5A boys golf: Pine Creek's Erling, Arapahoe jump out to lead after Day 1 - Colorado High School Activities Association

COLORADO SPRINGS – A fast start can mean all the difference in winning a championship and simply finishing in the top 10.

So when Pine Creek junior Wesley Erling birdied the first three holes at the Colorado Springs Country Club, he made a bold statement. He came to play and he came to win the Class 5A boys golf state tournament.

His hot start eventually cooled off but he walked into the clubhouse shooting a 1-under-par 70 take the Day 1 lead.

“I was very nervous because I came into this tournament wanting to win so bad after last year’s T-4 at one of my favorite courses in Colorado (Rolling Hills),” Erling said. “This one hasn’t always been my favorite but coming out birdie, bridie, birdie and coming out with the putter hot was especially good. I had confidence with it the entire day.”

He got it to 4-under after making bridie on the par 3 eighth, but gave the shot right back on nine, making his first bogey of the day.

He remained steady through most of the back 9 but a bad bogey on No. 15 and another bogey on 16 brought him back to 1-under.

Overcoming the greens, especially early, is the key to scoring at CSCC. Pine Creek coach Joey Fillo knew coming into the round that if his guys were going to contend for an individual or team title, they had to do it by putting well.

In the meantime, Broomfield sophomore Mason Hill was trying to over the leaderboard. He was tied with Erling at 1-under as he made his way to No. 6, his 15^th hole of the day.

A stretch of three bogeys in four holes, mixed in with one more birdie got him in the house with a 72 which put him in a three-way tie for third place.

“If I can put my lag putts inside of five feet and let myself score from there, the course gets progressively easier from there,” Hill said. “I was struggling. I had to make a lot of putts outside of 10 feet for my pars. My lag putts weren’t there.”

His plan for Tuesday is to take the long putts out of the equation and hope he overcome that two-stroke deficit and climb to the top of the leaderboard.

From a team standpoint, Tuesday should be a battle. Arapahoe has the Day 1 team lead thank to Will Kates firing a 72. Fossil Ridge’s Miles Atkinson is in second place overall after shooting a 71 but the Sabercats are looking to overcome a one-stroke hole to Arapahoe and claim a team title on the same course that Dillon Stewart claimed the individual crown on.

“(We need) patience,” co-head coach Andy Stevens said. “And we need to continue giving ourselves chances in key spots. We have to take advantage of the par 5’s out here. Those are the gettable holes.”

The second round of the 5A boys golf state tournament begins at 9 a.m. at the Colorado Springs Country Club.

Pos	Team	Thru	Overall	Round	R1	R2	Total
1	Arapahoe	F	222	222	222		222
2	Fossil Ridge	F	223	223	223		223
3	Columbine	F	226	226	226		226
4	Pine Creek	F	229	229	229		229
5	Cherry Creek	F	231	231	231		231
6	Highlands Ranch	F	233	233	233		233
7	Grandview	F	236	236	236		236
8	Ralston Valley	F	237	237	237		237
9	Arvada West	F	239	239	239		239
10	Fairview	F	243	243	243		243
10	ThunderRidge	F	243	243	243		243
12	Regis Jesuit	F	246	246	246		246
13	Denver East	F	253	253	253		253
14	Fort Collins	F	255	255	255		255
15	Legacy	F	257	257	257		257

Pos	TM	Player	Thru	Overall	Round	R1	R2	Total
1	Pine Creek	Wesley Erling	F	70	70	70		70
2	Fossil Ridge	Miles Atkinson	F	71	71	71		71
3	Cherry Creek	Jonathan Trigg	F	72	72	72		72
3	Broomfield	Mason Hill	F	72	72	72		72
3	Arapahoe	Will Kates	F	72	72	72		72
6	Chatfield	Jesse Hand	F	73	73	73		73
7	Liberty	Hayden Woelk	F	74	74	74		74
7	Lakewood	Jace Wright	F	74	74	74		74
7	Columbine	Matai Naqica	F	74	74	74		74
7	Arapahoe	Matthew Wilkinson	F	74	74	74		74
7	Highlands Ranch	Ryan Peragallo	F	74	74	74		74
7	Pine Creek	Rylen Caldwell	F	74	74	74		74
13	Fossil Ridge	Austin Barry	F	75	75	75		75
13	Ralston Valley	Gage Messingham	F	75	75	75		75
13	Grandview	Lukas Beisner	F	75	75	75		75
13	Castle View	Luke Cushman	F	75	75	75		75
13	Poudre	Ryan Woodley	F	75	75	75		75
13	Douglas County	Talen Turnbaugh	F	75	75	75		75
13	Rock Canyon	Zach Lipfield	F	75	75	75		75
20	Liberty	Alex Lund	F	76	76	76		76
20	Arapahoe	Grant Juergens	F	76	76	76		76
20	Brighton	Kyle Leydon	F	76	76	76		76
20	Columbine	Matt Cicero	F	76	76	76		76
20	Columbine	Qwenton Caldwell	F	76	76	76		76
20	Fairview	Sawyer Sales	F	76	76	76		76
26	Cherry Creek	Andre Dumonteil	F	77	77	77		77
26	Monarch	Caleb Michaels	F	77	77	77		77
26	Fossil Ridge	Grant Samuelson	F	77	77	77		77
26	Rocky Mountain	Logan Vandermerwe-Smith	F	77	77	77		77
26	Arapahoe	Max Zadvorny	F	77	77	77		77
31	Valor Christian	Jack Armstrong	F	78	78	78		78
31	Loveland	Keaton Koch	F	78	78	78		78
31	Broomfield	Sawyer Hyten	F	78	78	78		78
34	Highlands Ranch	Aiden Krusoe	F	79	79	79		79
34	Fossil Ridge	Alex Rogers	F	79	79	79		79
34	Eaglecrest	Andrew White	F	79	79	79		79
34	ThunderRidge	Dylan Everett	F	79	79	79		79
34	Grandview	Kenny VanWormer	F	79	79	79		79
34	Arvada West	Luke Landskov	F	79	79	79		79
34	ThunderRidge	Ryan Oro	F	79	79	79		79
34	Arvada West	Yusuke Ogi	F	79	79	79		79
42	Legacy	Ben Cerretani	F	80	80	80		80
42	Highlands Ranch	Nas Kim	F	80	80	80		80
42	Monarch	Talan Gover	F	80	80	80		80
45	Fort Collins	Alex Burns	F	81	81	81		81
45	Denver East	Brad Fortino	F	81	81	81		81
45	Mountain Vista	Brayden Scheich	F	81	81	81		81
45	Highlands Ranch	Ethan Leach	F	81	81	81		81
45	Regis Jesuit	Jake Irvine	F	81	81	81		81
45	Ralston Valley	Jordan McCaslin	F	81	81	81		81
45	Mountain Vista	Luke Kusserow	F	81	81	81		81
45	Ralston Valley	Makian Maydew	F	81	81	81		81
45	Arvada West	Robby Capritta	F	81	81	81		81
54	Grandview	Charles O’Donnell	F	82	82	82		82
54	Cherry Creek	Charlie Flaxbeard	F	82	82	82		82
54	Grand Junction	Jack Kaul	F	82	82	82		82
54	Fruita Monument	Kade Hayward	F	82	82	82		82
54	Cherry Creek	Pratham Parmar	F	82	82	82		82
54	Legend	Spencer Schlagel	F	82	82	82		82
54	Fort Collins	Tanner Stewart	F	82	82	82		82
54	Legacy	Tommy Hammond	F	82	82	82		82
54	Regis Jesuit	Will Bikulcius	F	82	82	82		82
63	Rock Canyon	Charlie Tucker	F	83	83	83		83
63	Regis Jesuit	Cole Dewey	F	83	83	83		83
63	Douglas County	Hunter Glasser	F	83	83	83		83
63	Fairview	Mathieu Zerwin	F	83	83	83		83
67	Cherokee Trail	Andrew Jang	F	84	84	84		84
67	Cherokee Trail	Christopher O’Donnell	F	84	84	84		84
67	Fairview	Nathan Sager	F	84	84	84		84
70	Grandview	Alex Chitkoksoong	F	85	85	85		85
70	Fairview	Chandler Levy	F	85	85	85		85
70	ThunderRidge	Jack Barton	F	85	85	85		85
70	Pine Creek	Preston Ahner	F	85	85	85		85
70	Regis Jesuit	Roland Thornton	F	85	85	85		85
75	Denver East	Kyle Shaw	F	86	86	86		86
75	Denver East	Oliver Gottesfeld	F	86	86	86		86
77	Prairie View	Keagan Bond	F	88	88	88		88
77	Legend	Ryan Parker	F	88	88	88		88
79	Prairie View	Payton Crawford	F	89	89	89		89
80	Rocky Mountain	Thomas Kline	F	90	90	90		90
81	Pine Creek	Luke Wright	F	91	91	91		91
82	Fort Collins	Ian Hunn	F	92	92	92		92
83	Vista Ridge	Bryce Raduziner	F	95	95	95		95
83	Legacy	John Mcnabb	F	95	95	95		95

5A boys golf: Pine Creek’s Erling, Arapahoe jump out to lead after Day 1

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