Peruse the list of winners for the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s Junior Series Championship, and it’s an impressive group.

There’s Jennifer Kupcho, a three-time champ, who won the Women’s NCAA Division I individual title in May.

There’s Elizabeth Wang, who earlier this week advanced to the round of 16 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur.

And there’s Coby Welch, who just finished second in the CGA Amateur and who will be playing in next week’s U.S. Amateur along with another Junior Series winner, AJ Ott.

The kids who won Junior Series Championships on Saturday can look at those names on the trophy (left) and dream of having similar success in years to come.

“That’s amazing how those players won this,” said Hadley Ashton of Erie, who captured the girls 11-13 title on Saturday. “I think about that, but I try to stay in the moment and win as many as I can. I try to get better as I get older because the competition gets harder.”

Among the six champions on Saturday — two each in three age groups — was one (Andre Dumonteil of Centennial, left) who became just the fifth player to win three Junior Series titles, regardless of age, joining Kupcho, Welch, Somin Lee and Ashleigh Wilson.

Another champ, Traejan Andrews of Windsor, became the 10th player to win two or more Junior Series Championships.

And another, Ashton, claimed the 11-13 Junior Series title despite being just 10 years old.

All told, the following six players earned championships:

14-18 tournament at Eaton County Club — Andrews (boys), Jessica Mason of Westminster (girls).

11-13 tournament at Eaton CC — Matai Naqica of Centennial (boys), Ashton (girls).

10 and under tournament at Heather Gardens Golf Course in Aurora — Dumonteil (boys), Taylor Hale of Eagle (girls).

Here’s the breakdown:

Ashton, Naqica Rule 11-13: Ashton won’t turn 11 until next month, but you’d never know it by the way she’s dominated the competition in the 11-13 Junior Series this year. Including Saturday, she’s won 12 times in 14 tournaments.

At Eaton Country Club, Ashton shot back-to-back rounds of 78 for a 14-over-par 156 total. That gave her a four-stroke victory the year after she placed third in the 11-13 tournment as a nine-year-old.

“This means a lot,” said Ashton, who will start sixth grade at Erie Middle School this coming week. “I’ve always wanted to win this one, especially when I started in the 10 and unders. This means a lot to do it as a 10 year old in the 11-13 Series.”

In her own age division, Ashton (below) has fared very well this summer in major national and international tournaments, finishing fifth in the girls 9-10 division at the IMG Academy Junior World Championships, and 12th among 10-year-old girls at the U.S. Kids World Championship.

“It’s definitely been a special summer,” she said. “The thing I’m most proud of is finishing fifth at IMGs because it was really hard competition. And I’m also really proud of winning these (Junior Series) tournaments.”

Placing second in the girls 11-13 competition on Saturday was Kaitlin Zingler of Lakewood, who finished four behind Ashton after a second-round 79.

In the boys 11-13 tournament, Naqica (pictured above with Ashton) started the day five shots out of the lead and wasn’t helping his cause much through 13 holes as he stood 2 over par for the day. But then things changed in a hurry.

The 12-year-old put together a torrid stretch where he went 5 under par in four holes, going eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie. He holed a 70-yard shot with a wedge for his eagle on the par-5 14th, then sank birdie putts of 10, 3 and 3 feet on the next three holes.

“That’s the first time I’ve ever had a stretch like that,” Naqica said. “That gave me a lot of confidence.”

Despite a bogey on his final hole, he shot a 2-under-par 69 — the lowest round of the tournament — and won by two with a 4-over-par 146 total.

Naqica wasn’t expecting to have a chance to prevail on Saturday after trailing by five shots after the first round. But that back-nine stretch worked wonders.

“I was expecting to come in third or second today,” he said after his fourth victory of the JGAC season.

And it was certainly a big-time improvement on how he fared last year in this event.

“I came in second-to-last last year at Fox Hill with a 92 and an 87, so this is great,” he said.

Three players shared second place among the 11-13 boys on Saturday — first-round leader Max Weisser of Denver, Andrew White of Centennial and Blake Sullivan fo Castle Pines.

White played his final seven holes in 5 under par, making four straight birdies starting on No. 14.

Andrews, Mason Prevail in 14-18: Andrews, a member of the Hale Irwin Player Program at CommonGround Golf Course, suffered a frustrating loss in last year’s 11-13 Junior Series Championship as he three-putted the first playoff hole. But he gained some redemption on Saturday with his victory in the boys 14-18 tournament.

Andrews (pictured at left with Mason) shot a 1-over-par 72 on Saturday to post a 5-over 147 total, good for a three-stroke win, his second of the JGAC season.

“Of course it feels really good, for sure” after what happened in 2017, the 14-year-old said. “I just stayed more calm this year.”

Helping the cause on Friday was driving the 303-yard 12th green and two-putting from 10 feet for birdie. He also two-putted for another birdie at the par-5 16th.

It’s been a good week for Andrews, who won his first high school tournament by eight shots on Thursday as a freshman for Northridge.

“My friends were sending me screen shots of the (high school) rankings board,” he noted. “I was like, ‘Dude, it’s one tournament.'”

As noted, Saturday marked Andrews second Junior Series victory, having won in the 10-and-under ranks in 2014.

“It’s definitely special,” he said of the accomplishment.

Maxwell Lange of Golden finished runner-up in the nine-player field, closing with a 74 for a 150 total.

On the girls side in 14-18, Mason went wire-to-wire for a seven-stroke victory.

The 14-year-old freshman-to-be at Holy Family High School posted a final-round 84 for a 164 total.

“It means a lot,” Mason said after her third victory of the JGAC season. “I didn’t play great, but it’s still a good opportunity to win.”

Mason has only been playing golf to any significant extent for two years, so to win the Junior Series title is no small feat. And it was her first time playing in this event, no less.

“This year was when I said, ‘OK, let’s start doing it.'” she said of tournament golf. “I’ve come a long way” in two years.

Finishing second Saturday was Amira Badruddin of Parker, who carded a second-round 83 for a 171 total.

3-Peat for Dumonteil, Title for Hale in 10 and Under: A year after Wilson became the first person to win three straight titles in the Junior Series 10 and under Championship, Dumonteil posted a three-peat of his own.

He won last year’s title in this event by six strokes, and nearly matched that margin on Saturday at Heather Gardens. Dumonteil shot a 3-under-par 63, good for a five-shot win.

The 10-year-old made an eagle, four birdies (including three straight) and three bogeys on the day.

It was the ninth win of the JGAC season for Dumonteil.

Ross Miller of Highlands Ranch placed second at 68 after a three-birdie day.

In the girls 10 and under tournament, Hale (left) fired a 7-over-par 73 and recorded a one-stroke win. The 10-year-old made three birdies on Saturday.

It was Hale’s third victory of 2018 in JGAC tournaments.

Livia Pett of Denver was runner-up at 74.

For scores from Junior Series Championships, click on the following: 11-13, 14-18, 10 & Under.

The Junior Worlds, one of the most prestigious junior golf events around, are scheduled for July 10-13 in the San Diego area.

Those who advanced on Wednesday at South Suburban Family Sports Center were players from the youngest age groups. Here were the qualifiers:

Boys 9-10
June 6 at South Suburban Family Sports Center
Andre Dumonteil, Centennial 1-under-par 30
Gavin Amella, Pueblo even-par 31

Girls 9-10
June 6 at South Suburban Family Sports Center
Livia Pett, Denver 4-over-par 35

Boys 7-8
June 6 at South Suburban Family Sports Center
Brady Shaw, Pueblo 2-over-par 33

Girls 7-8
June 6 at South Suburban Family Sports Center
Maddie Makino, Parker 8-over-par 39

Earlier, a dozen other Coloradans made the grade in qualifying in the state. Here are those who will be going to San Diego, in addition to Hadley Ashton of Erie, 11, who qualified in Texas:

Boys 15-18
May 29-30 at Broadlands GC in Broomfield
Cal McCoy, Highlands Ranch 71-68–139
Davis Bryant, Aurora 70-70–140

Boys 13-14
June 1 at Indian Tree GC in Arvada
Maxwell Lange, Golden 72
Matthew Wilkinson, Centennial 73

Boys 11-12
June 1 at Indian Tree GC in Arvada
Timothy Kelley, Moorpark, Calif. 71
Austin Barry, Fort Collins 76

Girls 15-18
May 29-30 at Colorado National GC in Erie
Hailey Schalk, Erie 71-66–137
Kelsey Webster, Boulder 73-67–140

Girls 13-14
May 29 at Colorado National GC in Erie
Jessica Mason, Westminster 75
Sofia Choi, Littleton 76 (won playoff)

Girls 11-12
May 29 at Colorado National GC in Erie
Caitlyn Chin, Greenwood Village 81
Brooke Hudson, Parker 84
 

Repeat and three-peat.

That was the story of the day for the winners of the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s 10 & under Junior Series Championship at the Pfluger Course at Pinehurst Country Club in south Denver.

Andre Dumonteil of Centennial handled the repeat part on Wednesday, winning the 10 & under boys title for the second straight year, this time with a career-best round of 7-under-par 67. And, at age 9, Dumonteil could have a shot at three straight championships in this age division.

But 10-year-old Ashleigh Wilson of Highlands Ranch managed that feat this year with her third girls title in a row. After firing an even-par 74 on Wednesday, she’s the first to accomplish that at the 10 & under level and just the second regardless of age/gender division as Somin Lee of Aurora won three straight 14-18 Junior Series Championships on the girls side from 2008-10.

The only others to have won three Junior Series Championships — in their case not consecutively — are Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster and Coby Welch of Highlands Ranch.

“To me, it means a lot — a lot, a lot — because what I want to be when I grow up is a golf pro, so this really matters,” said Wilson (left), winner of nine JGAC events in 2017.

As for Dumonteil, he becomes just the second two-time winner in the boys 10 & under Junior Series Championship, joining Brayden Bozak (2012 and ’13).

“This year I was really proud of myself because last year I didn’t do very good but I still won,” said Dumonteil, who likewise notched his ninth win of the season in JGAC tournaments. “This year I actually played my butt off and I won, so I’m happy about that.”

Indeed, the 7-under-par total for the round that Dumonteil (below) shot was two better than his previous personal best. On Wednesday, he made an eagle on No. 15 — missing a double eagle by an inch after hitting a hybrid from 132 yards — to go with seven birdies and two bogeys. He’s won this tournament each of the two years he’s competed in it.

“It feels really good” to post his best round relative to par, he said. “I shot shot 5 under two weeks ago and eagled in the playoff so it gave me a little confidence that I could do it.

“I’m happy I shot 7 under and I’m proud of myself that I shot that with two bogeys.”

Tyler Long of Evergreen carded a 73 to finish runner-up, six strokes behind Dumonteil. Ty Andrews of Windsor checked in at 74 for third place.

In the girls tournament, Wilson prevailed by nine strokes after a four-birdie, four-bogey day. She matched her career best with the even-par round. On No. 9, she rolled in a 25-foot birdie, then backed it up with another bird on No. 10.

“Winning this three years in a row” is the thing I’m most proud of in golf, she said, “considering (the streak started) when I was 8. That’s the thing that sticks out the most.

“This year, I put in the time to make sure I had everything down.”

The Junior Series Championships for 11-13 year olds was held earlier this week, with Gage Messingham of Arvada and Sofia Choi of Littleton earning the titles. The 14-18 tournament will be conducted Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 12-13) at Pelican Lakes in Windsor.

JGAC 10 & Under Junior Series Championship
At Par-74 Pinehurst CC Pfluger Course in Denver
BOYS
1. Andre Dumonteil, Centennial, CO 35-32–67 -7  
 2 Tyler Long, Evergreen, CO 36-37–73 -1  
 3 Ty Andrews, Windsor, CO 36-38–74 E   
 4 Kaden Devenport, Windsor, CO 34-41–75 +1  
 5 Landon Houska, Fort Collins 40-36–76 +2  
 T6 Charlie Doyle, Colorado Springs, CO 38-40–78 +4  
 T6 Charles Budacz-Kauflin, Niwot, CO 40-38–78 +4  
 T6 Frank Lockwood, Meridian, CO 41-37–78 +4  
 T9 Campbell McFadden, Denver, CO 41-39–80 +6  
 T9 Jake Dost, Parker, CO 42-38–80 +6  
 11 Brayden Destefano, Colorado Springs, CO 46-38–84 +10 
 T12 Ashton Edwards, Boulder, CO 41-44–85 +11 
 T12 Christopher ODonnell, Centennial, CO 42-43–85 +11 
 14 Donovan O’Brien, Erie, CO 46-40–86 +12 
 15 Alex Doyle, Colorado Springs, CO 47-44–91 +17 
 16 James Flaxbeard, Greenwood Village, CO 45-47–92 +18 
 17 Napat Tubtim, Denver, CO 45-49–94 +20 
 18 Booth Hayes, Frederick, CO 52-50–102 +28
 19 Marcel “MT” Barnhill, Pueblo, CO 57-57–114 +40
 
GIRLS 
1 Ashleigh Wilson, Highlands Ranch, CO 38-36–74 E   
 2 Caitlyn Chin, Greenwood, CO 44-39–83 +9  
 3 Livia Pett, Denver, CO 44-43–87 +13 
 4 Alena Kasanicky, Longmont, CO 43-50–93 +19 
 5 Addison Hines, Arvada CO 44-51–95 +21 
 T6 Kady Ulrich, Fruita, CO 50-50–100 +26
 T6 Maddie Makino, Parker, CO 50-50–100 +26
 8 Zoey Gomez, Westmister, CO 53-51–104 +30
 9 Taylor Wilsonm Highlands Ranch, CO 52-54–106 +32
 10 Jessy Merrell, Vernal, UT 58-51–109 +35
 

The Junior World Championships will be held in and around San Diego from July 11-14.

Advancing from Wednesday’s nine-hole qualifiers at South Suburban’s Family Sports Center in Littleton were Gavin Amella of Pueblo and Andre Dumonteil of Centennial (boys 9-10); Caitlyn Chin of Greenwood Village (girls 9-10); Ashton Edwards of Boulder (boys 7-8); and Maddie Makino of Parker, who prevailed in a playoff over Taylor Wilson of Highlands Ranch.

Besides Wednesday’s qualifiers, another Coloradan, Hadley Ashton, has an exemption into the Junior Worlds girls 9-10 division by virtue of finishing fifth in the 7-8 tournament in San Diego last year.

Here are the scores of Wednesday’s qualifiers:

7-8 BOYS
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Ashton Edwards, Boulder 41

7-8 GIRLS
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Maddie Makino, Parker 41

BOYS 9-10
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Gavin Amella, Pueblo 29
Andre Dumonteil, Centennial 31

GIRLS 9-10
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Caitlyn Chin, Greenwood Village 33

Here are the Junior World qualifiers from last week’s tournaments in Colorado:

15-18 BOYS
At Par-72 Coal Creek GC and Par-72 Broadlands GC
Dillon Stewart, Fort Collins 69-73–142
Calvin McCoy, Highlands Ranch 73-69–142

15-18 GIRLS
At Par-72 Broadlands GC and Par-72 Coal Creek GC
Lauren Lehigh, Loveland 78-72–150
Hailey Schalk, Erie 75-75–150

13-14 BOYS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
James Clark, Lamar 67
Jordan Jennings, Montrose 68

13-14 GIRLS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
Gracie Olkowski, Grand Junction 67
Sofia Choi, Littleton 70

11-12 BOYS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
Parker Paxton, Riverton, Wyo. 69
Matai Naqica, Centennial 72

11-12 GIRLS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
Bead Boonta, Centennial 78
Abigail Aeschleman of Highlands Ranch 82