Ferris tops field at Avondale

HAYDEN LAKE — The Coeur d'Alene golf team came close to defending their home tournament on Monday, but Ferris proved to be too steady.

After tying Ferris with scores of 307 to get into the full-squad sudden death playoff, the Vikings lost by a score of 16-19 on the first playoff hole at the Avondale Golf and Tennis Club.

All five members from each squad teed off on the first hole and the top-four scores for each team were counted. Ferris had all pars while Coeur d'Alene got one par and three bogeys.

"It was fun for everybody," Coeur d'Alene coach Darren Hull said. "We played well. We're just hoping to peak at the right time as we get into districts and state."

Ferris and Coeur d'Alene separated themselves from the rest of the 20-team field by beating third place Post Falls' "Black" team by 16 strokes. Sandpoint, led by sophomore Joey Lovell's 86, finished with 377 points for 14th place.

"Three of the five kids had never played Avondale before, and Avondale is a tough course for the people who do play it," said Sandpoint coach Mike Keough. "Add the weather conditions … I think it all took a toll."

Ferris' Craig Leslie earned medalist honors with a 66, seven shots better than the second place score of 73 by Tyler Lynn of Ferris, David Nuhn of Moscow and Zach Boughton of Post Falls.

The Bulldogs will host the Sandpoint Invitational at Hidden Lakes on Monday.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Ferris 307. 2, Coeur d'Alene Blue 307. 3 (tie), Post Falls Black, Moscow 323. 5, Lewiston 324. 6 (tie), Clarkston, Bonners Ferry 347. 8, Mt. Spokane 350. 9, East Valley 353. 10, Lake City 357. 11, Coeur d'Alene White 364. 12 (tie), Coeur d'Alene Silver, University 366. 14, Sandpoint 377. 15, Post Falls 378. 16 (tie), Cheney, Kellogg 382. 18, Lewis-Clark 390. 19, North Central 393. 20, West Valley 417.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Craig Leslie, Ferris, 66. 2, Tyler Lynn, Ferris, 73. 3, David Nuhn, Moscow, 73. 4, Zach Boughton, Post Falls, 73. 5 (tie), Ryan Morton, Coeur d'Alene, Russell Grove, Coeur d'Alene, Matt Solem, Lewiston, 76. 8 (tie), Joel Dahmen, Clarkston, Taylor Lowe, Coeur d'Alene 77. 10 (tie), Michael Dorosh, Coeur d'Alene, Ryan Jones, Ferris, 78.

SANDPOINT — Joey Lovell 86, Matt Meaux 94, Colin Slaughter 99, Andrew Genovese 100.