Cardinal men lead after first day of tourney at Avondale

| April 15, 2018 11:41 PM

HAYDEN LAKE — The North Idaho College men’s golf team leads Community Colleges of Spokane by five strokes after the first day of a Northwest Athletic Conference league match hosted by NIC on Sunday at Avondale Golf Club.

Four Cardinals are in the top 10, led by Jesse Henderson, who is tied for third after shooting an even-par 72.

NIC’s women shot 252 on the first day and trail first-place Columbia Basin by seven shots. Mikal Jerman of NIC is in fourth after shooting 82.

The tournaments conclude today.

MEN

TEAM SCORES — 1, North Idaho 294. 2, Spokane 299. 3, Bellevue 305. 4, Skagit Valley 313. 5, Southwestern Oregon 315. 6 (tie), Green River, Columbia Basin 321. 8 (tie), Olympic, Grays Harbor 334. 10, Walla Walla 345.

LEADER — Jake Larson, Spokane, 70.

NORTH IDAHO — T3, Jesse Henderson 72. T5, Sean Langham 73. T7, Brady Nelson 74. 10, Todd Henderson 75. T13, Braxton Stewart 77. T18, Ben Harvey 79.

WOMEN

TEAM SCORES — 1, Columbia Basin 245. 2, North Idaho 252. 3 (tie), Skagit Valley, Spokane 260. 5, Southwestern Oregon 266. 7, Walla Walla 276. 8, Highline 292. 9, Centralia 381.

LEADER — Brianna Esvelt, Columbia Basin, 79.

NORTH IDAHO — 4, Mikal Jerman 82. 5, Madi Brown 83. T10, Aly Mabey 87. T23, Mackenzie Robins 91. T29, Caitlyn Fisher 94. T29, Mckenna Tinseth 94.