4A boys golf: Weinmaster wins playoff, Cheyenne Mountain takes home team title

WINDSOR – For a few moments, Bradley Weinmaster thought his day had ended in disappointment.

The Riverdale Ridge junior had shot a 1-over 72 final round and it at least appeared that he would finish runner-up in the Class 4A boys golf state championships. However, due to a scoring mistake on Ponderosa senior Zane Aiken’s card, Weinmaster was given a second chance.

In fact, Weinmaster, Aiken, Denver North senior Sawyer Klein and Windsor sophomore Kellen Ball were all given another opportunity. The quartet of golfers had each finished at 144 strokes at the end of their 36^th hole of the two-day tournament to force a playoff tiebreaker on the par-4 18^th hole. Aided by a pair of strong putts to close, Weinmaster’s tears of defeat turned into tears of joy when he was the only golfer to par, earning him the individual crown.

“I don't know if there's words for it because this is every kid's dream,” said Weinmaster, who shot three birdies in his final round. “Everyone who wants to play always wants to win state and now I did. This is surreal.”

Weinmaster’s desire for a state title was heightened after he struggled down the stretch of last year’s state meet and finished 10^th.

“I wanted it so bad after dropping it last year,” Weinmaster said. “I believed last year and that just ate at me to where I wasn't happy with myself if I didn't win every tournament.”

With the tiebreaker, Aiken, Klein and Ball all finished in a three-way tie for second place.

Weinmaster’s Ravens finished runners-up (449 strokes) on the team side to Cheyenne Mountain (445), which won its second state title in three years. The Red-Tailed Hawks were carried by ninth-place finishers sophomore Charlie Doyle and senior Thomas Herholtz (5-over), 11^th place senior Kale Parthen (6-over) and 13^th place senior Carter Surofchek (8-over). Herholtz and Surofchek were also members of the 2020 state-winning team.

Cheyenne Mountain head coach John Cariccato was proud of his team’s ability to take care of business on the road after winning the 2020 title on its home course.

“I think that's what I'll take away from this more than anything, is that it just wasn't a home course win (in 2020) and that we actually went on the road and got the W,” Cariccato said.

Cariccato added that when his lead first-round golfer Herholtz struggled on the back-nine of his second round, his other Red-Tailed Hawks picked up their game at a needed time.

“In the back-nine, where he (Herholtz) bogeyed a few holes, it kind of took him out of that individual contention, but he still finished strong for the team,” Cariccato said. “He's been doing that all year, and so his teammates saw that he had struggled on those first few holes on the back-nine, and they stepped up and took care of him. That was cool to see.”

Montrose took third with 454 points.

Complete Results

Pos	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Cheyenne Mountain	219	226	445
2	Riverdale Ridge	217	232	449
3	Montrose	230	224	454
4	Pueblo West	232	228	460
5	Windsor	223	238	461
5	Evergreen	233	228	461
7	Falcon	229	238	467
8	Silver Creek	228	244	472
9	Ponderosa	239	237	476
10	Grand Junction	240	251	491
10	Dakota Ridge	249	242	491
12	Centaurus	249	253	502
13	Littleton	252	252	504
14	The Classical Academy	263	265	528

* Weinmaster won in tiebreaker

Pos	TM	Player	Grade	R1	R2	Total
1	Denver North	Sawyer Klein	SR	69	75	144
1	Ponderosa	Zane Aiken	SR	72	72	144
1	Windsor	Kellen Ball	SO	70	74	144
1*	Riverdale Ridge	Bradley Weinmaster	JR	71	73	144
5	Evergreen	Tyler Long	SO	72	73	145
6	Montrose	Noah Richmond	JR	74	72	146
6	Falcon	Reese Knox	SR	70	76	146
8	Pueblo West	Noah Wagner	SR	75	72	147
9	Cheyenne Mountain	Charlie Doyle	SO	75	74	149
9	Cheyenne Mountain	Thomas Herholtz	SR	71	78	149
11	Ponderosa	Bryar Moss	JR	76	74	150
11	Cheyenne Mountain	Kale Parthen	SR	73	77	150
13	Riverdale Ridge	Aiden Sweeney	JR	73	79	152
13	Cheyenne Mountain	Carter Surofchek	SR	77	75	152
13	Silver Creek	Ben Harding	SR	71	81	152
16	Riverdale Ridge	Will Balliet	JR	73	80	153
17	Pueblo West	Preston Allen	JR	78	76	154
17	Montrose	Kyden Adams	JR	74	80	154
19	Dakota Ridge	Ty White	SR	76	79	155
19	Lutheran	Jackson Lowe	SR	76	79	155
19	Broomfield	Mason Hill	JR	75	80	155
19	Falcon	Trevor Wolken	SR	79	76	155
19	Mullen	Ethan Karr	SR	77	78	155
24	Lutheran	AJ Papajohn	SR	77	80	157
24	Pueblo County	Niko Cozzetto	JR	74	83	157
26	Evergreen	Lincoln Mackay	SO	83	75	158
26	Windsor	Tadese Keyworth	SO	76	82	158
26	Evergreen	Liam Houlihan	SO	78	80	158
29	Montrose	Rocco Manuel	SR	82	77	159
29	Longmont	Trace Saunders	SR	76	83	159
29	Grand Junction	Jack Kaul	SO	78	81	159
29	Windsor	Carter Hinkle	SR	77	82	159
33	Steamboat Springs	Jeremy Nolting	SR	80	80	160
33	Steamboat Springs	Michael Dinapoli	JR	78	82	160
35	Centaurus	Asa Wentworth	SR	79	82	161
35	Vista Ridge	Bryce Raduziner	SR	76	85	161
37	Littleton	Noah Abramson	SR	83	79	162
37	Montrose	Jake Legg	SR	87	75	162
37	Dakota Ridge	Jake White	SR	85	77	162
37	Centaurus	Matthew Vaver	JR	79	83	162
37	Silver Creek	Quinn Lockwood	SR	80	82	162
37	Grand Junction	Ky Korte	SO	80	82	162
37	Eagle Valley	Jonathan Boyer	SR	79	83	162
37	Silver Creek	Tyler Plaster	SR	77	85	162
45	Fort Morgan	Jeriah Blake	JR	79	84	163
46	Silver Creek	Preston Waller	SO	83	81	164
46	Pueblo West	Parker Shaw	FR	84	80	164
46	Palmer Ridge	Caleb Peterson	SR	80	84	164
46	Littleton	Jack Finch	JR	80	84	164
50	Erie	Sean Cary	FR	81	84	165
51	Falcon	Brayden La Rose	SR	80	86	166
52	Battle Mountain	Tyler Losa	SR	89	78	167
52	The Classical Academy	Nathan Valentine	JR	80	87	167
54	Pueblo East	Jayden Padilla	SO	79	89	168
55	Pueblo West	Michael Whittlef	SR	79	90	169
55	Denver North	Aidan Larson	JR	81	88	169
57	Air Academy	Sam Brennan	SO	88	82	170
57	Coronado	Parker Shirola	JR	85	85	170
57	Durango	Zachary Griswold	JR	79	91	170
60	Windsor	Landon Ball	SR	86	85	171
60	Grand Junction	Hunter Simmons	FR	82	89	171
60	Pueblo County	Roy Higinbotham	JR	81	90	171
63	Broomfield	Sawyer Hyten	SR	89	83	172
63	Riverdale Ridge	Carter Seis	SO	90	82	172
63	Erie	Hayden Jackson	JR	88	84	172
66	Roosevelt	dylan bigler	SR	92	81	173
66	Lewis-Palmer	William Simpfendorfer	JR	87	86	173
66	Green Mountain	Ryan Weatherwax	JR	80	93	173
69	Dakota Ridge	Jack Libby	SR	88	86	174
69	The Classical Academy	Zachary Valentine	FR	89	85	174
69	Evergreen	Duncan McIntosh	SR	88	86	174
69	Grand Junction	Landon Scarbrough	SR	86	88	174
73	Coronado	Carson Greene	FR	87	90	177
74	Northfield	Trevor Manhart	SR	88	90	178
74	Littleton	Dane Price	SR	89	89	178
74	Niwot	Jackson Sessa	FR	84	94	178
77	Centaurus	Will Thompson	JR	91	88	179
78	Mead	Booth Hayes	FR	93	89	182
78	Ponderosa	Zach Caldarella	SR	91	91	182
80	Centaurus	Jameson Love	JR	93	90	183
81	Denver South	Quinn Lyons	JR	93	93	186
82	The Classical Academy	Ryan Heiser	SR	94	93	187
83	Falcon	Patrick Glaser	SO	101	100	201
DQ	Mullen	Jack Newton	JR	DQ	DQ