Hawks swing way to Western B play

The Thompson Falls golf team hopes to squeeze every possible swing out of this rapidly disappearing season.

In Missoula early this week for the Loyola Invitational, to be played at the Ranch Club Monday and at the Canyon Creek course Tuesday, coach Mike Bates and his Hawk linksters will complete regular season action at the St. Regis Invitational at Trestle Creek Thursday.

The Western B divisional tournament will then become the next big thing and will be played at Eagle Bend in Bigfork next Tuesday.

At the midway point in the Loyola Invite Monday night, the Hawk boys were sitting in fourth place in team standings with 355.

Dylan Beckman led the Hawks to that total with an 81, good for a share of third place, and Ethan Brown was tied for tenth with an 86.

Elsie Brown was in third with the girls with a first round 85.

In other action last week, the Hawk boys won second place to Loyola in the Anaconda Invitational played at the Old Works course last Tuesday.

Beckman fired a 79 to lead the Hawks in that tourney, Kade Pardee shot an 83, Michael Johnson 87, Ethan Brown 93 and Nathan Ostwald 111. Loyola won the boys side of the tourney with a collective score of 332 while the Hawks were second with 342.

Elsie Brown won fourth in the girls tourney at Anaconda with a 91.