CORTEZ – Host school Montezuma Cortez reigned supreme at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s 3A boys golf region 1 regional, as the captured first place on both the team and individual leaderboards.
Montezuma Cortez won the team regional by shooting 13-over 229 overall, leaving the Peak to Peak Pumas (23-over 239) as the runner-up.
Both Montezuma Cortez and Peak to Peak had multiple golfers place among the top-10 individuals. Montezuma Cortez boasted three such golfers, with individual champion Vince Lopez (2-under 70), fourth-place finisher Zye Kuenzler (6-over 78), and eighth-place finisher Gavin Frost (9-over 81). Meanwhile, Peak to Peak’s Om Mathur (3-over 75) and Jack Brayman (5-over 77) finished in second and third, respectively.
The five individual golfers to finish in the top 10 who weren’t represented by either Montezuma Cortez or Peak to Peak were Manitou Springs sophomore Hayden Dorsey (7-over 79), Pagosa Springs junior Johnathon Smith (7-over 79), Pueblo East senior Jayden Padilla (8-over 80), Canon City junior Bret Jones (11-over 83), and The Classical Academy senior Carter Miller (11-over 83).
CHSAA’s 2024 3A Boys Golf State Championship will be played at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo, on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7 and 8.
| Rank | Team | Total | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montezuma Cortez | 229 | +13 |
| 2 | Peak to Peak | 239 | +23 |
| 3 | The Classical Academy | 254 | +38 |
| 4 | Pagosa Springs | 260 | +44 |
| 5 | Alamosa | 268 | +52 |
| 6 | Canon City | 274 | +58 |
| 6 | Pueblo East | 274 | +58 |
| 8 | Woodland Park | 277 | +61 |
| 9 | Lamar | 282 | +66 |
| 10 | Pueblo Central | 285 | +69 |
| 11 | Pueblo South | 286 | +70 |
| 12 | Pueblo Centennial | 288 | +72 |
| 13 | Manitou Springs | 310 | +94 |
| Rank | Name | School | Yr | Total | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vince Lopez | Montezuma Cortez | SR | 70 | -2 |
| 2 | Om Mathur | Peak to Peak | SR | 75 | +3 |
| 3 | Jack Brayman | Peak to Peak | JR | 77 | +5 |
| 4 | Zye Kuenzler | Montezuma Cortez | FR | 78 | +6 |
| 5 | Hayden Dorsey | Manitou Springs | SO | 79 | +7 |
| 5 | Johnathon Smith | Pagosa Springs | JR | 79 | +7 |
| 7 | Jayden Padilla | Pueblo East | SR | 80 | +8 |
| 8 | Gavin Frost | Montezuma Cortez | SR | 81 | +9 |
| 9 | Bret Jones | Canon City | JR | 83 | +11 |
| 9 | Carter Miller | The Classical Academy | SR | 83 | +11 |
| 11 | Zachary Valentine | The Classical Academy | JR | 84 | +12 |
| 11 | Alex Navarette | Pueblo Centennial | JR | 84 | +12 |
| 13 | Cooper Simmons | Pueblo East | SR | 85 | +13 |
| 14 | Serjio Najera | Alamosa | SO | 86 | +14 |
| 15 | William Hartojo | The Classical Academy | SR | 87 | +15 |
| 15 | Will Rigney | Peak to Peak | JR | 87 | +15 |
| 17 | Tyler Dimond | Pagosa Springs | FR | 88 | +16 |
| 18 | Frankey Montoya | Montezuma Cortez | SR | 89 | +17 |
| 18 | Kobe Mizokami | Alamosa | SR | 89 | +17 |
| 20 | Kasey Campbell | Lamar | JR | 90 | +18 |
| 20 | Marshall McAfee | Woodland Park | SR | 90 | +18 |
| 20 | Noah Ventimiglia | Peak to Peak | SR | 90 | +18 |
| 23 | Cole Billings | Pueblo Central | FR | 92 | +20 |
| 24 | Cedar Liverett | Pagosa Springs | SR | 93 | +21 |
| 24 | Vincent Ramirez | Woodland Park | SR | 93 | +21 |
| 24 | Leland Canady | Canon City | FR | 93 | +21 |
| 24 | Clayton Treinen | Alamosa | SO | 93 | +21 |
| 24 | Camden Monlux | Pueblo Central | SO | 93 | +21 |
| 24 | Uriah Martinez | Pueblo South | JR | 93 | +21 |
| 30 | Christian Ramirez | Woodland Park | SO | 94 | +22 |
| 31 | Andre Perez | Lamar | SR | 95 | +23 |
| 32 | Sergio Eccher-Salazar | Pueblo South | JR | 96 | +24 |
| 32 | Landen Lenn | Pueblo Centennial | JR | 96 | +24 |
| 34 | Keshawn Gonzales | Lamar | JR | 97 | +25 |
| 34 | Kade Ortiz | Pueblo South | JR | 97 | +25 |
| 36 | Noah Mullin-Betts | Canon City | JR | 98 | +26 |
| 37 | Gavin Carroll | Canon City | SR | 100 | +28 |
| 37 | Matthew Soto | Pueblo Central | JR | 100 | +28 |
| 39 | Benjamin Perko | Pueblo Central | SO | 101 | +29 |
| 39 | Gibson Gillespie | Alamosa | SO | 101 | +29 |
| 39 | Isabel Galloway | Pagosa Springs | SR | 101 | +29 |
| 39 | Gavin Strouse | Woodland Park | JR | 101 | +29 |
| 43 | Andrew Divelbiss | Pueblo South | JR | 102 | +30 |
| 43 | Ethan Kressin | The Classical Academy | SR | 102 | +30 |
| 45 | Demetri Baca | Pueblo Centennial | SR | 108 | +36 |
| 46 | Tavyn Borgstedt | Pueblo East | FR | 109 | +37 |
| 47 | Aaron Mendoza | Lamar | SR | 111 | +39 |
| 48 | Bryson Byrd | Pueblo Centennial | JR | 113 | +41 |
| 49 | Landon Foster | Manitou Springs | SR | 115 | +43 |
| 50 | Maddox Milar | Manitou Springs | SO | 116 | +44 |
| 51 | Wes Husby | Manitou Springs | FR | 118 | +46 |
| 52 | Austin Romero | Pueblo East | JR | 119 | +47 |