It may be unfamiliar territory for Glacier golfer Cody Sherrill, but he’s more than happy to be the front runner at the Kalispell Invitational golf tournament.

Sherrill carded six birdies, bogied just one hole (the par-4 17th) to finish with a sizzling 5-under-par 67 on the Championship 18 at Buffalo Hill Golf Club on Thursday.

That standout performance gave him a huge six-shot lead on Easton Enott of C.M. Russell.

Sherrill was the lone golfer to break par and it’s the first time he has led a high school tournament after the opening round this fall.

“I like having that lead,” Sherrill, who has been a contender in every outing, said.

“It’s a great feeling to wake up and go to the course on the second day when you have a good lead. Now you just try to keep it going.”

Sherrill was as steady as they come for the first 18.

“Hit a lot of fairways and greens,” he said.

“It’s kind of nice being home, feeling good and knowing the course.”

He nearly had a hole-in-one on the 112-yard par-3 12th hole. Using a 56-degree wedge, he came within inches of his second career ace.

“Just rolled to the left side of it (the cup),” he said.

Today’s play wraps up at Northern Pines, where he picked up his first ace.

Glacier’s Teigan Avery, who has led her share of tournaments this season, is flirting with her second-straight medalist honor. She shot a 5-over 79 and is two shots behind Coral Schulz of Whitefish.

“It was pretty solid,” Avery said of her round.

“There were just a couple of holes that got to me.”

Those holes were the par-5 13th and the par-4 14th. She had bogies on both.

“Short game,” she said of what let her down on those holes.

“Two bad chips and two really bad putts.”

Avery is coming off a medalist showing last week at Helena.

In three previous tournaments, she has finished second to three different players.

“I’ve been pretty much in the mix (at every event),” she said.

“I’m really good no matter what position (first, second or third) I’m at. I know it takes two days no matter if you are 10 strokes behind or 10 strokes ahead. I know a lot can happen.”

On the team front, the Great Falls High girls hold down first with a 348 total.

Whitefish and Glacier, both with 350, are tied for second.

Flathead, 391, is fifth.

Glacier, at 299, leads the boys team standings. C.M. Russell, 316, is second.

Flathead, 320, is fourth, Whitefish, 337, ninth, and Polson, 357, 10th.

Kalispell Invitational

Thursday

at Buffalo Hill Golf Club

Par 72 (boys), 74 (girls)

First Round

BOYS

    Team Scores — Glacier 299, Great Falls C.M. Russell 316, Hamilton 319, Flathead 320, Missoula Sentinel 322, Missoula Hellgate 327, Great Falls 330, Missoula Big Sky 336, Whitefish 337, Polson 357.

    Top 10 — 1, Cody Sherrill, Glacier, 67; 2, Easton Enott, CMR, 73; 3, Josh Heath, Hamilton 75; 3, Max Toenjes, Hamilton, 75; 3, Ryan Keenan, Flathead, 75; 3, Scott Larson, Glacier, 75; 3, Royce Compton, Big Sky, 75; 8, Isak Nord, Hellgate, 76; 9, Tom Mann, Glacier, 77; 9, River Duce, Hellgate, 77.

By Team

    GLACIER (299) — Cody Sherrill 67, Scott Larson 75, Tom Mann 77, Sam Stern 80, Braydon Aurich 94.

    GREAT FALLS CMR (316) — Easton Enott 73, Cole Stenzel 80, Duncan Hollar 80, Allen Rogers 83, Ben Kaul 87.

    HAMILTON (319) — Josh Heath 75, Max Toenjes 75, Bridger Palin 84, Ky Burch 95, Taylor Dowdy 85.

    FLATHEAD (320) — Ryan Keenan 75, Evan Miles 80, Matthew Marshall 82, Nick Weaver 83, Jacob Welch 87.

    SENTINEL (322) — Nate Fuge 80, James Martin 80, Sean Ramsbacher 81, Tyler Seifert 81, Blake Hasquet 81.

    HELLGATE (327) — Isak Nord 76, Finn Makkula 80, Coltin Shoopman 94, River Duce 77.

    GREAT FALLS (330) — Cody Babinecz 79, Schafer Paladichuk 79, Tanner Thelan 86, Tyler Strickland 86, Keaton Sunchild DQ.

    BIG SKY (336) — Royce Compton 75, Tyson Gentri 82, Carter Wertphal 86, Jake Quinn 93, Riley McVey 94.

    WHITEFISH (337) — Cole Turgeon 79, Cody Olson 85, Joey Walp 85, Mitch Young 88, Jack Kahle 88.

    POLSON (357) — Curtis Capdeville 84, Carson McDaniels 86, Reno Lindesmith 86, Alex Salois 101.

    BROWNING (NS) — Trae Kennerly 95, Chase Smith 112.

GIRLS

    Team Scores — Great Falls 348, Whitefish 350, Glacier 350, Great Falls C.M. Russell 390, Flathead 391, Hamilton 449, Browning 465.

    Top 10 — 1, Coral Schulz, Whitefish, 77; 2, Teigan Avery, Glacier, 79; 3, Abigail Davidson, GFH, 82; 4, Maddie Trent, Hellgate, 83; 5, Jenna Jensen, Flathead, 85; 6, Catrina Babinecz, GFH 86; 7, Kate Fyall, Whitefish, 87; 7, Peyton Anderson, Polson, 87; 7, McKenna Hulslander, Glacier, 87; 10, Casey Babinecz, GFH, 88; 10, Jenni Herrick, Hellgate, 88.

By Team

    GREAT FALLS (348) — Abigail Davidson 82, Catrina Babinecz 86, Casey Babinecz 88, Kayla Slavic 92, Renae Hiesler 111.

    WHITEFISH (350) — Coral Schulz 77, Kate Fyall 87, Georgia Donaldson 93, Holly Hileman 97, Hailey Hileman 93.

    GLACIER (350) — Teigan Avery 79, McKenna Hulslander 87, McKenna Tinseth 90, Kyresten Seibenaler 94, Emma Epperly 111.

    GREAT FALLS CMR (390) — Savanna Voyle 91, Rylie Carmichael 97, Gillian Kitchell 100, Addison Beagles 102, Toni Callaway 117.

    FLATHEAD (391) — Jenna Jensen 85, Morgan Knutson 89, Liz Lorentz 106, Maddie Huestis 111, Morgan Corkish 128.

    HAMILTON (449) — Sydni Rose 91, Anne Carroll 1100, Melissa Kemp 110, Liz Roberts 138.

    BROWNING (465) — Sarah Harrison 98, Renessa Skunkcap 112, Gracie Show 123, Shalbilyn Tall White Man 132.

    POLSON (NS) — Peyton Anderson 87, Heather Franck 89.

    HELLGATE (NS) — Maddie Trent 83, Jenni Herrick 88, Kara Hogan 105.

    SENTINEL (NS) — Brie Finbraaten 111, McKenna VanSoest 114, Serina Breum 114.

    BIG SKY (NS) — Shayla Johnson 99, Sami Ormsher 105.