Milton wins Pirate Invitational
Max Milton was the top medalist at the 2024 Pirate Invitational on Monday, September 9, shooting a 72, one stroke ahead of Hamilton’s Tyce O’Connell, who notched a 73.
Playing at the Polson Bay Golf Course, the Pirate golfer birdied holes one and three en route to a first nine 35. On the back half of the golf course, Milton shot a 37, parring the final six holes.
Ronan’s Oliver Rowe and Trey Samsel tied for ninth, shooting a 78. Rowe notched three birdies in the round, while Samsel had one birdie.
Polson placed sixth a team with a 333. Fox Gilchrist shot an 84 to tie for 22nd place, while Wyatt Wadsworth was tied for 29th with an 87.
Ronan's Cooper Clary also tied for 29th with an 87, while fellow Chief Joey Fulwiler scored a 100 to place tied for 57th.
On the girls' side, Polson’s Kila Cannon tied for eighth place, shooting a 95 on her home course while Ronan’s Emma Smith placed 23rd with a 112. Polson’s Sophia Matt was 26th with a 117.
Frenchtown’s Kate Lewis placed first with a 76.
2024 Pirate Invitational
Polson Bay GC
Monday, September 9
BOYS
Team scores
1, Whitefish (Wf) 309; 2, Columbia Falls (CF) 324; 3, Corvallis (Cor) 325;
4, Frenchtown (Fr) 326; 5, Hamilton (Ham) 328; 6, Polson (Pol) 333; 7,
Glacier JV (GlaJV) 334; 8, Ronan (Ron) 343; 9, Dillion
357; 10, Browning 358; 11, Butte Central 362; 12, Stevensville 377; 13,
Flathead JV 380; 14, Big Fork 398; 15, Polson JV 409; 16, Libby 464.
Top 15 finishers
1, Max Milton (Pol) 72; 2, Tyce O'Connell (Ham) 73; 3, Tate Jessop (Cor) 75;
t4, Silas Zetterberg (Fr) 76; t4, Aiden Rickels (Wf) 76; t4, Tag Jessop
(Cor) 76; t7, Winslow Peters (CF) 77; t7, Mason O'Neil (Wf) 77; t9, Oliver
Rowe (Ron) 78; t9, CJ Thew (Wf) 78; t9, Josh Bender (Ham) 78; t9, Trey
Samsel (Ron) 78; t9, Bentley Cady (CF) 78; t9, Colby Minton (Wf) 78; t9, Wes
Weber (GlaJV) 78.
GIRLS
Team scores
1, Dillion (Dil) 375; 2, Frenchtown (Fr) 379; 3, Hamilton (Ham) 390; 4,
Bigfork (Bf) 432; 5, Polson (Pol) 460; (<4): Polson JV, Ronan, Glacier JV,
Corvallis, Whitefish (Wf), Columbia Falls (CF), Libby, Browning.
Top 15 finishers
1, Katie Lewis (Fr) 76; 2, Keni Wade (Bf) 77; t3, Stella Jaffe (Wf) 83; t3,
Burnett Cameron (Ham) 83; 5, Skylar LaPierre (Dil) 86; 6, Karlee Brown (Wf)
88; 7, Addy Bowler (CF) 91; t8, Kila Cannon (Pol) 95; t8, Tatum Nagle (Dil)
95; 10, Briley Alberi (Dil) 96; 11, Bridget Anderson (Fr) 97; 12, Kira Kemph
(Dil) 98; 13, Bryn Cianflone (Ham) 99; 14, Heather Beerman (Ham) 100; 15,
Kelcie Sperry (Fr) 102.
Milton Wins Third Straight Tournament
Polson’s Max Milton won his third straight event, scoring a three under par 140 in the two-day Libby Invitational at the Indian Springs Golf Course in Eureka on Thursday and Friday, September 12-13.
Ronan’s Oliver Rowe tied for 12th place, shooting a 78 in the first round and 82 in the second.
Milton opened up a four-shot lead with a 68 in round one, and then followed that up with a 72 to win the event by six total strokes. Polson finished fifth as a team. Milton had four birdies and just one bogey in the first round and four birdies in the second round as well.
Polson’s Carson Emerson tied for 24th, shooting a 174 and Fox Gilchrist was tied for 28th, carding a 178. Ronan’s Connor Durglo tied for 31st with a 184.
On the girls side, Ronan’s Hanna Lytton tied for 14th with a 210 while teammate Emma Smith was 19th with a 120. Polson’s Johanna Bieber was 27th with a 238.
Libby Invitational
Indian Springs Golf Club, Eureka
BOYS
Team scores — 1, Corvallis 308; 2, Whitefish 323; 3, Polson 329; 4, Hamilton 331; 5, Frenchtown 334; 6, Columbia Falls 347; 7, Ronan 359; 8, Browning 368; 9, Bigfork 383; 10, Stevensville 422; 11, Libby 471.
Individual top 10 — 1, Max Milton 68; 2, Aiden Rickels 72; 3, Tag Jessop 73; 4 (tie), Brady Powell and Tyce O’Connell and Tate Jessop 74; 7, Oliver Rowe 78; 8, Carson Emerson 79; 9, Isaac Flamand 80; 10 (tie) Winslow Peters and Silas Zetterberg 81.
GIRLS
Team scores — 1, Frenchtown 384; 2, Hamilton 401; 3, Bigfork 414.
Individual top 10 — 1, Katie Lewis 68; 2, Keni Wade 77; 3, Cameron Burnette 82; 4, Stella Jaffe 83; 5, Ryhlee Scott 92; 6, Addy Bowler 93; 7, Rhain Hollingsworth 99; 8, Caroline Owens 101; 9 (tie) Aubrey Tollefson and Kelcie Sperry 104.