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Golf: Doorn among leaders in Great Falls

The Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 5 months AGO
by The Daily Inter Lake
| August 26, 2013 11:14 PM

GREAT FALLS — Whitefish’s Art Doorn is part of a three-way tie atop a crowded leaderboard after the first round of the Great Falls Invitational golf tournament at Anaconda Hills on Monday.

Doorn shot a 70 to end the day in the top spot along with Billings Senior’s Sean Bensen and Great Falls C.M. Russell’s Easton Enott. Three golfers are one stroke back at 71 and Glacier’s Cody Sherrill and Kevin Talcott are part of a group of five that is two strokes back at 72.

Flathead’s Joseph Potkonjak is three shots off the pace at 73 and teammate Ryan Keenan is four back at 74. Whitefish’s Cooper Donahue is also in the mix with a first-round score of 76.

The tournament includes all 14 Class AA golf teams along with Whitefish and Havre from Class A.

Billings Senior leads the team standings with a score of 286, Billings West is second at 293 and Bozeman is third at 294. Glacier is fifth at 298, Flathead is 10th at 311 and Whitefish is 11th at 316.

Glacier’s Teigen Avery shot a 78 to finish the opening round in fourth place. She’s two strokes back of leader Haily Hoagland of Butte (76) and one shot behind Billings Senior’s Kortney McNeil and Sammy Walter (77).

Whitefish’s Erin Tabish shot a 79 to finish three strokes off the pace and Flathead’s Jenna Jensen is four shots back at 80.

Butte leads the team standings with a score of 322. Billings West is second at 330 and Missoula Hellgate is third at 333. Whitefish is seventh with a score of 360 and Flathead is eighth at 363. Glacier does not have enough golfers to qualify for a team score.

The tournament concludes today at Eagle Falls Golf Course in Great Falls.

At Anaconda Hills

Par 69, 5,700 yards

GIRLS

Team Scores

Butte 322; Billings West 330; Missoula Hellgate 333; Billings Senior 335; Helena Capital 335; Great Falls High 343; Whitefish 360; Flathead 363; Helena High 367; CMR 380; Billings Skyview 383; Havre 384; Missoula Big Sky 389; Missoula Sentinel 435

Top 10 Individuals

Hailey Hoagland, Butte, 76; Kortney McNeil, Senior, 77; Sammy Walter, Senior, 77; Teigan Avery, Glacier, 78; Shealyn Hafer, Butte, 79; Erin Tabish, Whitefish, 79; Hannah Zwemke, West, 80; Jenna Jensen, Flathead, 80; Abigail Davidson, Great Falls, 80; Maddie Trent, Hellgate, 80

Flathead Valley Teams

WHITEFISH (360): Tabish 79, Katie Fyall 85, Georgia Donaldson 92, Lauren Cogdill 104

FLATHEAD (363): Jensen 80, Morgan Knutson 90, Michaela Murer 94, Aryn Phillips 99

GLACIER: Avery 78, Cynthia Gilbertson 106, Emma Epperly 114

BOYS

Team Scores

Billings Senior 286; Billings West 293; Bozeman 294; Missoula Hellgate 296; Glacier 298; Billings Skyview 303; Missoula Sentinel 303; CMR 304; Helena Capital 304; Flathead 311; Whitefish 316; Butte 324; Great Falls High 330; Helena High 336; Missoula Big Sky 340; Havre 349

Top 10 Individuals

Sean Bensen, Sentinel, 70; Easton Enott, CMR, 70; Art Doorn, Whitefish, 70; Austin Egan, Sentinel, 71; Austin Berg, West, 71; Tyson Odden, Bozeman, 71; Austin Walter, Sentinel, 72; Connor Brown, Bozeman, 72; Cody Sherrill, Glacier, 72; Kevin Talcott, Glacier, 72; Pat Colberg, Hellgate, 72

Flathead Valley Teams

GLACIER (298): Sherrill 72, Talcott 72, Tommy Mann 74, Scott Larson 80

FLATHEAD (311): Joseph Potkonjak 73, Ryan Keenan 74, Jacob Welch 80, Matthew Marshall 84

WHITEFISH (316): Doorn 70, Cooper Donahue 76, Cody Olson 85, Joey Walp 85

Columbia Falls Invitational at Ronan

RONAN — Jaylin Kenney and the Polson girls golf team ran away with first place at the Columbia Falls Invitational at Ronan Monday.

Kenney shot a 78 to beat second-place Darby McNally of Frenchtown by 13 strokes. Polson’s Heather Frank was third with a 95 and teammates Peyton Anderson and Lauren DuPuis carded 98s in a tie for fourth place.

Polson shot 369 as a team, beating Frenchtown by 40 strokes. Columbia Falls finished third with a score of 496. Baylee Brinton led the Wildkats with a 116, which was 10th overall.

Hamilton won the boys’ competition with a 314 while Polson was second with a 340. Frenchtown, 362, and Stevensville, 415, finished third and fourth and Columbia Falls, 427, was fifth.

Hamilton’s Josh Heath shot a 75 to claim the individual medal, edging Frenchtown’s Chris Delaney by one stroke.

Polson’s Alex Killian and Ryan Thurman each shot 84 to tie for seventh and Polson’s Reno Lindesmith and Dalton Noyes were two shots behind in a tie for ninth.

Columbia Falls hosts the Flathead and Glacier junior varsity teams today in West Glacier. Polson is back in action Thursday at the Browning Invitational in East Glacier.

Boys

Team scores - 1, Hamilton 314; 2, Polson 340; 3, Frenchtown 362; 4, Stevensville 415; 5, Columbia Falls 427

Top 10 - 1, Josh Heath, Hamilton, 75; 2, Chris Delaney, Frenchtown, 76; 3, Bridger Palin, Hamilton, 79; 4 (tie), Ky Burch, Hamilton, 80; 4 (tie), Taylor Dowdy, Hamilton, 80; 6, Troy Wolff, Frenchtown, 81; 7 (tie), Alex Killian, Polson, 84; 7 (tie), Ryan Thurman, Polson, 84; 9 (tie), Reno Lindesmith, Polson, 86; 9 (tie), Dalton Noyes, Polson, 86.

Girls

Team scores - 1, Polson 369; 2, Frenchtown 409; 3, Columbia Falls 496

Top 10 - 1, Jaylin Kenney, Polson, 78; 2, Darby McNally, Frenchtown, 91; 3, Heather Frank, Polson, 95; 4 (tie), Peyton Anderson, Polson, 98; 4 (tie), Lauren DuPuis, Polson, 98; 6, Ashlin Stenerson, Frenchtown, 99; 7, Jamie Knight, Frenchtown, 109; 8, Jamie McNally, Frenchtown, 110; 9, Dani Flynn, Frenchtown, 115; 10, Baylee Brinton, Columbia Falls, 116.

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