Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
FARMINGTON — Led by senior Thomas Tulk’s 4-under-par 68, the Portales Rams have a share of the first-day lead with Hope Christian in the Class 1-4A state golf tournament at Pinon Hills Golf Course.
PHS and Hope shot 313 for the day, and it’s safe to say it’s a two-team race. Third-place St. Michael’s is third at 342.
Tulk, the defending 1-4A state champion, is in a commanding position there as well. He has a six-shot lead over Raton’s Jason Parker and Hope’s Slater Sivage, who are tied for second.
“We played really well today,” Rams coach Matt Hunton said. “With the exception of Thomas, everyone started really slowly.”
Senior Andrew Underbrink, Talon Payne and junior Austin Davis recovered, though, to shoot respective scores of 80, 82 and 83 to match Hope, which had three of the day’s top seven scores.
Tulk had a bogey-free round.
“He played great all day; he had no 3-putts,” Hunton said. “He was only in trouble on one hole, a par-5, but he made a great fourth shot and then made a putt of about six or eight feet to make par.”
In girls competition, Texico is fourth in the five-team field at 414, followed by Portales at 435. St. Michael’s shot 388 for a seven-shot lead over Silver.
Lady Rams junior Janae Hale came in at 93 on Monday and is currently eighth individually. Meantime, Texico was led by senior Hannah Rucker’s 45-50 — 95.
The Class 3A Lady Wolverines have finished second in each of the last two years.”
“We did all right today,” Texico coach Kristen Scanlan said. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to play better tomorrow.”
Class 6A — At Roswell, Clovis High’s squads didn’t have the starts they’d hoped for, with the Wildcats sixth at 324 and the Lady Wildcats fifth at 380 after the first day at Spring River Golf Course.
Sophomore Kolt Bennett and junior Christian Maldonado shot 77s for the Cats. Individual co-leaders at 1-under 71 are Travis Olson of Cibola and Alejandro Armijo of team leader Rio Rancho Cleveland.
Junior David Maldonado was next at 82.
“I was proud of Kolt and Christian and, really, David, the way they kind of held it together,” CHS interim boys coach Dale Fullerton said.
Cleveland shots 305, but finds itself just two strokes ahead of Piedra Vista despite having two of the two five individual scores. Third place is currently held by Manzano at 313.
The Cats’ goal going in was to get a top-three finish and a team trophy.
“I think our kids are still capable of (doing that),” Fullerton said.
Cleveland also leads girls standings at 340, five shots ahead of La Cueva and 10 better than Las Cruces High. The Storm had the top two individual scores, led by junior Jacque Galloway at 1-under 71.
Sophomore Logan Clayton led the Lady Cats with a 42-44 — 86, good for a tie for 10th overall. Junior Raquel Anaya was next at 48-46 — 94.
Clovis was hoping to build on a third-place finish from last season.
“I’m really disappointed for the girls,” coach Steve Speck said. “They had high hopes, and we had a good week of practice. The top three teams played really well today.”
STATE TOURNAMENTS
Monday’s results
Class 6A
At Spring River G.C, Roswell
Par 72
Boys
Team standings: 1. Rio Rancho Cleveland 305; 2. Piedra Vista 307; 3. Manzano 313; 4. La Cueva 317; 5. Hobbs 320; 6. Clovis 324; 7. Carlsbad 327.
Top 5 individuals: 1. (tie) Travis Olson, Cibola and Alejandro Armijo, Cleveland 71; 3. Ben Wells, Volcano Vista 72; 4. (tie) Nolan Gillihan, Centennial and Dylan Marsh, Manzano 75.
Clovis results: Kolt Bennett 38-39 — 77, Christian Fontanilla 39-38 — 77, David Maldonado 42-40 — 82, Blayne Casey 43-45 — 88, Dakota York 50-45 — 95.
Girls
Team standings: 1. Rio Rancho Cleveland 340; 2. La Cueva 345; 3. Las Cruces High 350; 4. Hobbs 364; 5. Clovis 380; 6. Eldorado 392; 7. Rio Rancho 407.
Top 5 individuals: 1. Jacque Galloway, Cleveland 71; 2. Elexiss, Gutierrez, Cleveland 75; 3. Kennedi Rose, La Cueva 78; 4. (tie) Kaitlyn Eschenbrenner, Las Cruces High and Sabrina Galfano, Volcano Vista 80.
Clovis results: Logan Clayton 42-44 — 86, Raquel Anaya 48-46 — 94, Hannah Reid 52-48 — 100, Sydni Hill 50-50 — 100, Destiny Hodges 50-54 — 104.
Class 5A
At The Canyon Club, Albuquerque
Par 72
Boys
Team standings<<strong>/strong>: 1. Los Lunas 339; 2. Artesia 346; 3. Los Alamos 351; 4. Farmington 354.
Top 5 individuals: 1. Cheston Browning, Los Lunas 72; 2. Aidan Thomas, St. Pius 76; 3. Dylan Gonzales, Los Lunas 77; 4. Aaron Perales, Deming 78; 5. Josey Jackson, Artesia 81.
Girls
Team standings: 1. St. Pius 365; 2. Artesia 366; 3. Los Alamos 383; 4. Deming 387; 5. Roswell Goddard 398; 6. Aztec 427; 7. Lovington 430; 8. Valencia 433; 9. Alamogordo 445.
Top 5 individuals: 1. Ashlee Garrett, St. Pius 78; 2. Jessica Osden, Los Alamos 86; 3. Leah Mountain, Los Alamos 87; 4. (three-way tie) Cindy Herrera, St. Pius; Linda Peralta, Aztec, and Taysea Powell, Artesia 90.
Class 1-4A
At Pinon Hills G.C., Farmington
Par 72
Boys
Team standings: 1. (tie) Hope Christian and Portales 313; 3. St. Michael’s 342; 4. Ruidoso 352; 5. Socorro 359.
Top 5 individuals: 1. Thomas Tulk, Portales 68; 2. (tie) Jason Parker, Raton and Slater Sivage, Hope Christian 74; 4. Josh Fambro, Taos 75; 5. (three-way tie) Christian Arguello, Hope Christian; Marshall Spingler, St. Michael’s, and Trevor Benividez, Hope Christian 77.
Portales results: Tulk 35-33 — 68, Andrew Underbrink 38-42 — 80, Talon Payne 41-41 — 82, Austin Davis 41-42 — 83, Mario Cordova 43-50 — 93.
Girls
Team standings: 1. St. Michael’s 388; 2. Silver 395; 3. Ruidoso 409; 4. Texico 414; 5. Portales 435.
Top 5 individuals: 1. Carisa Padilla, St. Michael’s 78; 2. (tie) Lexi Lucero, Ruidoso and Miquela Martinez, St. Michael’s 81; 4. Coco Andersson, Mesilla Valley 85; 5. Katie Ikard, Mesilla Valley 88.
Portales results: Janae Hale 93, Kaitlynne Underbrink 105, Kinzie Davis 114, Kiki Helsley 123, Mattison Blakey 185.
Texico results: Hannah Rucker 45-50 — 95, Sarah Harrison 50-54 — 104, Grace McDaniel 56-51 — 107, Kaylee Muse 59-49 — 108, Kaytlyn Queener 64-48 — 112.
