4A girls golf: Windsor’s Kleve makes a hole-in-one as underclassmen pace the field

GRAND JUNCTION – Sometimes, all it takes is one swing to change the momentum of a round. Windsor freshman Macy Kleve can attest to that.
 
Her one swing on the par-3 14^th hole at Tiara Rado dropped for a hole-in-one and vaulted her back to the top of the leaderboard, where she had been sitting for a lot of the first round of the Class 4A girls golf state tournament. 
 
She played the par 3s at 3-under with two pars. That’s not a bad day as she finished with a 4-over-par 75 to sit in second place after the first round of tournament play.
 
“It was going straight at the flag,” Kleve said. “I couldn’t really see it because the hole was going uphill and (the flag ) was right behind a sand trap. Everyone started cheering really loud and it realized that I just got a hole-in-one.”
 
Erie freshman Haley Ashton has the solo lead after shooting a 74. Heading into Wednesday’s final round, it will be a trio of underclassmen vying for the state championship. Ashton has the lead with Kleve one stroke back and Ashton’s teammate Logan Hale is two back at 5-over.
 
“It’s going to be a battle,” Kleve said.
 
What could make Ashton and Hale dangerous on the second day is that the Tigers finished the first round with the team lead, meaning every shot she plays will count for the team as much as it counts for herself.
 
“We have really good team,” Ashton said. “We’re really good at playing off each over. I’m thinking more individually but I’m always checking the team to see how they’re doing and if I need to help.”

 
Ashton played the part of a freshman to perfection on the front nine as she made four bogeys in a five-hole stretch.
 
Her nerves settled and she played the back nine 1-under par to card her 74.
 
“I was a little nervous,” Ashton said. “I thought too much of it, being at state. The back nine, I just tried to play like me and focus on one shot at a time and see what happens.”
 
Collectively, the Tigers are 24-over par as a team which is 11 strokes better than the Wizards. Windsor is no stranger to winning a team golf title as it won back-to-back crowns in 2018 and 2019.
 
If the Tigers can put together similar rounds on Wednesday, they would claim the first state championship in program history. Kait Park finished with the third team score as she shot 86.
 
Still very much in the mix is defending champion Discovery Canyon. Emily Cheng led the Thunder with a 79 in the first round, but this is a group that could easily find its groove and put together a Round 2 run that could result in another state championship.
 
But with the lead in hand, this state title is very much Erie’s to lose.
 
“I’m happy with how we grinded,” Erie coach Brandon Bird said. “We talked about it last night. The course is really hard, we just have to stick with it. We just have to remember that everyone is in the same boat and everyone is playing the same course.”

Pairings and tee times for Day 2 will be released Tuesday night.

 

Pos	Team	Total
1	Erie	237
2	Windsor	248
3	Discovery Canyon	255
3	Mullen	255
5	Niwot	280
6	Golden	281
7	Durango	286
8	Cheyenne Mountain	287
9	Riverdale Ridge	288
10	Holy Family	294
11	The Classical Academy	299
12	Dakota Ridge	326

 

Pos	Team	Player	Overall
1	Erie	Hadley Ashton	74
2	Windsor	Macy Kleve	75
3	Erie	Logan Hale	76
4	Eagle Valley	Kylee Hughes	77
5	Mead	Timbre  Shehee	78
6	Cheyenne Mountain	Ava Schroeder	79
6	Discovery Canyon	Emily Cheng	79
6	Mullen	Sofia  Choi	79
9	Golden	Jessica Morrissey	81
9	Mullen	Kaitlin Zingler	81
11	Riverdale Ridge	Alex Remaklus	83
11	Windsor	Gabrielle Krebs	83
13	Niwot	Alena Kasanicky	85
14	Discovery Canyon	Lauren Jaworowski	86
15	Canon City	Abrianna Lippis	87
15	Erie	Kait Park	87
17	Air Academy	Kya Shatzer	88
18	Centaurus	Julia Love	89
18	Niwot	Sydney  Rothstein	89
20	Discovery Canyon	Anna Mettler	90
20	Windsor	Paige Bretz	90
22	Holy Family	Ansley Schnelle	92
22	Longmont	JuliAnne Herrmann	92
22	Steamboat Springs	Kaitlyn Grommeck	92
22	Discovery Canyon	Mena Song-Lew	92
26	Windsor	Aubree Heinsma	93
27	Fort Morgan	Lexys Siebrands	94
28	Northfield	Makaela Swanson	95
28	Thornton	Melody  Sandoval	95
28	Durango	Natasha Walcott	95
28	Mullen	sammy yates	95
28	Durango	Zayda Mestas	95
33	Eagle Valley	Anna Gill	96
33	Battle Mountain	Catherine Dawsey	96
33	Durango	Ellie White	96
33	Mead	Jodean Amen	96
33	Golden	Mollie Todd	96
33	The Classical Academy	Trinity  Anderson	96
39	Montrose	Grace DeJulio	97
39	Mesa Ridge	Sarah Bentley	97
41	Palmer	Piper Garrett	98
42	Holy Family	Finley Holmes	99
43	Denver South	Gillian Volz	100
43	Mullen	Riley Sullivan	100
43	Erie	Sydney O’Connor	100
46	Dakota Ridge	Bella Kith	101
46	George Washington	Julia Maes Farone	101
46	The Classical Academy	Madeline Fontana	101
49	Montrose	Kendyll  Bernatis	102
49	Conifer	McKenzie Dolph	102
49	The Classical Academy	Morgan  Mullins	102
49	Riverdale Ridge	Natali Solis-Franco	102
49	Pueblo Central	Sofia Contreras	102
54	Riverdale Ridge	Alexis Yono	103
54	Holy Family	Fiona Holmes	103
54	Cheyenne Mountain	Isabel Verruso	103
57	Holy Family	Liesel Heitz	104
57	Golden	Olivia Dorland	104
57	Pomona	Riley Kinsella	104
60	Cheyenne Mountain	McKenna  Martin	105
60	Frederick	Zoe Millard	105
62	Niwot	Mina O’Dell	106
63	Cheyenne Mountain	Karsyn Hulen	107
63	Niwot	Kate Jones	107
65	Silver Creek	Brielle Hickman	108
65	Coronado	Sofia Nesvold	108
67	Palisade	Ally Seriani	109
67	Battle Mountain	Keely Sego	109
67	Dakota Ridge	Melissa Garis	109
67	George Washington	Natalie Brammer	109
71	Frederick	Makayla Miller	110
72	Ponderosa	Lexi Goettling	111
73	Northfield	Elaina Phiel	112
73	Pueblo West	Gianna Nardini	112
75	Pueblo East	Gracie Soto	114
76	Palmer Ridge	Hannah Hermann	115
77	Dakota Ridge	Avery Wagner	116
78	Falcon	Ashlyn Koenke	117
78	Pueblo County	Samantha Hansen	117
80	Dakota Ridge	Cadence  Stubblefield	120
81	Air Academy	Liv Carr	122
82	Pueblo County	Alexis Roblek	124
83	Roosevelt	Abbie Winterbottom	138
84	Pueblo West	Kylie Sergejev	143