GOLDEN – Las Animas senior Damien Baca holds a one-stroke lead following the first day of the inaugural 2A Boys Golf State Championship at The Club at Rolling Hills.
Baca signed for a 5-over 76 today, while Golden View Classical Academy sophomore Collen Todd is second, at 6-over 77, and senior classmate David Thomson and Monte Vista senior Kaden Mellott are one stroke back of that, and tied for third at 7-over 78.
Wray senior Corbin Sprague, SkyView Academy senior Landon Webb, Swink junior Noah Pearson and Strasburg senior Kameron Gilbert are all tied for fifth, with matching 8-over 79s, while Sterling Junior Dayten Diorio and Vail Christian senior Sam Casey are tied for ninth at 9-over 80.
Among the teams, Golden View Classical Academy leads the way with a 28-over 241. Monte Vista is second, at 33-over 246, and is followed by Swink in third (249, +36), Sterling in fourth (250, +37) and Wray in fifth (252, +39)
The final round of the state championship will tee off at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. Live results can be found in iWanamaker.com.
| Rank | Team | Total | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden View Classical Academy | 241 | +28 |
| 2 | Monte Vista | 246 | +33 |
| 3 | Swink | 249 | +36 |
| 4 | Sterling | 250 | +37 |
| 5 | Wray | 252 | +39 |
| 6 | SkyView Academy | 257 | +44 |
| 6 | Vail Christian | 257 | +44 |
| 8 | Vail Mountain | 259 | +46 |
| 9 | Gunnison | 260 | +47 |
| 10 | Frontier Academy | 269 | +56 |
| 11 | Meeker | 271 | +58 |
| 12 | Brush | 281 | +68 |
| 13 | Las Animas | 285 | +72 |
| 14 | Rye | 296 | +83 |
| Rank | Name | School | Yr | Total | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damien Baca | Las Animas | SR | 76 | +5 |
| 2 | Collen Todd | Golden View Classical Academy | SO | 77 | +6 |
| 3 | David Thomson | Golden View Classical Academy | SR | 78 | +7 |
| 3 | Kaden Mellott | Monte Vista | SR | 78 | +7 |
| 5 | Corbin Sprague | Wray | SR | 79 | +8 |
| 5 | Landon Webb | SkyView Academy | SR | 79 | +8 |
| 5 | Noah Pearson | Swink | JR | 79 | +8 |
| 5 | Kameron Gilbert | Strasburg | SR | 79 | +8 |
| 9 | Dayten Diorio | Sterling | JR | 80 | +9 |
| 9 | Sam Casey | Vail Christian | SR | 80 | +9 |
| 11 | Connor Mellott | Monte Vista | SO | 82 | +11 |
| 11 | Carson Zummach | Gunnison | SR | 82 | +11 |
| 13 | Avery Duquette | Salida | SR | 83 | +12 |
| 13 | Joshua Reeves | SkyView Academy | SR | 83 | +12 |
| 13 | Nicholas Johnson | Bishop Machebeuf | SO | 83 | +12 |
| 13 | Nick Paolucci | Swink | SR | 83 | +12 |
| 17 | Isaiah Fowler | Frontier Academy | FR | 84 | +13 |
| 17 | Michael Abbate | Florence | JR | 84 | +13 |
| 17 | Trey Colerickt | Sterling | JR | 84 | +13 |
| 17 | Carson Rockwell | Wray | SR | 84 | +13 |
| 21 | Oliver Kullberger | Vail Mountain | JR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Liam Ellithorpe | Monte Vista | SR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Trey Speir | Denver Christian | SO | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Weston Roach | Vail Mountain | JR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Preston Pike | Gunnison | SR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Luke Chronowski | Golden View Classical Academy | JR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Ricky Schillig | Stratton | JR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Ethan Thyne | Sterling | SR | 86 | +15 |
| 21 | Jonah Lodge | Dawson | JR | 86 | +15 |
| 30 | Fisher Phillips | Vail Mountain | SO | 87 | +16 |
| 30 | Wil Schwartz | Meeker | SR | 87 | +16 |
| 30 | Patrick Glaser | Calhan | SR | 87 | +16 |
| 30 | Boz Zavala | Swink | SR | 87 | +16 |
| 34 | Alexander Weathers | Yuma | FR | 88 | +17 |
| 34 | Ashton Park | Cedaredge | FR | 88 | +17 |
| 34 | Ron Karin | St. Mary’s | JR | 88 | +17 |
| 34 | Eli Adams | Vail Christian | FR | 88 | +17 |
| 34 | Kaden Turk | Frontier Academy | SR | 88 | +17 |
| 34 | Jake Cairns | Lake County | JR | 88 | +17 |
| 34 | Haedan Morton | Front Range Christian | JR | 88 | +17 |
| 41 | J J Ward | Yuma | SR | 89 | +18 |
| 41 | Blake Marcantonio | Estes Park | SR | 89 | +18 |
| 41 | Wyatt Hansen | Vail Christian | SO | 89 | +18 |
| 41 | Colin Linn | Sterling | SR | 89 | +18 |
| 41 | Eshan Jain | Vanguard | SR | 89 | +18 |
| 41 | Reegan Shay | Wray | SR | 89 | +18 |
| 47 | Patrick Greer | Vail Christian | SO | 90 | +19 |
| 47 | Montey Franklin | Meeker | SR | 90 | +19 |
| 47 | Lukas Ozzello | La Veta High School | SR | 90 | +19 |
| 50 | Branson Burbidge | Rye | JR | 91 | +20 |
| 50 | Sullivan Strange | Forge | SR | 91 | +20 |
| 50 | Matt Quinn | Lake County | SO | 91 | +20 |
| 53 | Kaleb King | Jefferson Academy | SR | 92 | +21 |
| 53 | Paden Davis | Gunnison | JR | 92 | +21 |
| 53 | Matthew Traudt | Golden View Classical Academy | JR | 92 | +21 |
| 53 | Logan Snyder | Brush | SO | 92 | +21 |
| 57 | Landon Sulser | Bishop Machebeuf | SR | 93 | +22 |
| 57 | Keeton Jilek | Brush | JR | 93 | +22 |
| 57 | Zach Dickey | Cheyenne Wells | SR | 93 | +22 |
| 57 | Henry Sisneros | Salida | JR | 93 | +22 |
| 61 | Cozner Deaver Ring | Holyoke | JR | 94 | +23 |
| 61 | Bryson Elam | Meeker | FR | 94 | +23 |
| 63 | Jedadiah Ballard | Fowler | SR | 95 | +24 |
| 63 | Tucker Corazzari | SkyView Academy | JR | 95 | +24 |
| 65 | Ben Mettlen | Brush | JR | 96 | +25 |
| 65 | Hagen McCuistion | Fowler | SR | 96 | +25 |
| 67 | Logan Poulsen | Frontier Academy | SO | 97 | +26 |
| 67 | Ryan Carr | SkyView Academy | SR | 97 | +26 |
| 67 | Oscar Ford | Denver Christian | FR | 97 | +26 |
| 67 | Simon Clune | St. Mary’s | SO | 97 | +26 |
| 67 | Drayton Grasmick | Rocky Ford | SR | 97 | +26 |
| 72 | Jakoby Ross | Monte Vista | SO | 99 | +28 |
| 73 | Kade Kenney | Rye | SO | 100 | +29 |
| 73 | Collin Barney | Telluride | JR | 100 | +29 |
| 75 | Nate Cabrera | Swink | SR | 101 | +30 |
| 75 | Cody Netherton | Las Animas | SR | 101 | +30 |
| 75 | Asher Bieser | Jefferson Academy | SR | 101 | +30 |
| 78 | Logan McIntire | Cedaredge | SR | 103 | +32 |
| 79 | Karson Parmer | Limon | JR | 105 | +34 |
| 79 | Luke Jones | Wray | SR | 105 | +34 |
| 79 | Pierce Burris | Rye | SO | 105 | +34 |
| 82 | Deagan Bryson | Rocky Ford | SR | 106 | +35 |
| 83 | Kree Wallace | Las Animas | JR | 108 | +37 |
| WD | Hayden Fisher | Burlington | JR |