Pirates plunder individual gold, Maidens shine silver in first meet of season

by John Heglie Special to Lake County Leader
| August 29, 2019 5:15 PM

The 2019 prep golf season got underway this past weekend for Northwestern A Mission Valley golfers with a tournament held at East Glacier hosted by Browning. Polson took individual medalist honors for both segments with the Lady Pirates also capturing the team title.

For the girls, junior Ellie Thiel captured the top spot with a personal best 90 as she starts knocking on the door of submerging into the 80s. Thiel’s best round last season was a 99 at the Western A Divisional, shaving nine strokes off her 2018 best in the first tournament of the new season. Cali Cannon took fourth, while Esme Yarbrough took fifth one stroke back. The Ronan Maiden golfers placed second with Macao Jackson leading the way for her team only two strokes back of Thiel.

For the Pirate boys, senior Trey Kelley took top honors with a solid sub-80, while Dillon PrettyOnTop led the way for the Ronan Chiefs with a 94.

Cameron Milton takes over the reins of the Polson program, assisted by John Kelley. Ronan coach Frank Ciez returns the lions share of his lineup from last season and commented, “We’re a year older, so we’re aiming to improve.”

Both Polson and Ronan are slated to have already competed in a trio of tournaments with the Whitefish North Course on Tuesday, Meadow Lake in Columbia Falls on Wednesday and the Mission Mountain Country Club in Ronan on Thursday, August 27-29. Thereafter, both teams travel to Frenchtown to compete onthe Ranch Club course on Wednesday, September 4, followed by the King Ranch course on Thursday, September 5.

Glacier Park Lodge GC

East Glacier Park, MT

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Girls

Team scores

1, Polson (Pol) 405; 2, Ronan (Ron) 443; 3, Browning 445; 4, Frenchtown 480; CMR 530.

Top Individuals

1, Ellie Thiel (Pol) 90; 2, Macao Jackson (Ron) 92; 3, Jill SureChief (Brn) 95; 4, Cali Cannon (Pol) 95; 5, Esme Yarbrough (Pol) 96; 6, Jocelyn Staples (Hvr) 99; 7, Catherine Gustine (Frn) 103; 8, Grace Martello (Frn) 106; 9, Sequoia Butterfly (Brn) 107; t10, Makenna Woody (Wf) 109; t10, Chloe Cole (Wf) 109.

POLSON (405) – Ellie Thiel 43-47-90pb, Cali Cannon 46-49-95, Esme Yarbrough 51-45-96, Carly Garrick 62-62-124, Isabelle Davidson 63-61-124.

RONAN (443) – Macao Jackson 47-45-92, Madyson RunningCrane 58-53-111, Aaliyah Decker 66-52-118, Alyssa PrettyOnTop 64-58-122.

BROWNING (445) – Jill SureChief 95, Sequoia Butterfly 107, Brittney Wagner 117, Latasha Fitzgerald 126.

FRENCHTOWN (480) – Catherine Gustine 103, Grace Martello 106, Madison Rollins 126, Kyle Stack 145, Savannah Bertolt 152.

CMR (530) – Isabella Corn 127, Della Everhart 134, Hailey Thompson 134, Kylie Henderson 135.

HAVRE – Jocelyn Staples 99pb, Sylvie McKeon-Hanson 114, Carlee Kato 125.

WHITEFISH – Makenna Woody 109, Chloe Cole 109.

LIBBY – McKenna McNulty 112, Kayley Svendsbye126.

Boys

Team Scores

1, Havre (Hvr) 356; 2, Frenchtown (Frn) 356; 3, Whitefish (Wf) 378; 4, CMR 390; 5, Polson (Pol) 409; 6, Libby 413; 7, Great Falls 427; 8, Browning 427; 9, Ronan 435.

Top Ten Individuals

1, Trey Kelley (Pol) 76; 2, Caleb Chambliss (Hvr) 79; 3, Dylan Kamenik (Frn) 87; 4, Josh Warp (Hvr) 87; 5, Ben Duhame (Frn) 87; 6, Bjorn Olsen, (Wf) 88; 7, Carter Corn (CMR) 90; 8, Kamas Romney (Frn) 91; 9, Eli Warner (Frn) 91; 10, Dillon PrettyOnTop (Ron) 94.

HAVRE (356) – Caleb Chambliss 79, Josh Warp 87, Tyrel Kjersem 95, Caleb Spangler 95, Clint Owens 110.

FRENCHTOWN (356) – Dylan Kamenik 87, Ben Duhame 87, Kamas Romney 91, Eli Warner 91, Carson Wilcox 103.

WHITEFISH (378) – Bjorn Olsen 88, Gates Gilman 95, Fin Stagg 96, Erik Miller 99, Ben Moore 104, Matthew Peschal jv.

CMR (390) – Carter Corn 90, Kaleb Engel 95, Trey Wasson 96, Alex Thayer 109, Lucas Swensson 112.

POLSON (409) – Trey Kelley 37-39-76, Josh Young 55-54-109, Jackson Seifert 56-55-111, Sam Fisher 58-55-113, Noah Shriver 62-70-132.

LIBBY (413) – Trey Thompson 100, Alex Svendsbye 102, Landon Haddock 104, Mason Gotham 107, Eric Vinion 147.

GREAT FALLS (427) – Manny Montoya 100, Brady Zims 104, Tate Swanson 105, Wyeth Hayes 118.

BROWNING (427) – Ben Kittson 102, Kelton Crawford 102, Chris Hall 105, Keenan RidesAtTheDoor 118, Francis Ground 118, Keaton Crawford jv.

RONAN (435) – Dillon PrettyOnTop 43-51-94, Ruben Couture 52-53-105, Troy Alford 56-55-111, Payton Cates 62-63-125.

Results courtesy of area coaches and the host coach with special thanks to the Glacier Reporter