AURORA | The Regis Jesuit boys golf team picked up second win of the season in the seventh and final Continental League tournament of the season played, which took place on Sept. 13 at Saddle Rock G.C.
The Raiders finished one stroke better than Rock Canyon atop the team standings in the last tournament with the help of a trio of top-nine individual finishes. Junior Anthony Lore grabbed one of three shares of medalist honors with a 2-under-par 70, while fellows juniors Ryland Doolittle and Ben Sander shot 73 and 74, respectively, to finish tied for sixth and ninth.
The final result cemented Regis Jesuit’s runner-up finish behind Rock Canyon in cumulative team strokes (2,073 for the Jaguars and 2,114 for the Raiders) following tournaments at King’s Deer, Broken Tee, Meadow Hills, CommonGround, Murphy Creek, South Suburban and Saddle Rock golf courses.
Individually, junior Roland Thornton shot in the 70s in six of the seven league tournaments and earned All-Continental League first team honors, while junior Sam Walker, Lore and Sander all made the all-league second team and Doolittle earned honorable mention status.
Regis Jesuit’s second place finish in the league pushed it into the Class 5A Western Region tournament scheduled for 8 a.m. Sept. 21 at Flatirons G.C.
Courtney Oakes is Sentinel Colorado Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@sentinelcolorado.com. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
FINAL 2023 CONTINENTAL LEAGUE BOYS GOLF RESULTS Team standings (King’s Deer G.C.-Broken Tee G.C.-Meadow Hills G.C.-CommonGround G.C.-Murphy Creek G.C.-South Suburban G.C.-Saddle Rock G.C.): 1. Rock Canyon 307-304-289-289-296-294-294 — 2,073; 2. REGIS JESUIT 307-306-317-297-290-304-293 — 2,114; 3. ThunderRidge 316-310-313-306-293-299-305 — 2,142; 4. Legend 303-324-316-308-313-311-301 — 2,176; 5. Mountain Vista 314-308-316-353-292-304-311 — 2,198; 6. Highlands Ranch 337-323-310-312-302-315-307 — 2,206; 7. Castle View 327-329-327-328-308-318-315 — 2,252; 8. Ponderosa 341-321-321-322-307-329-320 — 2,261; 9. Heritage 321-335-329-332-314-324-324 — 2,279; 10. Douglas County 338-339-340-329-315-337-335 — 2,333; 11. Chaparral 395-365-365-373-359-350-360 — 2,567
Top 10 individuals (first team all-league): 1. Charlie Tucker (Rock Canyon), 0.227 League Handicap; 2. Gavin Amella (Castle View), 0.696; 3. Billy Verstraate (Highlands Ranch), 0.910; 4. Austin Hunt (ThunderRidge), 2.091; 5. Brayden Scheich (Mountain Vista), 2.409; 6. Connor Scheich (Mountain Vista), 2.736; 7. Nathan Kim (Rock Canyon), 3.178; 8. Spencer Schlagel (Legend), 3.225; 9. Mason Conrad (Rock Canyon), 3.225; 10. ROLAND THORNTON (REGIS JESUIT), 3.652
Individuals 11-20 (second team all-league): 11. SAM WALKER (REGIS JESUIT), 4.073; 12. BEN SANDER (REGIS JESUIT), 4.427; 13. ANTHONY LORE (REGIS JESUIT), 4.428; 14. Nick Maday (Rock Canyon), 4.561; 15. Talen Turnbaugh (Douglas County), 4.575; 16. Will Smith (ThunderRidge), 4.666; 17. Sebastian Hein (Highlands Ranch), 5.563; 18. Jake Dost (Legend), 5.797; 19. Blake Kozlowski (Rock Canyon), 5.848; 20. Trey Kahrhoff (Rock Canyon), 6.323
Honorable mention: 22. RYLAND DOOLITTLE (REGIS JESUIT), 6.558
