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.

"Remi Thomas settled in and played a great round," said Ellinwood golf coach Andrew Wittenberg. "The tournament jitters are out of his system. He's playing his game, and it's coming together nicely."

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.

"Luke Heinz is 3-for-3 earning top 10 medalist honors," Wittenberg said. "Austin Shinliver put together a complete round. His hard is paying off. Keaton Lewis battled through feeling ill. I'm proud of Keaton's toughness.

"They've been working hard to improve and it paid off in Sterling."

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