Glacier girls 1st, boys 2nd at Missoula Invite golf
EAST MISSOULA — Nobody was catching the Glacier girls or the Missoula Sentinel boys.
With medalist Kendall Tkachyk and Maggie Milton finishing 1-2, the Wolfpack won the girls team title at the two-day Missoula Invitational, which concluded Tuesday at Canyon River Golf Club.
Tkachyk had the field’s best score, a 79, on Monday at Larchmont; on Tuesday Milton had the lowest girls round, an 89. She finished with a two-day total of 175, three strokes behind Tkachyk.
Vaida Cole (191) and Abbi Townsend (200) gave Glacier four girls in the top 15; the Pack’s total was 738, 41 strokes ahead of second-place Helena.
Flathead’s girls finished fifth among the seven programs that fielded full teams; every Western AA team participated. The Bravettes’ Hayden Ward finished 14th individually.
On the boys side both Sentinel and Glacier had four golfers shoot even par or better Tuesday. The four that scored for the Wolfpack all went under par — Jonah Wynne and Torren Murray shot 70s, while Luke Nelson and Sam Syverson carded 71s — for a 6-under 282 total. That was 20 strokes better than the Wolfpack shot Monday.
Sentinel, with four golfers shooting even 72 Tuesday, stayed comfortably ahead and won by 17 strokes.
The Spartans’ Hudson Goroski (139) was medalist; Murray drew himself into a tie for second with Sentinel’s Jack Schaefer, at 3-under 141.
Nelson tied for seventh, Wynne was ninth and Syverson, 10th for the Wolfpack.
Sentinel put a fifth golfer, Gabe Shepard, in the top 15.
Flathead’s boys finished seventh. The Braves’ top finisher was Andrew Converse; he tied for 24th with Glacier’s Elliot Anderson with a 170 total.
Missoula Invitational
Tuesday
Canyon River GC
BOYS
Team scores — Missoula Sentinel 279-288—567; Glacier 302-282—584; Helena Capital 297-309—606; Butte 319-316—635; Helena 324-323—647; Missoula Big Sky 324-334—658; Flathead 342-346—688; Missoula Hellgate 348-351—699.
Individual Top 15
Hudson Goroski, Sentinel 67-72—139
Torren Murray, Glacier 71-70—141
Jack Schaefer, Sentinel 69-72—141
Derek Schaefer, Sentinel 71-72—143
Austin Kaufman, Helena 70-74—144
Joseph Meusey, Sentinel 72-72—144
John Gilbert, Capital 71-74—145
Luke Nelson, Glacier 74-71—145
Jonah Wynne, Glacier 77-70—147
Sam Syverson, Glacier 80-71—151
Matt Gilbert, Capital 79-73—152
Kellen Currie, Big Sky 74-79—153
Chase Choquette, Butte 78-76—154
Caden McCullough, Captal 75-81—156
Gabe Shepard, Sentinel 75-81—156
Teagan Yelenich, Butte 82-74—156
Glacier — Murray 141, Nelson 145, Wynne 147, Syverson 151, Elliot Anderson 87-83—170.
Flathead — Tucker Morin 88-85—173, Andrew Converse 83-87—170; Conner Gall 84-87—171; Jacobe Sullenger 89-87—176; Trygve Gislason 87-93—180.
GIRLS
Team scores — Glacier 358-380—738; Helena 388-391—779; Big Sky 393-410—803; Butte 405-414—819; Flathead 414-452—866; Capital 463-460—923; Sentinel 461-476—937.
Individual Top 15
Kendall Tkachyk, Glacier 79-93—172
Maggie Mitton, Glacier 86-89—175
Zoey Loberg, Big Sky 82-95—177
Keeley Johnston, Butte 85-92—177
Mya Helvic, Helena 92-90—182
Charlotte Dale, Big Sky 90-95—185
Kate DeShaw, Butte 93-93—186
Glacia Lucchetti, Helena 96-91—187
Vaida Cole, Glacier 91-100—191
Morgan May, Helena 95-101—196
Maci Reiff, Sentinel 94-103—197
Ella McCullough, Capital 101-98—199
Abbi Townsend, Glacier 102-98—200
Hayden Ward, Flathead 99-103—202
Catlyn Helmer, Hellgate 96-108—204
Glacier — Kendall Tkachyk 172, Maggie Mitton 175, Vaida Cole 191, Abbi Townsend 200, Lillie Groom 105-104—209.
Flathead — Hayden Ward 202, Rebecca Schmidt 106-101—207, Hadley McDonald 109-121—230, Madeline Matson 105-122—227.