STERLING — Ellinwood (336) won the Sterling Golf Invitational featuring three top 10 medalists in 89-degree weather with 20 to 35 mph southerly winds.

Ellinwood's third-place Remi Thomas (80) birdied Nos. 2 and 4, sixth-place Luke Heinz (81) and seventh-place Austin Shinliver (84) birdied Nos. 5, 13 and 16 to earn top 10 medals. Keaton Lewis (91) placed 15th.

Cheney's Kooper Williams birdied Nos. 4 and 7 to earn medalist honors with a 3-over-par 74 at Sterling Country Club.

BLACK BEAR INVITATIONAL

Sterling CC. par 71

TEAM TOTALS—1—Ellinwood 336; 2—Cheney 341; 3—Sterling 450; 4—Halstead 367; 5—Hillsboro 381; 6—Nickerson 383; 7—Lyons 403; 8—St. John 413.

TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Kooper Williams, Cheney, 74; 2—Newberry, Sterling, 78; 3—Friesen, Berean, 80; Morris, Sterling; Remi Thomas, Ellinwood, 80 (38-42); 6—Luke Heinz, Ellinwood, 81 (42-39); 7—Austin Shinliver, Ellinwood, 84 (43-41); Anderson, Hal, 84; 9—Weigel, Sterling, 85; 10—Griffin, Cheney, 89; Lane Hoskinson, N, 89; Durr, Cheney, 89; Mruk, Cheney, 89.

ELLINWOOD—15—Keaton Lewis, 91 (44-47); 19—Austin Brack, 94 (49-45); 46—Trevor Gosser, 119 (59-60).

ST. JOHN—27—Easton Alpers, 96; 30—Weston Peterson, 98; 36—Cody Newdigger, 102; 45—Tanner Mawhirter, 117.

NICKERSON—14—Kyler Nikkel, 90; 35—Trey Jones, 101; 37—Gage Hoskinson, 103; 38—Shamus Nugent, 105; 44—Brayden Mathias, 116