THORNTON | A difficult last hole impacted the final finish of Vista PEAK’s Sophia Capua at the Class 4A girls state golf tournament, but the freshman still posted a top-10 result in her inaugural season.
Capua made a birdie on Hole No. 17 in Wednesday’s second round at Thorncreek Golf Club to put herself in position to finish as high as fifth in the individual standings, but a quadruple bogey on No. 18 instead dropped her into a four-way tie for ninth.
With rounds of 79 and 80 (which included three birdies), Capua finished with a two-day total of 159.
Capua — the first Vista PEAK player to compete in the state tournament since 2019 — also finished nine strokes in front of Northfield’s Makaela Swanson, who she had competed with at the top of every one of the six City League meets all season.
The 4A tournament — which was delayed by weather in the second round — was dominated by Erie, which had a 1-2 finish in the individual standings from Logan Hale and Hadley Ashton and the Tigers won the team competition by a whopping 49 strokes.
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2023 CLASS 4A GIRLS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT
May 30-31 at Thorncreek Golf Club
Team scores (par 216-216 — 432): 1. Erie 223-218 — 441; 2. Durango 253-237 — 490; 3. Discovery Canyon 244-247 — 491; 4. Mullen 250-251 — 501; T5. Holy Family 251-258 — 509; T5. Cheyenne Mountain 248-261 — 509; 7. Windsor 264-253 — 517; 8. Steamboat Springs 261-261 — 522; 9. Golden 275-259 — 534; 10. Riverdale Ridge 275-265 — 540; 11. Dakota Ridge 280-263 — 543; 12. Pueblo West 276-268 — 544; 13. Niwot 281- 267 — 548; 14. Frederick 329-317 — 646
Top individuals (par 72-72 — 144): 1. Logan Hale (Erie) 71-66 — 137; 2. Hadley Ashton (Erie) 73-72 — 145; T3. Kaitlin Zingler (Mullen) 76-76 — 152; T3. Ava Schroeder (Cheyenne Mountain) 71-81 — 152; 5. Zayda Mestas (Durango) 80-76 — 156; T6. Reece Bandemer (Loveland) 81-76 — 157; T6. Macy Kleve (Windsor) 78-79 — 157; 8. Ellie White (Durango) 80-78 — 158; T9. SOPHIA CAPUA (VISTA PEAK) 79-80 — 159; T9. Emily Cheng (Discovery Canyon) 78-81 — 159; T9. Taylor Hale (Erie) 79-80 — 159; T9. Sofia Contreras (Pueblo Central) 78-81 — 159
