Sandpoint girls claim first at Moscow Invitational, CeCe Deprez earns medalist honors
The Sandpoint girls golf team poses for a photo after capturing the title at the Moscow Invitational on Wednesday. Pictured (from left): Camille Neuder, Hattie Larson, Annaby Kanning, Lyndie Wilks and CeCe Deprez.
(Photo courtesy of MIKE DEPREZ)
MOSCOW — The Sandpoint golf team returned to action at the Moscow Invitational.
The girls stepped up and edged out Coeur d'Alene by one stroke to claim the team title at the tournament.
The Bulldogs had seen the Vikings twice this season prior to Wednesday's meeting at the University of Idaho Golf Course, and finished runner-up to Coeur d'Alene both times.
Given how close the girls have been to topping CDA, Wednesday's victory couldn't have been any sweeter.
"It was great," head coach Mike Deprez said. "You could see there was a lot of beaming smiles on those faces, and they like finishing first. They're aware of the fact that they've been close, but no cigar."
Outside of SHS and CDA, Lewiston, Lake City, Moscow and Post Falls also competed in the event. The Sandpoint boys captured sixth with a team score of 369.
"It was extremely windy today so it was a little on the tricky side," Deprez said.
CeCe Deprez took home medalist honors on the girls side by carding an 87. Hattie Larson shot a 92, Camille Neuder posted a 96, Annaby Kanning recorded a 106 and Lyndie Wilks had a 121.
Harley Wilks led the way for the boys with an 87. Dawson Owens tallied a 90, Connor Bird had a 92, Jake Samuels shot a 100 and Darren Bailey posted a 109. Merek Bauck competed as an individual and recorded a 93.
Deprez was really impressed with Bird's round.
"Connor kind of found a little bit of his rhythm," he said.
Moving forward, Deprez said the team needs to continue to work on minimizing mistakes on the course and staying composed when things don't go their way.
"For almost all of these players, it's how to mitigate those three holes where they cost themselves three to four strokes per hole when it should cost them one or two strokes," he said.
The Bulldogs will get plenty of time on the course this weekend when they head to the Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Washington, for some practice rounds.
Sandpoint will play in the Lake City Invitational on Monday at the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 308. 2, Lewiston 344. 3, Post Falls 355. 4, Lake City 361. 5, Moscow 364. 6, Sandpoint 369.
MEDALIST — L. West, Coeur d’Alene 74.
COEUR d’ALENE — Cole Jaworski 78, Parker Freeman 78, Adam Bruns 85, Wyatt Williams 79, Luke West 74.
LEWISTON — J. Seibly 77, B. Gleaves 94, C. Rotchford 97, B. Torgerson 87, T. Bennett 91.
POST FALLS — Dominic Mosby 87, Blake Gleaves 94, Cameron Rotchford 97, Boen Torgerson 87, Trevor Bennett 91.
LAKE CITY — Seth. Hartley 95, Seth Hecomovich 96, Wyatt Johnson 87, Max Hosfeld 94, Cole Kimball 85.
MOSCOW — B. Mack 82, Beebe 97, T. Strong 99, A. Lee 90, I. Harmon 95.
SANDPOINT — Harley Wilks 87, Dawson Owens 90, Darren Bailey 109, Jake Samuels 100. Connor Bird 92.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 381. 2, Coeur d’Alene 382. 3, Lake City 395. 4, Lewiston 418. 5, Post Falls 432.
MEDALIST — CeCe Deprez, Sandpoint, 87.
SANDPOINT — CeCe Deprez 87, Hattie Larson 92, Camille Neuder 96, Annaby Kanning 106, Lyndie Wilks 121.
COEUR d’ALENE — Holly Hudson 97, Brianna Priest 89, Marin Rowley 102, Taylor Potter 95, Hailey Crenshaw 101.
LAKE CITY — JoJo Dodge 91, Ashlynn Shanley 95, Lindsey Angelo 105, Joey Heick 104, Hannah Hall 111.
LEWISTON — A. Tellez 101, M. Siebly 100, McCarthy 106, L. Samuels 111, M. Halstead 115.
POST FALLS — Hanna Christensen 113, Catherine Gordon 110, Payton Blair 106, Keaton Delaney 116, Laraina SiJohn 103.
MOSCOW — M. Parsons 99, M. Lewis 109, H. Gregory 128.