3A girls golf: St. Mary's Academy, Bante, hold steady leads after day one - Colorado High School Activities Association

BROOMFIELD – A year after winning the first girls golf championship in program history, St. Mary’s Academy is in a prime position to do it again.

With a team score of 247, the Wildcats lead the next closest team by 19 strokes after the first day of competition of the 3A girls golf championship at Broomfield’s Broadlands Golf Course.

“I think we’re doing great as a team,” SMA head coach Ann Wolta Blackstone said. “Our top three are so solid. We’re going to be back tomorrow to go for it.”

Leading the way for St. Mary’s Academy was sophomore Maddy Bante, who carded the low round of the day a one-over 73. The teammates behind her are seniors Mallory Hopper and Natalie Tatar. All three players comprised the scoring members that won the title last June.

Bante battled through the tough scoring conditions, as well as a nagging back injury, tallying three birdies, including two in her last four holes to go into day two with some momentum.

“Maddy was amazing, she had a back injury that she was coming back from so we weren’t sure how she’d do, but one over par is amazing today,” Wolta Blackstone stated. “She just hits the ball so long, that’s makes such a big difference. She played smart, she got her pars, had a few birdies in there, just solid golf all around.”

Trailing the Wildcats are Kent Denver (266), Colorado Academy (267), Prospect Ridge (270), and Resurrection Christian (280).

In the individual title chase, three players stand atop the leaderboard. Bante leads the way, while trailing her are Peak to Peak’s Noelle Thompson, who carded a three-over 75, and Liberty Common’s Sydney Taylor, who shot a six-over 78. The next closest players in fourth are eight strokes back of the leader.

Last season, Bante placed runner-up, while Thompson placed 13th. Meanwhile, Taylor, a senior, did not participate in the 2021 3A girls golf championship.

Kent Denver’s Nicole Davari, Prospect Ridge’s Hope Torres, SMA’s Hopper, Kent Denver’ Elise Nelson, Jefferson Academy’s Samantha Duncan, Swink’s Kinzie Ensor, and Vail Mountain’s Logan Nobrega and Ava Crowley round out the top-10 heading into day two.

The second and final round of the 3A girls golf championship continues tomorrow with the first tee times scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Pairings and tee times for Day 2 will be released Tuesday night.

Complete Day 1 Team Results

Pos	Team	Overall
1	St. Mary’s Academy	247
2	Kent Denver	266
3	Colorado Academy	267
4	Prospect Ridge	270
5	Resurrection Christian	280
6	Peak to Peak	281
7	Berthoud	285
8	Vail Mountain	287
9	Denver Christian	298
10	Severance	301
11	Holyoke	312
12	Salida	313
13	Elizabeth	315
14	Burlington	318
15	Montezuma Cortez	323

Complete Day 1 Individual Results

Pos	Team	Player	Overall
1	St. Mary’s Academy	Maddy Bante	73
2	Peak to Peak	Noelle Thompson	75
3	Liberty Common	Sydney Taylor	78
4	Kent Denver	Nicole Davari	81
4	Prospect Ridge	Hope Torres	81
6	St. Mary’s Academy	Mallory Hopper	82
6	Kent Denver	Elise Nelson	82
8	Jefferson Academy	Samantha Duncan	82
9	Vail Mountain	Logan Nobrega	83
10	Vail Mountain	ava crowley	86
10	Swink	Kinzie Ensor	86
12	Severance	Sophie Morgan	87
12	Colorado Academy	Dori Beck	87
14	Rye	Emma Garcia	88
14	Salida	Kyndra Johnson	88
16	Resurrection Christian	Abbi Beld	89
16	Aspen	Lenna Persson	89
18	Colorado Academy	Avery Lent	90
18	Colorado Academy	Avery Bakes	90
20	Washington County	Mary Dracon	91
20	Holyoke	Emma Thompson	91
22	Berthoud	Ashley Russell	92
22	St. Mary’s Academy	Natalie Tatar	92
24	Denver Christian	Elizabeth Hiltman	93
25	Prospect Ridge	Kate Dinges	94
26	Resurrection Christian	Sophie Dammarell	95
26	Prospect Ridge	Erin Choi	95
26	La Junta	Morgan McReynolds	95
29	Resurrection Christian	Rylee Collins	96
29	Washington County	Kendall Velder	96
29	Montezuma Cortez	Chesnie Patrick	96
29	Berthoud	Olivia Gravestock	96
29	Prospect Ridge	Leyni Stavola	96
29	Severance	Caitlin Morgan	96
35	Burlington	Anna Marie Schaal	97
35	Berthoud	Anya Knoll	97
37	Rye	Paige Hyatt	98
37	Elizabeth	Adisyn Perry	98
37	Denver Christian	Riley Chalmers	98
40	Moffat County	Reagan Hafey	99
40	Brush	Haley Ostwald	99
42	Alamosa	Morgan Ortega	100
42	Peak to Peak	Kaylee Craig	100
44	St. Mary’s Academy	Reese Brown	102
44	Aspen	Audrey Woodrow	102
44	Burlington	Lauren Hays	102
47	Holyoke	Erin Andersen	103
47	Kent Denver	Madeleine Ruddy	103
47	Gunnison	Riley Murphy	103
47	Berthoud	Brooklyn Tychsen	103
51	Lutheran	Kaia Masten	104
51	Elizabeth	Mikayla Burns	104
51	Montezuma Cortez	Ashlyn Hall	104
54	Peak to Peak	Ava Sommer	106
55	Fowler	Jacelyn Hagerman	107
55	Peak to Peak	Shriya Sharma	107
55	Denver Christian	Maggie Harder	107
58	Manitou Springs	Tyler Parratt	108
58	Denver Christian	Elsie Nydam	108
60	Resurrection Christian	Reese Strong	109
61	Salida	Kaelin Martellaro	110
62	Swallows Charter Academy	Jodi Griffin	111
62	Strasburg	Kori Massner	111
64	Elizabeth	Jenny Grimes	113
65	Alamosa	Kayla Medina	114
65	Meeker	Vivian Brown	114
67	Salida	Elise Tanner	115
68	Manitou Springs	Madison Sharon	117
69	Limon	Katelyn Tacha	118
69	Severance	Isabella Baessler	118
69	Jefferson Academy	Freja Hampton	118
69	Vail Mountain	Annika Shikverg	118
69	Rocky Ford	Jenna Kienitz	118
69	Holyoke	Sabryn Burris	118
75	Burlington	Tatumlynn Walkinshaw	119
75	Moffat County	Taylor Powell	119
77	Vail Mountain	Madison Milligan	120
77	Wray	Sydney Chartier	120
77	Salida	Mya Rollo	120
80	Monte Vista	Brooke Hoffstaetter	123
80	Montezuma Cortez	Sariah Robinson	123
82	Trinidad	Rylie Pachelli	124
83	Gunnison	Allie Schwartz	131
84	Colorado Academy	Hadley Morris	134