Milton shoots 66, Polson boys lead Kalispell Invite

Max Milton and Co. came to play Wednesday at the Kalispell Invitational.

Milton shot a 66 and the Polson Pirates built a one-shot lead in the boys team race after 18 holes of the two-day golf tournament held at Village Greens. 

Milton was even-par on the front nine and then shot a 31 on the back, with five birdies and a bogey on 18, for a 4-under 66. Fellow Pirates Cash Brown (74) and Carson Emerson (75) were among the top 15 (plus ties), and Polson finished Day 1 with 300 strokes to 301 for Helena Capital. 

It’s a tight team race: Bozeman is third at 303 and Glacier, led by Torren Murray (75), is fourth at 307.  

Other top boys were Sam Aike of Gallatin at 72; Whitefish’s Mason O’Neil is tied for fourth at 73 with two others. 

Flathead’s boys are tied for 12th and the Braves’ leading golfer was Easton Coopman, who fired an 82. 

Gallatin leads the girls team race by 15 strokes over Whitefish, 333-348. Aerin Ryan shot an 80 and is one of five Raptors in the top 15 individuals; she’s tied for second individually with Whitefish’s Jillian Wagner. 

Hamilton’s Cameron Burnett shot a 74 to build a six-stroke lead on the field. 

Whitefish’s Karlee Brown and Gallatin’s Aspen Lura had 81s, and Glacier’s Maggie Mitton is alone in sixth at 82, and her Wolfpack sat seventh out of 11 teams. 

Polson’s girls, led by Sara Dumouchel (87), are third in the team race. Flathead is fifth; Rebecca Schmidt led the Bravettes with a 92.  

The tournament concludes today. Fans can find cores at Golf Genius; the GGID is GRBKR7.  

Kalispell Invitational

Wednesday, Village Greens

BOYS

Team scores – 1, Polson 300; 2, Helena Capital 301; 3, Bozeman 303; 4, Glacier 307; 5, Whitefish 310; 6, Gallatin 313; 7, Helena 318; 8, Butte 329; 9 (tie), Columbia Falls and Hamilton, 336; 12 (tie), Flathead and Belgrade, 343; 14, Flathead JV 355. 

Individual Top 15

Max Milton, Polson    66 

Austin Kaufman, Helena    70 

Sam Aike, Gallatin    72 

Mason O’Neil, Whitefish    73 

John Gilbert, Capital    73 

Andrew Johnson, Bozeman    73 

Jayce Belzer, Capital    74 

Zack Schmid-Sommer, Whitefish    74 

Cash Brown, Polson    74 

Torren Murray, Glacier    75 

Carson Emerson, Polson    75 

Will Benne, Bozeman    76 

Jack Muhlestein, Butte    76 

Crimson Beyer, Hamilton    76 

Easton King, Bozeman    76 

Matt Gilbert, Capital    76 

GIRLS

Team scores – 1, Gallatin 333; 2, Whitefish 348; 3, Polson 385; 4, Capital 391; 5, Flathead 397; 6, Hamilton 399; 7, Glacier 411; 8, Butte 414; 9, Helena 417; 10, Bozeman 447; 11, Glacier JV 525. 

Individual Top 25

Cameron Burnett, Hamilton    74 

Aerin Ryan, Gallatin    80 

Jillian Wagner, Whitefish    80 

Karlee Brown, Whitefish    81 

Aspen Lura, Gallatin    81 

Maggie Mitton, Glacier    82 

Breckin Frederick, Gallatin    83 

Ryhlee Scott, Whitefish    86 

Sara Dumouchel, Polson    87 

Haven Boersema, Gallatin    89 

Rebecca Schmidt, Flathead    92 

Kelley Fowler, Capital    92 

Jade Schmitz, Gallatin    92 

Kate DeShaw, Butte    93 

Johanna Bieber, Polson    93