Webster-Merwin leads Bulldog golfers in Cd'A
COEUR d’ALENE — Jessie Webster-Merwin shot an 88, good enough for seventh place overall out of 40 girls, to lead Sandpoint Thursday at the Lake City Invitational at the Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Course.
Margaret Nieman shot a career-low 127 in her final round of the season, and Charissa Chatburn shot a 105 to lead the short-handed girls team.
“Charissa is just waiting to break 100 and playing good enough to do it,” said head coach Jim Alsager, whose team was without Ashlie McIntire and Kristi Mire.
Webster-Merwin, McIntire, Chatburn, Mire and Beth Lewis will be the give golfers competing at districts, where it will take a top three individual finish for a Sandpoint golfer to make state, as the Moscow girls look to have a lock on the team berth.
“Jessie and Ashlie each have a shot at that third spot,” said Alsager.
Connor Currie continues to lead the boys team, carding an 89 as the Bulldogs placed eighth out of nine teams. The Bulldogs will send Currie, Mike Lewis, Chris Lewis, Michael Lorden and Kanyen Bauer to districts next week, where the boys team will need career rounds to make a run at Moscow for the team title.
“We can make a run at Moscow,” said Alsager. “Connor and Mike also have a shot to get to state, but they’ll need to shoot in the low- 80’s.”
Jayce Yoshida of Post Falls fired a 3-under-par 69 to claim boys medalist honors at the Lake City Invitational at the Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Course. Coeur d’Alene’s boys, led by Brennan Stillinger’s 73, shot a 307 to win by eight strokes over Lewiston.
Katie Greear of Moscow was girls medalist with a 75, leading the Bears to a four-shot victory over Lewiston.
Sandpoint is at the 4A Region 1 meet on Tuesday, at Twin Lakes Golf Course at 11:30 a.m.
At Coeur d’Alene Public
Par 72
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 307. 2, Lewiston 315. 3, Moscow 318. 4, Lake City 321. 5, Post Falls 335. 6, Kellogg 340. 7, Bonners Ferry 357. 8, Sandpoint 367. 9, Lakeland 379.
MEDALIST — Jayce Yoshida, Post Falls, 69.
MOSCOW — Shawn Hill 81, Garett Adair 83, Cooper Wright 80, Michael Wagner 74.
BONNERS FERRY — Carey Reynolds 77, Aaron Moe 83, Chase Mellon 99, Evan Moe 98.
SANDPOINT — Mike Lewis 91, Connor Currie 89, Chris Lewis 93, Michael Lorden 94, Kanyen Bauer 108.
LAKELAND — Jon Rucker 94, Scottie Warren 103, Lucas Portello 86, Bo Leichtnam 108, Ryan Ettner 96.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Moscow 336. 2, Lewiston 340. 3, Post Falls 381. 4, Coeur d’Alene 426. 5, Kellogg 432. 6, Lakeland 434. 7, Sandpoint 442. 8, Lake City 481.
MEDALIST — Katie Greear, Moscow, 75.
MOSCOW — Katie Greear 75, Nikki Tatham 81, Taylor Anderson 86, Cindy Pitkin 94, Emma Kimberling 111.
LAKELAND — Chelsea Bayley 98, Carson Sharrai 100, Brook Tingey 123, Hailey Palmiter 113.
SANDPOINT — Jessie Webster-Merwin 88, Charissa Chatburn 105, Beth Lewis 122, Margaret Nieman 127.