Evens ties for top honors at KingCo medalist tournament | Prep boys golf

Published 3:32 pm Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Mercer Island senior Zach Evens tied with Liberty’s Ben Graham for co-medalist honors at the 3A/2A KingCo medalist tournament Monday, Oct. 12 at Snohomish Golf Course.

Evens birdied on the final hole to tie with Graham, posting a scorecard of 71.

Evens was one of three Islanders to advance to the district tournament. Drew Christofferson tied for fourth place with Bellevue’s Taylor Hawk, shooting a 73 for the tournament. Braden Williams placed 15th, tying with Lake Washington’s Matt Uhrich, shooting a 79.

As a team, Mercer Island finished one stroke behind Bellevue for third place, scoring 397. Liberty won with a team score of 384.

Evens was named KingCo MVP this season and earned first team All-KingCo honors, while Christofferson was named to the second team. After dropping their first two league meets, the Islanders won their last four to finish the season second in their conference behind Liberty.