Fitzpatrick, Crowley fire 80s to pace Bulldogs golfers
SANDPOINT — Damien Fitzpatrick and Nick Crowley fired rounds of 80, leading the Bulldog boys to a fourth place finish on Friday at the Sandpoint Invitational, held at the Elks Golf Course.
After beating the Lakeland boys in the previous meet for the first time all season, the Bulldogs finished eight strokes behind the Hawks. Head coach Tom Tharp feels like the score was inflated, as Dylan Dufenhorst, arguably the second best golfer on the team, was off his game with a 95, and Jack Reeves, coming off a round of 75, shot 83 on Friday.
“Dylan could easily knock 15 strokes off of that,” said Tharp, admitting the fight for the district title between the two teams will no doubt be tight. “If everything goes right, we’ll be back in the hunt. We’re looking forward to districts.”
The district meet will be hosted by Lakeland on Monday, at the Links Golf Course. The winning team gets an automatic berth to state.
BOYS
Par 70, 5,708 yards
TEAM SCORES — 1, tie, Lewiston 305, Post Falls 305. 3, Lakeland 327. 4, Sandpoint, 335. 5, Coeur d’Alene, 336. 6, Lake City, 343.
MEDALIST — Ben Trigstad, Lew, 71.
POST FALLS — Drew Harris 87, Ty Brearly 72, Chase Bomar 87, Colton Serdahl 72, Joseph Glenn 74.
LAKELAND — Preston Roth 74, Andrew Knight 79, Dylan Knight 86, Shane Hylton 88, Kenny Zaken 99.
SANDPOINT — Jack Reeves 83, Dylan Dufenhorst 95, Damien Fitzpatrick 80, Nick Crowley 80, Lake Wilks 92.
COEUR d’ALENE — Alex Callahan 78, Chase Mitchell DQ, Austin Mitchell 89, Jake Webber 82, Paul Freeman 87.
LAKE CITY — Nate Sawki 87, Cameron Ealy 86, Riley Shields 90, Nate Lambert 80, Corbin Messina 97.
GIRLS
Par 70, 5,456 yards
TEAM SCORES — 1, Lakeland 362. 2, Coeur d’Alene 373. 3, Sandpoint 442. 4, Lake City 460.
MEDALIST — Emily Callahan 78.
LAKELAND — Megan Cysweski 91, Haley Rotchford 82, Sierra Tingey 84, Madeline Neff 105, Kenzie Roth 110.
COEUR d’ALENE — Emily Callahan 78, Kendra Pasco 92, Kealy McMurray 95, Marie Mallick 108, Jessica Fahy 108.
SANDPOINT — Alexis Creighton 101, Caroline Hawkins 118, Nina McDonnell 104, Maddie Albertson 120, Sage Levora 120.
LAKE CITY — Ella Erwin 116, Margaret Kennedy 122, Paisley Larsen 112, Haley Nelson 110, Dejah Cline 127.