team scores — 1, Polson 362; 2, CMR 382; 3, Hamilton 399; 4, Hellgate 400; 5, Glacier 401; 6, Sentinel 406; 7, Whitefish 419; 8, Flathead 423; 9, Great Falls 426; 10, Bigfork 446; 11, Columbia Falls 471.
Top 25 Individuals
Keni Wade, Bigfork 78
Anna Stensrud, Hellgate 78
Chloe Tanner, Glacier 80
Ashley Maki, Polson 86
Hanna Boyd, Great Falls 86
Lev Heaney, Big Sky 87
Ryann Walker, CMR 88
Kylee Seifert, Polson 91
Quincy Weymouth, CMR 91
Addie Tyree, Sentinel 91
Leia Brennan, Whitefish 92
Clare Konen, Polson 92
Emma Hollingsworth, Hamilton 92
Brooklyn Brown, Hamilton 92
Kila Cannon, Polson 93
Landrie Anderson, Hellgate 96
Payzlee Boyce, Flathead 97
Madison Hixson, CMR 98
Cameron Burnett, Hamilton 100
Ryhlee Scott, Whitefish 103
Addy Bowler, Columbia Falls 103
Abbi Townsend, Glacier 103
Ellis Watkiss, Sentinel 104
Opal Murray, Sentinel 104
Karlee Brown, Whitefish 105
Sophie Robbins, Columbia Falls 105
Danica Lewis, CMR 105