3A Boys Golf: Aspen leads team race after day one, Montezuma-Cortez's Thayer Plewe two strokes up individually - Colorado High School Activities Association

ELIZABETH – After day one of action at the 2021 3A state boys golf tournament, played at Spring Valley Golf Club in Elizabeth, the Aspen Skiers lead the team field of 13, while the individual leader is Montezuma-Cortez’s junior Thayer Plewe.

Aspen is being led individually by the defending 3A state champion, senior Nic Pevny, who takes a one-over 73 into day two. He is tied for third with four other players. Right behind Pevny is junior Sky Sosna, who carded a two-over 74, while senior William Stiller finished with a 76.

The Skiers are currently four strokes ahead of the second place Lutheran Lions, who have a 227 team score, while Montezuma-Cortez sits in a close third with a 230. Aspen has one previous team title that came back in 2018.

Also in the team hunt are the defending champions, Colorado Academy, who are tied with Vail Christian with a 232 team score. In sixth is Sterling, with a 233, while Kent Denver is seventh with a 234.

On the individual leaderboard, Plewe carded five birdies, as well as an eagle on the par five 18th, while also tallying a pair of bogies to finish with a five-under 67. He is currently two strokes ahead of second place senior Connor Downey of Vail Christian, but six strokes ahead of the next five golfers, which includes Pevny, who all tallied the one over 73.

Plewe, who was runner-up at last year’s championships to Pevny by three strokes, will look to become the Panthers’ first individual boys state golf champion since 2002.

Day two of the 2021 3A state boys golf tournament will resume tomorrow morning with the first golfers going off at 8:30 a.m.

Pos	Team	Thru	Overall	Total
1	Aspen	F	223	223
2	Lutheran	F	227	227
3	Montezuma Cortez	F	230	230
4	Colorado Academy	F	232	232
4	Vail Mountain	F	232	232
6	Sterling	F	233	233
7	Kent Denver	F	234	234
8	Eaton	F	237	237
9	Holy Family	F	242	242
10	Severance	F	248	248
11	Gunnison	F	250	250
12	Pagosa Springs	F	257	257
	Basalt	F	243	243

Pos	TM	Player	Thru	Overall	Total
1	Montezuma Cortez	Thayer Plewe	F	67	67
2	Vail Christian	Connor Downey	F	69	69
3	Sterling	Tayleb Schaefer	F	73	73
3	Aspen	Nic Pevny	F	73	73
3	Denver Academy	Will Rinehart	F	73	73
3	Alamosa	Garrett Smith	F	73	73
3	Kent Denver	Brendan Archer	F	73	73
8	Aspen	Sky Sosna	F	74	74
8	Strasburg	Jacob Gilbert	F	74	74
8	Basalt	Garrett Exelbert	F	74	74
8	Cedaredge	Brysen Harris	F	74	74
8	Ouray	Hayden Hart	F	74	74
13	Prospect Ridge	Caden Koole	F	75	75
13	Vail Mountain	Tiki Jaffe	F	75	75
13	Lutheran	Kaleb Lathrop	F	75	75
13	Lutheran	AJ Papajohn	F	75	75
17	Colorado Academy	Jack Pashel	F	76	76
17	Aspen	William Stiller	F	76	76
19	Sterling	Jace Wright	F	77	77
19	Lutheran	Jackson Lowe	F	77	77
19	Colorado Academy	J.T. Timmers	F	77	77
22	Moffat County	Dave Andujo	F	78	78
22	Eaton	Peyton Walker	F	78	78
22	Monte Vista	Colton Mellott	F	78	78
22	Vail Mountain	Felix Gruner	F	78	78
26	Colorado Academy	TJ Giordano	F	79	79
26	Berthoud	Coyle Hagerty	F	79	79
26	Kent Denver	Ben Ramsden-Wood	F	79	79
26	Vail Mountain	Hunter Salani	F	79	79
26	Prospect Ridge	Jason Arbuckle	F	79	79
26	Bishop Machebeuf	Sean McGarrity	F	79	79
26	Severance	Austin Guerette	F	79	79
26	Holy Family	Rudiger Heitz	F	79	79
26	Eaton	Cache Sanger	F	79	79
35	Moffat County	Aron Jennings	F	80	80
35	Eaton	Cole Lockey	F	80	80
35	Montezuma Cortez	Vince Lopez	F	80	80
35	Pagosa Springs	Jack Walker	F	80	80
35	Lamar	Tyler McTaggart	F	80	80
35	Colorado Academy	Bo Turnage	F	80	80
35	Stratton	Braden Wedel	F	80	80
35	Vail Mountain	Stewie Bruce	F	80	80
43	Severance	Carson Fagan	F	81	81
43	Holy Family	Dustin Fouts	F	81	81
43	Frontier Academy	Daniel Wyperd	F	81	81
46	Elizabeth	Parker Gaudreault	F	82	82
46	Kent Denver	Jackson Martorello	F	82	82
46	Kent Denver	Jack Jacobsen	F	82	82
46	Gunnison	Connor Zummach	F	82	82
46	Holy Family	Drake Krommenhoek	F	82	82
46	Rye	Chance Donlon	F	82	82
46	Holyoke	Ty Dirks	F	82	82
53	Gunnison	Skylor Wild	F	83	83
53	Basalt	Alec Claassen	F	83	83
53	Montezuma Cortez	Kaden Huff	F	83	83
53	Elizabeth	Cayden Kilduff	F	83	83
53	Holy Family	Benedict Achziger	F	83	83
53	Sterling	Dylan DiOrio	F	83	83
53	Lutheran	Josh Faulkenberry	F	83	83
60	Resurrection Christian	Gage Meis	F	84	84
60	Swallows Charter Academy	Ben Compton	F	84	84
60	Manitou Springs	Davis Mack	F	84	84
60	Aspen	Lucas Lee	F	84	84
64	Pagosa Springs	Ethan Robel	F	85	85
64	Sterling	Ryder McConnell	F	85	85
64	Gunnison	Preston Pike	F	85	85
67	Monte Vista	Kaden Mellott	F	86	86
67	Basalt	Braden Exelbert	F	86	86
67	SkyView Academy	Landon Webb	F	86	86
67	SkyView Academy	Joshua Reeves	F	86	86
67	Del Norte	Ben Parra	F	86	86
67	Berthoud	Landon Kuntz	F	86	86
73	Salida	Aiden Hadley	F	87	87
73	Peak to Peak	Rasesh Bhandari	F	87	87
75	Alamosa	Kyler Liddell	F	88	88
75	Severance	Brycen Farris	F	88	88
75	Las Animas	Damien Baca	F	88	88
78	Buena Vista	Chandler Smethers	F	89	89
79	Salida	Eric O’Connor	F	90	90
80	Pagosa Springs	Braylon Cotts	F	92	92
81	St. Mary’s	Dillon Barrett	F	93	93
82	La Junta	Justin Paolucci	F	94	94
83	Denver Academy	Will Stewart	F	95	95
84	St. Mary’s	Jack Meifert	F	99	99