ALAMOSA – A total of 14 boys golf teams and 62 individuals competed at the Alamosa Invitational Friday at Cattails Golf Course.
Monte Vista took second place with a score of 233. The Pirates finished five strokes behind Montezuma-Cortez.
Leading Monte Vista was Liam Ellithorpe who finished tied for fourth with a one-over-par 73. Kaden Mellott finished sixth with a 77, Connor Mellott tied for 14th with an 83, Jakoby Ross was 17th with an 84, and Aiden Ford tied for 20th with an 88.
Alamosa placed seventh with 260. Leading the Mean Moose was Kobe Mizokami who tied for 10th with an 81. Serjio Najera was 18th with an 85, Josh Cline tied for 31st with a 94, Clayton Treinen also tied for 31st with a 94, and Carsten Kirkland tied for 50th with a 109.
Del Norte finished 13th with 328. Leading the Tigers was Tytus Atencio who placed 48th with a 105. Landan Velasquez tied for 50th with a 109, Trenton Woolf was 56th with a 114, and Noah Bailey was 61st with a 126.
Johnathon Smith of Pagosa Springs was the medalist with a two-under-par 69. Montezuma-Cortez’s Vince Lopez was second with a one-under-par 70.
Alamosa and Monte Vista will next compete at the Pueblo County Invitational this coming Friday at Hollydot Golf Course in Colorado City. Del Norte’s next action is at the Pagosa Springs Invitational on Aug. 28.
ALAMOSA INVITATIONAL
At Cattails Golf Course
Par 71
Team scores
Montezuma-Cortez 228, Monte Vista 233, Gunnison 242, Salida 247, Pagosa Springs 256, Swink 259, Alamosa 260, Las Animas 271, Fowler 277, La Veta 277, Rye 278, Swallows Charter Academy 326, Del Norte 328, Buena Vista 343.
Individual scores
Johnathon Smith (PS) 69
Vince Lopez (MC) 70
Damien Baca (LA) 72
Liam Ellithorpe (MV) 73
Preston Pike (G) 73
Kaden Mellott (MV) 77
Avery Duquette (Sa.) 78
Gavin Frost (MC) 79
Zye Kuenzler (MC) 79
Henry Sisneros (Sa.) 81
Noah Pearson (Sw.) 81
Kobe Mizokami (A) 81
Carson Zummach (G) 81
Lukas Ozzello (LV) 83
Hagen McCuistion (F) 83
Connor Mellott (MV) 83
Jakoby Ross (MV) 84
Serjio Najera (A) 85
Branson Burbridge (R) 87
Mason Weitman (G) 88
Joseph Noble (G) 88
Aiden Ford (MV) 88
Vincent Mazzeo (Sa.) 88
Nick Paolucci (Sw.) 88
Boz Zavala (Sw.) 90
Ethan Fast (Sw.) 90
Frankey Montoya (MC)` 91
Tyler Dimond (PS) 92
Nate Cabrera (Sw.) 93
Collin Stribling (R) 93
Josh Cline (A) 94
Clayton Treinen (A) 94
Cedar Liverett (PS) 95
Tristan Musgrave (LV) 96
Zachary Knoll (G) 96
Blake Kinkaid (BV) 97
Jedadiah Ballard (F) 97
Robert Smith (MC) 97
Bruley McCuistion (F) 97
Miguel Rivera (LV) 98
Nicolas Goldberg (R) 98
Eli Stokes (Sw.) 99
Kree Wallace (LA) 99
Isaac Pineda (R) 99
Eli Weir (F) 100
Cody Netherton (LA) 100
Braxton Dutton (SCA) 104
Tytus Atencio (DN) 105
Matthew Dowell (LA) 107
Landan Velasquez (DN) 109
Carsten Kirkland (A) 109
Will Gust (SCA) 110
Isabel Galloway (PS) 110
Karson Kleven (SCA) 112
Orlando Gallegos (LV) 113
Trenton Woolf (DN) 114
Levi Hill (SCA) 117
Micah Wheller (BV) 121
Creede Phillips (Sa.) 125
Maddox Kinkaid (BV) 125
Noah Bailey (DN) 126
Ryan Groy (BV) 127