Liddell places sixth at home boys golf tournament

Alamosa High School’s Kyler Liddell drives from the first tee at the Alamosa Invitational Friday at Cattails Golf Course. Liddell finished sixth among individuals with an 81 and the Mean Moose placed eighth as a team (Courier photo by Ken Hamrick).

ALAMOSA – The Alamosa High School boys golf team hosted its annual tournament Friday at Cattails Golf Course with the Mean Moose placing eighth.

Monte Vista and Del Norte also competed with the Pirates finishing fourth and the Tigers 11th.

The Mean Moose had a team score of 286 and it was led by Kyler Liddell who placed sixth with an 81. Other Mean Moose golfers included Gage Rogers who placed 35th with a 100, Seth Quintana who was 40th with a 105, and Josh Cline who finished 50th with a 112.

Monte Vista’s final score was 255 and it was led by Kaden Mellott and Liam Ellithorpe who both tied for ninth place with an 84. Ryker Anderson tied for 16th with an 87, and Riley Bounds tied for 36th with a 101.

Del Norte finished with a score of 296 and it was led by Ben Parra who tied for 16th with an 84. Other Tiger golfers included T.J. Sanchez who tied for 27th with a 94, Aidan Medina who was 53rd with a 115, and Reece Velasquez who was 55th with a 119.

Montezuma-Cortez was the team champion with 234. It finished seven strokes better than second-place Pagosa Springs with 241. Pueblo West was third with 250.

Montezuma-Cortez’s Thayer Plewe was the individual medalist with a two-under-par 69. Pagosa Springs’ Johnathon Smith was second with a 74, and Pueblo County’s Niko Cozzetto was third with a 75.

All three local schools will next compete at the Pagosa Springs Invitational on Wednesday.

ALAMOSA INVITATIONAL

At Cattails Golf Course

Par 71

Team scores

Montezuma-Cortez 234, Pagosa Springs 241, Pueblo West 250, Monte Vista 255, Pueblo County 258, Salida 261, Swink 269, Alamosa 286, Las Animas 290, Fowler 291, Del Norte 296, Buena Vista 302, Rye 306, La Junta 320.

Individual scores

Thayer Plewe (MC) 69

Johnathon Smith (PS) 74

Niko Cozzetto (PC) 75

Jacob Valdez (PW) 79

Vince Lopez (MC) 79

Kyler Liddell (A) 81

Roy Higginbotham (PC) 82

Braylon Cotts (PG) 83

Eric O’Connor (Sa.) 84

Kaison Clifford (PS) 84

Keegan Tack (PW) 84

Kaden Mellott (MV) 84

Liam Ellithorpe (MV) 84

Kaden Huff (MC) 84

Damien Baca (LA) 84

Noah Pearson (Sw.) 87

Dominic Stucke (PW) 87

Ben Parra (DN) 87

Ryker Anderson (MV) 87

Brandon Pursell (Sa.) 87

Justin Paolucci (Sw.) 88

Airoughn VanGrandt (MC) 89

Hagen McCuistion (F) 89

Avery Duquette  (Sa.) 90

Connor Falls (PW) 90

Markus anglin (Rye) 93

Nate Cabrera (Sw.) 94

T.J. Sanchez (DN) 94

Blake Buchner (F) 95

Addison Nichols (BV) 95

Keaton Robel (PS) 95

Nick Paolucci (Sw.) 95

T.J. Ortiz (LA) 97

Dawson Martinez (BV) 99

Gage Rogers (A) 100

Braxton Vail (PC) 101

Steven Salas (LJ) 101

Riley Bounds (MV) 101

Jay Grimsley (LJ) 102

Seth Quintana (A) 105

Branson Burbridge (Rye) 106

Jackson Ewing (Sa.) 106

Tony Macaluso (PC) 106

Dayton Morlan (LA) 107

Anthony Hutcheson (Rye) 107

Jedadiah Ballard (F) 107

Blake Kinkaid (BV) 108

Jackson O’Connor (LA) 109

Axton Ehrlich (Rye) 111

Josh Cline (A) 112

Scott Mobbley (F) 114

Julain Lopez-Olson (BV) 114

Aidan Medina (DN) 115

Jadon Aragon (LJ) 117

Reece Velasquez (DN) 119