Malta Golf teams face cold weather early in the season

The Malta boys and girls golf teams have had a rough start to the season due to weather.

They got the first meet of the season in on April 9, at Shelby. The Mustang golfers were led by Kaden Bishop with a score of 100. Good enough for 17th place overall. He was followed by Jon Siewing-112, Hunter Stolem-115, Ashton Weston-115, and Connor Clausen-119.

The M'ettes, though not having enough players to get a team score, were led in individual scores by Sydney Gibbs-120, good enough for 12th place. She was followed by Kennedy Koss-122, and Aubri Werk-169.

The teams then had a two week delay due to weather in their schedule. The next meet they were able to get in was the Poplar Invitational on Friday, April 23.

The boys were again led by Kaden Bishop with a score of 96. Followed by Jon Siewing-107, Connor Clausen-108, Ashton Weston-112, and Hunter Stolem-117.

The girls were led by Lavida Dalby and Sydney Gibbs. Both with a score of 122. They were followed by Kennedy Koss-131, and Aubri Werk-145.

They played the next day, Saturday, April 24, at the Malta Athletic Club Invitational.

The boys' team title was won by Plentywood, with a team score of 404. The boys' medalist was Riley Smith, of Glasgow, with a score of 85. He was followed by Eli Sorenson (Plentywood)- 88, Trevin Boyson (Wolf Point)- 89, Jakob Gill- 93, Kaden Bishop (Malta)- 96, Eli Fezzell (Glasgow)- 96, Erik Pula (Chinook)- 100, Noah Murray (Plentywood)- 102, Ethan Macleod (Chinook)- 104, and Keigan Ingram (Glasgow)- 105.

The girls' team title went to Chinook with a score of 445. The low medalist was a tie between Ashtyn Curtiss and Paityn Curtiss, both of Plentywood, with scores of 96. They were followed by Crystal Hofer (Chinook)- 100, Baille Bazter (Glasgow)- 105, Hailey Bell (Chinook)- 105, Morgan Friede (Chinook)- 111, Shanice Lagerquest (Glasgow)- 114, Hannah Black (Plentywood)- 120, Kylie Lagerquest (Glasgow)- 121, and Lavida Dalby (Malta)- 122.

The next scheduled meets are this Thursday, April 29, at Wolf Point, and Friday, April 30, at Glasgow.