Cards in hunt after first day of tourney

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The North Idaho College men are in second place, and the Cardinal women are third, after the first day of the Walla Walla Invitational on Sunday at Wine Valley Golf Club.

NIC’s men shot 287, nine strokes back of Walla Walla. Cardinals Sean Langham, Ross Gilbert and Preston Nelson are tied for eighth after shooting even-par 72. Lars Malinen of Walla Walla leads by two shots after shooting 66. Preston Roth (ex-Lakeland High) of Community Colleges of Spokane shot 74.

NIC’s women shot 248, four strokes back of Lewis-Clark State and one behind Southwestern Oregon. Madi Brown of NIC is tied for third after shooting 79, two strokes back of the co-leaders. Haley Rotchford and Megan Cysewski of CC Spokane, both former Lakeland Hawks, shot 84 and 88, respectively.

The tourney concludes today.

MEN

TEAM SCORES — 1, Walla Walla 278. 2, North Idaho 287. 3, Lewis-Clark State 294. 4 (tie), CC Spokane, Southwestern Oregon 299. 6, Bellevue 300. 7, Skagit Valley 302. 8 Walla Walla University 312. 9, Grays Harbor 315. 10, Columbia Basin 319. 11, Green River 320. 12, Olympic 329.

NORTH IDAHO — 8 (tie), Sean Langham, Ross Gilbert, Preston Nelson 72. 24 (tie), Brady Nelson 75. 49 (tie), Jackson Shaver 80.

WOMEN

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lewis-Clark State 244. 2, Southwestern Oregon 247. 3, North Idaho 248. 4, Skagit Valley 249. 5, Olympic 258. 6, CC Spokane 260. 7, Columbia Basin 264. 8, Walla Walla 288. 9, Walla Walla University 350.

NORTH IDAHO — 3 (tie), Madi Brown 79. 10, Katie Fyall 83. 14 (tie), Amalia Negrette 86. 19 (tie), Aly Mabey 87. 32, Megan Lawton 93.