Gonzaga Prep’s Alex Cooke, Mead’s Taylor Mularski win Spokane Area tournament titles
May 20, 2022 Updated Fri., May 20, 2022 at 9:47 p.m.
Alex Cooke putts at the High School Golf National Invitational last summer at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. (Courtesy photo)
From staff reports
The Greater Spokane League’s cream of the crop rose to the top of the standings Thursday at the Spokane Area High School Golf Championship.
Gonzaga Prep’s Alex Cooke, the GSL Player of the Year, shot 69 at Kalispel Golf and Country Club to earn the boys title at the annual all-classifications tournament.
Three Mead Panthers – defending champion Ty Anderson, Ben Jones and Bradley Mulder – shared second with 70s. G-Prep’s Matthew Durkin (72) was fifth.
The GSL champion Panthers rolled to the team title with a 4-under 284, followed by G-Prep (302) and Central Valley (324). Lewis and Clark and Mt. Spokane tied for fourth at 329.
Mead senior Taylor Mularski won the girls championship with a 3-over 76. Pullman’s Lauren Greeny was second with 79, followed by LC’s Caelia Fleming (83) and Mead’s Brooke Bloom (84) and Bromley Ross (88).
The Panthers, regular-season GSL champions, shot 342 to claim the team title. G-Prep (386) was second, LC (395) third, Mt. Spokane (407) fourth and Pullman (412) fifth.
State tournaments will run Tuesday and Wednesday at several sites.
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