Glacier boys win, Avery, Tanner second at Great Falls Invite
Aug. 17—GREAT FALLS — The Glacier boys topped the field Tuesday at the Great Falls Invitational, the season-opening golf tournament for Class AA schools.
Glacier at 608 edged second-place Helena Capital by two strokes. In third was Billings Skyview with 628, and Bozeman was next with 837. The Wolfpack and Skyview were tied after the first day at 307, but closed with a total of 301, taken from the foursome of Tyler Avery, Trevor Cunningham, Trey Engellant and Jonah Wynne.
Glacier's Avery finished two strokes behind medalist Gavin Klein of Gallatin, who carded rounds of 66 and 69 for a 135 total. Avery's 68 was the lowest round of the day Tuesday, and finished at 137..
Cunningham finished in seventh, marking two top-10 placings for the Wolfpack.
Flathead finished in 11th place with 663 strokes, but shot the fifth-best score on the second day: 318..
Nick Dubois's two-day total of 159 led the Braves; he placed 19th. Teammate Tyler Williams shot a 73 Tuesday to move up to a tie for 29th, along with Glacier's Engellant. Dylan Morris tied for 22nd at 162.
Billings West ran off with the girls team title, scoring 665 to finish 20 strokes ahead of second place Billings Senior. Gallatin and CMR were next. Glacier was seventh, and the Bravettes finished 11th.
Bella Johnson of West was the girls' medalist with a total of 151. Johnson was eight strokes ahead of Glacier's Chloe Tanner, who carded 159 for second place.
Kenna Sandler had a two-day total of 197 for the Wolfpack, tying her for 25th; McKinlie Murer led Flathead shot 198 and was among three players tied for 28th.
Great Falls Invitational
Tuesday
Final
Boys
Team scores — Glacier 307-301—608, Helena Capital 312-298—610, Billings Skyview 307-321—628, Bozeman 321-316—637, Butte 321-317—638, Missoula Sentinel 314-329—643, Gallatin 319-329—648, Billings West 325-323—648, CMR 317-333—650, Billings Senior 331-327—658, Flathead 345-318—663, Belgrade 359-345—704; Missoula Big Sky 362-350—712; Missoula Hellgate 374-354—728; Helena 398-394—792.
Individual scores
Top 15
Gavin Klein (Gallatin) 66-69—135
Tyler Avery (Glacier) 69-68—137
Joe McGreevey (Capital) 70-71—141
Tye Boone (Skyview) 71-73—144
Colin McCarthy (Sentinel) 71-74—145
Jack Prigge (Butte) 71-75—146
Trevor Cunningham (Glacier) 73-74—147
Nate Pailthorpe (Bozeman) 74-73—147
Eli Groshelle (CMR) 71-77—148
Kyler Meredith (Capital) 78-70—148
Kaden Yaeger (Big Sky) 80-74—154
Palmer Coleman (West) 75-80—155
Logan Connolly (Skyview) 75-81—156
Dutch Teders (Capital) 81-75—156
Brenner Booth (Butte) 78-80—158
Flathead — Dylan Morris 83-79—162; Nick Dubois 80-79—159; Tyler Williams 91-73—164; Korbin Eaton 94-88—182; Noah Hannah 91-87—178.
Glacier — Tyler Avery 69-68—137; Trevor Cunningham 73-74—147; Trey Engellant 84-80—164; Jonah Wynne 84-79—163; Wes Webber 81-84—165.
Girls
Team scores — Billings West 338-327—665, Billings Senior 337-348—685, Gallatin 356-345—701, CMR 373-392—765, Helena Capital 377-403—780, Bozeman 394-396—790, Glacier 407-411—818, Belgrade 420-422—842, Missoula Hellgate 871, Butte 452-427—879, Flathead 487-487—974.
Individual scores
Top 15
Bella Johnson (West) 75-76—151
Chloe Tanner (Glacier) 79-80—159
Kenzie Walsh (Senior) 79-83—162
Addiley Lloyd (Gallatin) 80-82—162
Anna Stensrud (Hellgate) 83-84—167
Zoie Ceartin (Gallatin) 87-81—168
Hayden Trost (West) 87-82—169
Becca Washington (Senior) 87-83—170
Hanna Boyd (Great Falls) 84-87—171
Mielle Kavran (West) 85-87—172
Annika Brocklebank (West) 92-82—174
Ryann Walker (CMR) 87-89—176
Lauren Mayala (Senior) 84-93—177
Moe Kobold (Senior) 87-91—178
Olivia McGreevey (Capital) 89-90—179
Flathead: McKinlie Murer 100-98—198; Becca Vose 117-120—237; Payzlee Boyce 143-136—279; Siarah Holden 134-133—267; Madi Mahar 136-142—278.
Glacier: Chloe Tanner 78-80—159; Kenna Sandler 98-99—197; Sophia LeDuce 110-119—229; Brealyn Ryan 130-118—248; Olivia Gibbons 120-114—234.
