Boys golf strokes on point in Frenchtown

Whitefish golfer Marcus Kliman earned medalist honors with a score of 77 at the Frenchtown Invitational Wednesday, Sept. 16 at King Ranch Golf Course.

Led by Kilman, four Bulldog golfers shot their way into the top 10 to take the boys team title. Whitefish had a score of 325, 15 strokes fewer than Polson who took second. Bulldog Johnny Nix scored 80 to take second in the boys individual results, followed by Bjorn Olson in sixth and Gates Gilman in seventh place.

Whitefish also competed at the Kalispell Invitational held at Buffalo Hill Golf Club the following day. Against bigger Class AA schools, like Glacier and Flathead, Whitefish took eighth place out of ten teams in the team results. The boys were led by Nix this time, who shot an 86.

Whitefish did not take a girls team to either invitational.

Bulldog Golf heads to the Western A Divisional Tournament this weekend, Friday through Saturday, at the Polson Country Club. The following week, Oct. 1-2, Whitefish will cap its outstanding season by competing in the Class A State Golf Tournament in Butte.

Frenchtown Invitational

Wednesday, Sept. 16

King Ranch

BOYS

Team scores - 1. Whitefish 325, 2. Polson 340, 3. Frenchtown 353, 4. Ronan 357, 5. Dillon 365.

Individual Whitefish scores — 1. Marcus Killman, Whitefish 77; 2. Johnny Nix, Whitefish 80; 6. Bjorn Olson, Whitefish 84; 7. Gates Gilman, Whitefish 84

Kalispell Invitational

Thursday, Sept. 17

Buffalo Hill Golf Club

BOYS

Team scores - 1. Glacier 306; 2. Helena 319; 3. Missoula Sentinel 322; 4. Flathead 325; 5. Great Falls CMR 342; 6. Helena Capital 343; 7. Missoula Big Sky 345; 8. Whitefish 365; 9. Missoula Hellgate 374; 10. Great Falls 386.

Individual Whitefish scores — Johnny Nix 86, Bjorn Olson 85, Gates Gilman 89, Tag Walker 105.