Carroll men fifth at own invitational

The host Carroll College men's golf team wrapped up a fifth-place finish Tuesday at Green Meadow Country Club in the Carroll College Invitational.

The Saints shot a collective 926. Carroll didn't field a full women's team.

John Nielsen shot the Saints' best score, a 69 in the second round.

Carroll College Invitational

Tuesday

Green Meadow Country Club

Helena

Men

Team scores: 1. University of Victoria 869, 2. Lewis and Clark 875, 3. Rocky Mountain 895, 4. Montana Tech 910, 5. Carroll College 926, 6. Montana-Western 937, 7. Westminster 945, 8. Great Falls NS.

University of Victoria: Shelby Dreher 73-70-71, Jade Dennill 76-73-71, Steve Beil 76-70-73, Paul Statchuk 78-79-69, Josh Fleming 73-74-75.

Lewis and Clark College: Marc Vedder 72-76-78, Arron Curtis 72-77-71, Shawn Krahling 77-69-73, Jeff Thoeny 74-74-73, Jeff Smith 71-74-76.

Rocky Mountain College: Kelbi Lee 75-71-69, Vic Meyers 73-78-74, Broc Criswell 83-73-73, Billy Pine 80-78-76, Renzi Lee 78-79-73, Jared Atkins 75-73-76, Ryan Linell 70-71-69, Will Lucas 82-82-80.

Montana Tech: Brendan Paull 76-83-77, Patrick Stump 79-72-77, Jon Johnstone 78-76-74, Jeff Wood 76-79-81, Tyler Williams 74-76-75, Josh Chebul 84-87-84, Dan Merchant 85-83-75, Jeff Seleska 103-96-100.

Carroll College: John Nielsen 75-69-78, Ryan Buls 76-80-79, Cole Bennett 77-79-74, Matt Roberts 83-77-81, Ben Waiss 95-81-79, Jack Gillette 88-87-85, John Beltrone 87-80-83, Mike Anderson 77-77-80, Chris King 87-80-WD.

UM-Western: Josh Peterson 75-73-71, Dan Oberweiser 77-76-84, Lance Bosen 80-79-84, Tyler McCabe 80-78-80, Seth Kuhl 87-85-91, Dan Hazlett 84-77-86, Josh Schad 84-78-X, Eric Reiner 86-76-78.

Westminster College: Adam Epson 76-75-78, Eric Hurd 77-77-73, Jesse Lind 83-89-80, Patrick Roeder 84-NS-86, Ryan Davis 83-75-79, Mike Elliott 79-80-85.

University of Great Falls: Allan Ramorini 78-73-77, Erik Nelson 91-88-93, Matt Widhalm 98-90-92, Chris Crocker 128-103-WD.

Women

Team scores: 1. Rocky Mountain 958, 2. Lewis and Clark 1,004, 3. Westminster 1,111, 4. Montana Tech 1,131, 5. Montana-Western 1,155, 6. Montana State-Northern 1,169, 7. Carroll College NS, 7. Great Falls NS.

Rocky Mountain College: Ashley Griffith 84-75-80, Rachael Warren 79-77-84, Karin Boo 73-80-77, Emily Jewett 91-81-88, Carlie Breen 81-80-89, Shawna Elliott 97-82-86, Katie Truscott 91-84-83, Katie Phillips 83-91-90.

Lewis and Clark College: Nicole Olson 86-75-75, Christine Bemicki 89-85-84, Samara Kluever 83-89-90, Kate Fuqua 84-82-93, Kara Player 87-85-88, Chantelle Beveridge 112-91-94.

Westminster College: Ashley Baldwin 84-79-84, Rachel Panish 94-94-87, Heather Hatch 100-94-94, Cassie Bagiola 102-98-101.

Montana Tech: Kelsey Jensen 82-87-78, Tina Bickford 88-85-92, Victoria Kazmierczak 92-90-86, Crystal Cunniff 120-115-116.

UM-Western: Ashley Melne 87-95-88, Katie Wilson 90-95-88, Katie Blades 106-98-94, Alie Bethel 106-114-103, Lisa Minnehan 113-117-96.

MSU-Northern: Julie Wagner 93-91-91, Chasity Wagner 97-91-92, Anita Strommen 101-95-87, Lorrie Keller 107-109-115.

Carroll College: Andrea Tucker 92-95-98, April Schauer 97-98-WD, Audrey Adams 108-111-103.

University of Great Falls: Dena Riegel 101-84-89.

Dillard's hosts Carroll tailgate party

Dillard's will host a Carroll College tailgate party at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the store's east entrance. Players from all three fall sports programs will be on hand to sign posters. Hot dogs and Pepsi will be provided.

MSU's Swaggert joins 49ers' practice squad

Brent Swaggert, a 2003 First Team All Big Sky Conference and Third Team AP All America Left Tackle from Montana State, has rejoined the San Francisco 49ers as a member of its practice squad after being cut from the 49ers three weeks ago prior to the start of the NFL regular season. Swaggert is represented by NFL Player Agents Tom White and Bob Huebner.

Lynch boots nine points for Dakota St.

Mitch Lynch, a kicker for Dakota State University at Madison, S.D., kicked 24- and 32-yard field goals Saturday in a game against Black Hills State in Spearfish S.D. He also was 3-for-3 on point-after attempts in Dakota State's 27-17 win. He was named special team player of the week. Lynch was a four-year soccer player at Capital High.

Chaet honored by Utah State

Helena High graduate Ben Chaet was honored by Utah State University for his kicking performance in Saturday's football game against the University of Utah.

Chaet ranks 16th nationally with a punting average of 44.1 yards per kick. He's dropped seven of his 17 punts inside the 20-yard line. Against No. 15 Utah, he had five punts averaging 41.4 yards and had a 49-yarder. He knocked two punts within the 20-yard lne.

In the Aggies' opener against Alabama, he had a career-long 44-yard field goal and averaged 43.4 yards on seven punts. He had 61- and 60-yard punts this season against the University of Idaho.

Former UM star Deming heads to Greece

MISSOULA (AP) -- Former Montana basketball standout Julie Deming plans to play professionally in Greece.

Deming said she will play for Panserraikos, a club team in Serres, a city of 80,000 in northern Greece. Panserraikos competes in the A1 league, the highest professional division of the Hellenic Basketball Federation.

Team managers expect Deming to be in Greece at the end of September. Her contract runs through April and includes housing and air fare.

The 5-foot-10 forward from Portland, Ore., was an all-Big Sky Conference selection as a Montana senior for the 2003-04 season, helping lead the Lady Griz to a 27-5 record and the conference championship, and an NCAA tournament berth.