Regis Jesuit cruised to victory in Thursday’s opening Continental League boys golf tournament, winning by 26 strokes.
The Raiders looked in fine form in their first tournament since winning last season’s Class 5A boys state golf championship — their second straight state crown — posting the four lowest scores and finishing at 4-under-par 284 in play at South Suburban Golf Course.
Senior Cole Cunningham expects to be a contender of 5A’s individual state championship and he started off with a dazzling round of 4-under 68, a score that included a 33 on the front nine. Two strokes behind Cunningham was junior Spencer Painton with a 70, one stroke ahead of senior Nick Miller.
Jake Kelley’s fourth-pace 75 rounded out Regis Jesuit’s scores and was a stroke better than the 76s of the Rock Canyon duo of Matt Dalton and Garrett Waltermire. The Jaguars were second at 310, followed by Heritage at 318.
Reach Sports Editor Courtney Oakes at sports@aurorasentinel.com or 303-750-7555
CONTINENTAL LEAGUE MEET NO. 1
Thursday at South Suburban G.C. (par 72)
Team scores: 1. Regis Jesuit 284; 2. Rock Canyon 310; 3. Heritage 318; 4. Douglas County 327; 5. Mountain Vista 330; 6. ThunderRidge 331; 7. Legend 332; 8. Castle View 334; 9. Highlands Ranch 342; 10. Chaparral 349; 11. Littleton 350; 12. Ponderosa 350
Top five individuals: 1. Cole Cunningham (Regis Jesuit) 33-35 68; 2. Spencer Painton (Regis Jesuit) 35-35 70; 3. Nick Miller 36-35 71; 4. Jake Kelley (Regis Jesuit) 36-39 75; T5. Matt Dalton (Rock Canyon) 76; T5. Garrett Waltermire (Rock Canyon) 76
SCORES BY TEAM
Regis Jesuit: Cole Cunningham 33-35 68; Spencer Painton 35-35 70; Nick Miller 36-35 71; Jake Kelley 36-39 75; Cody Leis 38-43 81
Rock Canyon: Matt Dalton 35-41 76; Garrett Waltermire 37-39 76; Jon Binder 40-38 78; Max Pederson 41-39 80; Christian Hermann 42-50 92
Heritage: Austin Rowe 38-39 77; Nick Leibold 40-38 78; Hunter Lee 41-38 79; Brendan Benson 42-42 84; Reese Leiker 43-44 87
Douglas Co.: Bradley Wiloughby 39-39 78; Collin Tedeslo 40-39 79; Arthur Zabransky 42-41 83; Dillon Loomis 42-45 87; Austin Hostetler 45-45 90
Mountain Vista: Connor Oberg 40-38 78; Jack Reeves 40-41 81; Alex Miller 37-46 83; Nolan Cox 40-48 88; Austin Hardman 45-50 95
ThunderRidge: Kevin Macadum 36-42 78; Nick Campbell 46-38 84; Jack Matchinsky 43-41 84; Eric Wendt 41-44 85; Trevor McCord DQ
Legend: Beau Hombach 37-42 79; Tanner Fiftal 41-41 82; Jacob Lawaii 41-43 84; Brendon Hardy 45-42 87; Philip Nelson 49-48 97
Castle View: Daniel Becker 41-39 80; David Becker 41-39 80; Casey Chipman 43-44 87; Kyle Huber 45-42 87; Michael Schroeder 45-48 93
High. Ranch: Parker Cushing 44-38 82; Brendan Harp 42-40 82; Charlie Schneider 42-42 84; Anthony Mendez 48-46 94; Ryan Margheim 50-47 97
Chaparral: Cameron Berndt 40-39 79; Colton McCaffrey 44-46 90; Grant McGhesney 45-45 90; Steven Reed 40-50 90; Kevin Miller 49-51 100
Littleton: Joe Schroer 42-44 86; Jacob Fuchs 40-47 87; Tim Bennett 44-44 88; Jake Metzmaker 44-45 89; Scott Robb 54-43 97
Ponderosa: Connor Freeman 40-45 85; Kevin Tittleton 45-42 87; Ian Duden 46-43 89; Daniel Mastrobuno 46-43 89; Adrian Holweger 48-49 97