COLORADO SPRINGS | Smoky Hill’s Paul Cleveland continued his outstanding sophomore season by qualifying for the Class 5A boys state golf tournament, as he made it through the 5A Southern Regional Friday.
Cleveland — who earlier in the season recorded a hole-in-one that was the first seen in the Centennial League in 12 years or more — shot a 10-over-par 81 at the Colorado Springs Country Club, good enough to put him 13th individually.
Teammate Kyle Colen also qualified for the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 5A state tournament, which was relocated to Murphy Creek G.C. in Aurora due to flooding at CommonGround G.C. Colen had a nice late save from the sand and finished with an 83.
Cherry Creek cruised to the regional championship and earned an automatic team berth in the 5A state tournament, with Fossil Ridge claiming the second team spot. Fossil Ridge’s Brooks Hoffman won individual medalist honors with a plus-1 72.
Smoky Hill finished 10th in team standings, bolstered by the performances of Cleveland and Colen. The Buffaloes’ other two finishers — Jonathan Cook and Parker Friedentag — each checked in with 100s.
William Rohr led three Hinkley players with a 123.
2013 5A SOUTHERN REGIONAL BOYS GOLF TOURNAMENT
Sept. 20 at Colorado Springs C.C. (par 71)
Team scores: 1. Cherry Creek 226, 2. Fossil Ridge 232, 3. Rock Canyon 241, 4. Fort Collins 242, 5. Standley Lake 248, 6. Poudre 250, 7. Prairie View 251, 8. Fruita Monument 254, 9. Chaparral 255, 10. SMOKY HILL 264, 11. Arvada West 268, 12. Denver East 272, 13. Horizon 276, 14. Westminster 302, 15. HINKLEY 483
State qualifying individuals: 1. Brooks Hoffman (Fruita Monument) 72; 2. Will Matthews (Cherry Creek) 73; T3. AJ Ott (Fort Collins) 76; T3. Cole Edwards (Cherry Creek) 76; T3. Josh Pusar (Rock Canyon) 76; T6. Eric Hill (Fossil Ridge) 77; T6. Jackson Burke (Cherry Creek) 77; 8. Kobe Padilla (Cherry Creek) 78; T9. Alex Gumper (Poudre) 79; T9. Max Pederson (Rock Canyon) 79; T9. Troy Dangler (Fruita Monument) 79; 12. Andrew Hewitt (Standley Lake) 80; 13. PAUL CLEVELAND (SMOKY HILL) 81; T14. Austin Uhmland (Prairie View) 82; T14. Brandon Speer (Fossil Ridge) 82; T16. KYLE COLEN (SMOKY HILL) 83; T16. Bobby Eckles (Fort Collins) 83; T16. Brock Dowdy (Denver East) 83; T16. Hunter Paugh (Fort Collins) 83; T16. Hunter Sullivan (Fossil Ridge) 83
AURORA TEAM RESULTS
Smoky Hill (264): 13. Paul Cleveland 81 (5A state qualifier), T16. Kyle Colen 83 (5A state qualifier), T53. Jonathan Cook 100, T53. Parker Friedentag 100; Hinkley (483): 56. William Rohr 123, 58. Hunter Sellers 177, 59. Dominick Montoya 183
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