AURORA -- Girls golf regionals are scheduled for this week in Class 3A, with the top two teams from each region and the top 13 individual players not on a qualifying team advancing to the state tournament.

Regionals for 3A started with Region 1 on Monday, then Regions 2 and 4 were played on Tuesday, and Region 3 is on Wednesday.

The 3A state tournament is May 19 and 20 at Boomerang Links in Greeley.
 

Class 3A

Region 1

In Region 1 on Monday at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo, led by junior Tess Morris' first-place round of 3-over-par 75, Lutheran cruised to a team score of 23-over 239 for a 21-stroke victory over second-place Palmer Ridge at 260. Both Lutheran and Palmer Ridge advance to the state tournament.

Chace Atkinson, Morris' teammate at Lutheran, shot 8-over 80 to tie for second place with Sofia Contreras of Pueblo Central, while nother Lutheran player, Ava Engelhardt, tied for fourth with Paula Narros of Pueblo Centennial and Ryan Nardini of Pueblo South at 12-over. Ava McLain of Palmer Ridge was seventh at 13-over, just ahead of London Geditz of Lewis-Palmer, who was ninth at 14-over. Palmer Ridge had the ninth- and 10th-place finishers in McKena Anderson (15-over) and Lucy Zamborelli (16-over).

Region 2

At Fox Hollow in Lakewood, freshman Ayla Rueschhoff of Mullen shot a 4-over par 76 for individual honors and led her team to the regional championship at 245. Littleton earned the second team berth to state with a three-player score of 262.

Behind Rueschhoff, Riley Kinsella of Pomona was second at 77, Zoe Bar-Or of Littleton was third at 79, then came three Mullen players: Riley Sullivan was fourth at 82, and Abigail and Jane Gray each shot 87. Brooke Perry of Green Mountain was seventh at 90, followed by the Littleton trio of Annika Heimbigner (eighth with 91), Audrina Perez (ninth with 92) and Claudia Jones (10th at 105).

Region 3

Date: Wednesday, May 14
Site: The Olde Course, Loveland
Teams Competing: Berthoud, Holy Family, Fort Morgan, Mead, Mountain View, Northridge, Roosevelt, Thompson Valley, Timnath, Wellington.
3A Region 3 Live Results

Region 4

At Gypsum Creek, Severance shot 287 for the team title, finishing three strokes ahead of second-place Steamboat Springs.

Individually, Steamboat Springs' Kaitlyn Grommeck shot 81 for the victory and a three-stroke margin over Makena Thayer of Battle Mountain at 84. Sophie Morgan of Severance and Katharina Cosby of Steamboat Springs tied for third at 92 and Katelyn Johnson of Severance was fifth at 95. Lexi Taylor of Palisade and Elizabeth May of Rifle tied for sixth at 96, while Julia Borejszo of Eagle Valley and Reagan Mendoza of Severance tied for eight at 100. One stroke back in 10th was Jaycee Runner of Severance.