Pirates open golf season on a roll
WHITEFISH — Johnny Nix shot a solid 68 and Billy Smith a 71 as the Whitefish boys golf team rolled to a 15-shot victory Monday in the Whitefish Invitational at Whitefish Lake Golf Club.
Nix claimed medalist honors and Smith was second.
The Polson boys, behind Carson Hupka (73) and Hunter Emerson (74), took second.
On the girls side, the Pirates outpaced second-place Whitefish by 29 shots. Polson had three girls in the top four, led by Kylee Seifert, second at 93, Ashley Maki, third at 95, and Clare Konen, fourth at 95.
Frenchtown’s Katie Lewis blew away the field with an 82.
Colter Cornwell shot an 83 to lead the Ronan boys to a fourth-place finish.
Earlier in the week the Polson boys claimed team titles at Browning and Dillon, while the girls also took the team title at Browning and finished three strokes behind Park for second at Dillon.
2021 Western A Kickoff
Aug. 23 at Whitefish Lake GC
Boys team scores: Whitefish 295, Polson 310, Libby 365, Ronan 368, Frenchtown 391, Columbia Falls 407, Browning 424.
Boys Top 15: 1, Johnny Nix (Wf) 68; 2, Billy Smith (Wf) 71; 3, Carson Hupka (Pol) 73; 4, Hunter Emerson (Pol) 74; 5, Marcus Kilman (Wf) 76; 6, Kamas Romney (Fr) 77; 7, Torrin Ellis (Pol) 79; 8, Bjorn Olson (Wf) 80; 9, Reece Malyevac (Lib) 82; 10, Colter Cornwell (Ron) 83; 11, Christian Lund (Pol) 84; 12, Gates Gilman (Wf) 86; 13, Dillon PrettyOnTop (Ron) 89; 14, Lane Clark (CF) 90; 15, Dylan Buckner (Lib) 91.
Boys individual scores: POLSON – Carson Hupka 73, Hunter Emerson 74, Torrin Ellis 79, Christian Lund 84, Cole Cross 94. RONAN – Colter Cornwell 83, Dillon PrettyOnTop 89; Nash Niemeyer 95, Ruben Couture 101, Cooper Clary 119.
Girls team scores: Polson 395, Whitefish 424, Frenchtown 437, Browning 453, Ronan, Libby, Columbia Falls.
Girls Top 15: 1, Katie Lewis (Fr) 82; 2, Kylee Seifert (Pol) 93; 3, Ashley Maki (Pol) 95; 4, Clare Konen (Pol) 95; 5, Alyssa PrettyOnTop (Ron) 96; 6, Anyah Cripe (Wf) 96; 7, Kylee Niemeyer (Ron) 97; 8, Brittany Wagner (Br) 101; 9, Grace Martello (Fr) 108; 10, Stella Jaffe (Wf) 108; 11, Tallory Workman (Wf) 109; 12, Bridget Anderson (Fr) 111; 13, Macy Whisenand (Wf) 111; 14, Brooke Blue (Br) 112; 15, Kila Cannon (Pol) 112.
Girls individual scores: POLSON – Kylee Seifert 93, Ashley Maki 95, Clare Konen 95, Kila Cannon 112. RONAN – Alyssa PrettyOnTop 96, Kylee Niemeyer 97.
2021 Browning Invitational
Aug. 20 at East Glacier GC
Boys team scores: 1, Polson 347; 2, Whitefish 371; 3, Havre 379; 4, Libby 388; 5, Frenchtown 406; 6, Ronan 430; 7, Browning 452; 8, Columbia Falls 473.
Boys individual leaders: 1, Torrin Ellis (Pol) 83; 2, Otto Klein (Wf) 84; 3, Carson Hupka (Pol) 86; t4, Christian Lund (Pol) 87; t4, Kamas Romney (Fr) 87; 6, Theron Peterson (Hav) 88; 7, Kale Reno (Hav) 89; t8, Caleb Spangler (Hav) 90; t8, Riley Brown (Wf) 90; 10, Hunter Emerson (Pol) 91.
Boys individual scores: POLSON (347) – Torrin Ellis 83, Carson Hupka 86, Christian Lund 87, Hunter Emerson 91, Cole Cross 92. RONAN (430) – Dillon PrettyOnTop 94, Ruben Couture 106, Nash Niemeyer 114, Cooper Clary 116, Trey Samsel 123.
Girls team scores: 1, Polson (Pol) 398; 2, Browning 463; 3, Havre 496.
Girls individual leaders: 1, Katie Lewis (Fr) 79; 2, Ashley Maki (Pol) 90; 3, Alyssa PrettyOnTop (Ron) 94; t4, Kylee Seifert (Pol) 95; t4, Kylee Niemeyer (Ron) 95.
Girls individual scores: POLSON – Ashley Maki 90, Kylee Seifert 95, Clare Konen 101, Kila Cannon 112. RONAN – Alyssa PrettyOnTop 94, Kylee Niemeyer 95.
2021 Dillon Invitational
Aug. 17 at Beaverhead GC
Boys team scores: Polson 161, Hamilton 164, Park 165, East Helena 191, Dillon 194, Browning 207, Frenchtown 217, Belgrade JV 222; ButteJV, Stevensville, Butte Central.
Boys Top 10: 1, Jackson Heath (Ham) 36; 2, Carson Hupka (Pol) 37; 3, Danyk Jacobson (Park) 38; 4, Hunter Emerson (Pol) 39; 5, Chance Marshall (Park) 41; t6, Torrin Ellis (Pol) 42; t6, Houston Dunn (Park) 42; t6, Max Cianflone (Ham) 42; t9, Christian Lund (Pol) 43; t9, Cole Dickemore (Ham) 43; t9, Carson Riche (Ham) 43.
Boys individual scores: POLSON (161) – Carson Hupka 37, Hunter Emerson 39, Torrin Ellis 42, Christian Lund 43, Cole Cross 45
Girls team scores: Park 201, Polson 204, Hamilton 219, Frenchtown 240, Stevensville 243, Browning 257; <4: East Helena (EH), Dillon, Belgrade JV, ButteJV.
Girls Top 10: 1, Katie Lewis (Fr) 40; 2, Kylee Seifert (Pol) 46; 3, Ashley Maki (Pol) 46; 4, Elsa Cajune (Park) 48; 5, Jessica Gubler (Park) 49; 6, Aly Rose (Ham) 49; 7, Ashlan Mortensen (Park) 50; 8, Clare Konen (Pol) 51; 9, Gianna Gutkowski (EH) 52; 10, Brooklyn Brown (Ham) 53.
Girls individual scores: POLSON (204) – Kylee Seifert 46, Ashley Maki 46, Clare Konen 51, Kila Cannon 61.