Allen earns medalist honors at 1A-2A Region 1 golf tourney

Miners top five-team field to capture title

BIG CREEK — Clark Fork's Nate Allen won medalist honors with a score of 82 and helped the second place Wampus Cat boys advance to the 1A-2A state golf tournament.

However, both the Wallace boys and girls golf teams finished first to capture a pair of 1A-2A Region 1 golf tournament titles at Shoshone Golf Course on Tuesday in Big Creek.

Wallace sophomore Cara Hayman topped the girls field with a 90 on the afternoon.

Wallace's girls team advanced as the only complete girls team in the field. Lapwai and Orofino did not field any girls players.

Wallace's boys teams defeated Clark Fork by just four strokes with a final score of 368. Clark Fork's Chris Currie scored a 93, while Kyle Ruen hit a 94.

The Clark Fork girls did not field a complete team, however Tiffany Van Buren finished fourth overall with a score of 126.

The 1A-2A State Match is in Burley next Monday and Tuesday.

BOYS MEDALIST — Nate Allen, Clark Fork 82.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

WALLACE (368) — Dayne Evenson 92. Jesse Bennett 105. Dustin Christensen 87. Darrick Holmquist 93. Brian Lavergne 96.

CLARK FORK (372) — Allen 82. Kyle Ruen 94. Bo Gustafson 103. Chris Currie 93. Zac Palmer 103.

OROFINO (414) — JZ Savage 91. Josh Anderson 112. Shelby White 100. Adam Allen 117. Daniel Alldrin 111.

LAPWAI (423) — Dominick Church 105. Justin Hernandez 117. Andy Jones 105. Drew Church 96. Preston Leighton 131.

POST FALLS CHRISTIAN — Brack Adkins 91. Jordan Hestness 94.

MULLAN — Matt Murray 105. Shane Evans 141. Andrew Kotschevar 138.

Top individuals to state: Allen, Christensen, Savage, Adkins.

GIRLS MEDALIST — Cara Hayman, Wallace, 90.

GIRLS SCORES —

WALLACE (477) — Hayman 90. Brittany Wild 113. Ashlee Maravilla 127. Maria Cloos 162. Kristin Hartmann 147.

POST FALLS CHRISTIAN — Sophie Salamina 108.

MULLAN — Jackie Smith 180.

CLARK FORK — Tiffany Van Buren 126. Joleen Meredith 146.

Top individuals to state: Hayman, Salamina.