AURORA | Cherry Creek cruised to victory in the fourth Centennial League girls golf tournament of the season played Wednesday at Aurora Hills G.C., but the chase for second place was highly contested.
Cherokee Trail was in the hunt along with Arapahoe and Mullen for the runner-up position behind the Bruins and despite two players in the top eight individually — junior Brinnon Cook and senior Haylee Clark — the Cougars settled for third, coming in one stroke behind the Warriors and two in front of the Mustangs.
Cook finished with a score of plus-5 77, which tied her for fourth place — six strokes behind individual medalist Tatum Platt of Cherry Creek — while Clark shot 79 to tie for sixth. Coach Justin Jajczyk’s Cherokee Trail team has finished third in three of the four league tournaments thus far and also has a second place result as well.
Cook played the first 11 holes at plus-2, then responded to a stretch of three straight bogeys with her second birdie of the day on the par-4 Hole No. 16 (her other came on the par-5 No. 8) to finish on a high note. Clark, meanwhile, shot plus-6 through her first six holes, then got on track with her only birdie of the day (on the par-3 Hole No. 7) and played the rest of the day at plus-2.
Fifth-place Grandview’s top result came from sophomore Jacqueline Cho, who carded an 86 to finish in a tie for 12th, while the best of Eaglecrest’s two scorers was freshman Kendall Exstrom, whose 99 placed her 23rd.
The fifth Centennial League tournament of the season is scheduled to played at 9 a.m. April 29 at Saddle Rock G.C.
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Centennial League Girls Golf Tournament No. 4
April 23 at Aurora Hills G.C.
Team scores (par 288): 1. Cherry Creek 306; 2. Arapahoe 339; 3. CHEROKEE TRAIL 340; 4. Mullen 342; 5. GRANDVIEW 373; EAGLECREST no score
Top 10 individuals (par 72): 1. Tatum Platt (Cherry Creek) 71; 2. Makayla Profera (Cherry Creek) 72; 3. Ayla Rueschhoff (Mullen) 74; T4. BRINNON COOK (CHEROKEE TRAIL) 77; T4. Riley Sullivan (Arapahoe) 77; T6. HAYLEE CLARK (CHEROKEE TRAIL) 79; T6. Tatum Korte (Arapahoe) 79; 8. Caitlyn Chin (Cherry Creek) 81; T9. Hadley Thompson (Cherry Creek) 82; T9. Ella Andrews (Arapahoe) 82
Aurora team-by-team results (in order of finish)
Cherokee Trail (340): T4. Brinnon Cook 77; T6. Haylee Clark 79; T14. Ashlyn Witkamp 91; T18. Kaylee Saul 93; T20. Marisa Vialpando 94;
Grandview (373): T12. Jacqueline Cho 86; T16. Aadison Griffin 92; T18. Ellie Chang 93; 25. Brooklyn Stevens 102; 26. Ella Kozolowski 105
Eaglecrest (no score): 23. Kendall Exstrom 99; 27. Mia Franco 125
Other team-by-team results (in order of finish)
Cherry Creek (306): 1. Tatum Platt 71; 2. Makayla Profera 72; 8. Caitlyn Chin 81; 9. Hadley Thompson 82; 11. Marley Allen 84; 14. Katie Johnson 91
Arapahoe (339): T6. Tatum Korte 79; 9. Ella Andrews 82; 12. Ellie Fleming 86; T16. Chloe McKinster 92; 24. Sasha Tomeo 100
Mullen (342): 3. Ayla Rueschhoff 74; T4. Riley Sullivan 77; T20. Braelynne Lawler 94; 22. Sequoia Bucsek 97
