At the Junior Amateur in Ooltewah, Tenn., Griffin Barela of Lakewood fell five strokes shy of the playoff to determine the last of the 64 competitors to advance to match play, while Trevor Olkowski missed the mark by nine.

Barela posted rounds of 76-80 for a 12-over-par 156 total. Olkowski checked in at 160 after going 81-79.

Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo., a member of the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado, missed the playoff by one as he went 77-75–152.

At the Girls’ Junior in Paramus, N.J., Kiselya Plewe of Cortez missed the playoff for the 64th and final match play spot by three strokes. The Weber State signee carded scores of 84-75 for a 13-over-par 159 total.

One player with local ties who did make match play was Elizabeth Wang of San Marino, Calif., who once lived in Colorado. Wang, winner of last year’s national Junior PGA Championship, followed up a 79 with a 1-under-par 72 on Tuesday to post a 5-over 151 total. She finished 28th in stroke play.

(July 20 Update: Wang lost in her round-of-64 match 3 and 2 to Yu Chiang Hou of Chinese Taipei.)

For scores from the U.S. Junior Amateur, CLICK HERE.

For scores from the U.S. Girls’ Junior, CLICK HERE.

U.S. Junior Amateur
The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn.
MC. Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo (JGAC member) 77-75–152
MC. Griffin Barela of Lakewood 76-80–156
MC. Trevor Olkowski of Grand Junction 81-79–160

U.S. Girls’ Junior
The Ridgewood CC in Paramus, N.J.
28. Former Coloradan Elizabeth Wang of San Marino, Calif. 79-72–151
MC. Kiselya Plewe of Cortez 84-75–159
 

On Thursday, Ashton capped a steady performance by finishing fifth out of 50 competitors in the girls 7-8 division at the prestigious IMG Academy Junior World Championships in San Diego.

Ashton, 8, made two birdies on Thursday and shot a 6-over-par 63, giving her a 16-over-par 187 total for the three-day tournament. That left her a dozen strokes behind winner Bella Dovhey of Oviedo, Fla., but just four out of second place.

Ashton was one of more than a dozen Coloradans and/or Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado members who concluded play on Thursday at Junior Worlds.

Joining her in posting a top-30 finish was fellow Erie resident Hailey Schalk, who placed 26th in the girls 13-15 division.

(Updated July 15) One more player that fits into the local group, JGAC member Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo., wrapped up play on Friday after easily making the cut in the boys 15-17 division. Paxton, a three-time Wyoming 4A state high school individual champion, finished in 11th place.

Consecutive rounds of 2-over-par 74 Thursday and Friday left him at 3-over 291 overall. Paxton ended up 15 strokes behind champion Joaquin Niemann of Chile.

Here are the scores of all the Coloradans and Junior Alliance of Colorado members competing this week:

Boys 15-17
11. Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo. (JGAC member) 73-70-74-74–291
MC. Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins 81-79-82–242

Girls 15-17
MC. Caroline Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village 81-80-82–243
MC. Lauren Lehigh of Loveland 79-87-82–248

Boys 13-14
107. Jordan Jennings of Montrose 80-75-76–231
125. Jack Hughes of Snowmass 79-78-80–237
138. Beam Boonta of Centennial 84-78-83–245

Girls 13-14
26. Hailey Schalk of Erie 72-76-75–223
84. Marie Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village 85-82-78–245
93. Emma Bryant of Aurora 84-79-86–249

Boys 11-12
36. Brayden Bozak of Gilbert, Ariz. (JGAC member) 73-77-72–222
Luke Olkowski of Grand Junction 86-78–164

Girls 11-12
83. Sofia Choi of Littleton 95-88-85–268
88. Katelyn Lehigh of Loveland 93-95-94–282

Boys 7-8
79. Booth Hayes of Frederick 99-105-88–292

Girls 7-8
5. Hadley Ashton of Erie 60-64-63–187
 

Ashton shares fifth place with one round remaining in the girls 7-8 division. She made one birdie while shooting a 7-over-par 64 in round 2, leaving her at 10-over 124. That puts her eight strokes behind leader Bella Dovhey of Oviedo, Fla.

Paxton, who resides in Riverton, Wyo., and has won three straight 4A individual high school state titles in his home state, jumped into a share of fourth place out of a field of 207 at the halfway point of the boys 15-17 tournament.

Paxton, who has verbally committed to play his college golf at North Carolina State beginning next year, shot a 2-under-par 70 Wednesday, giving him a 1-under 143 total. The 2015 winner of the North and South Junior in Pinehurst, N.C., Paxton trails leader Sam Choi of Anaheim, Calif., by three strokes.

And in the girls 13-14 division, Hailey Schalk of Erie (72-76–148) remains in the top 25, in 24th place.

The action for most of the tournaments will conclude on Thursday, while the oldest boys and girls divisions will continue through Friday.

Here are the scores of all the Coloradans and Junior Alliance of Colorado members competing this week:

Boys 15-17
4. Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo. (JGAC member) 73-70–143
149. Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins 81-79–160

Girls 15-17
91. Caroline Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village 81-80–161
111. Lauren Lehigh of Loveland 79-87–166

Boys 13-14
112. Jack Hughes of Snowmass 79-78–157
121. Jordan Jennings of Montrose 80
136. Beam Boonta of Centennial 84-78–162

Girls 13-14
24. Hailey Schalk of Erie 72-76–148
86. Emma Bryant of Aurora 84-79–163
92. Marie Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village 85-82–167

Boys 11-12
48. Brayden Bozak of Gilbert, Ariz. (JGAC member) 73-77–150
116. Luke Olkowski of Grand Junction 86-78–164

Girls 11-12
85. Sofia Choi of Littleton 95-88–183
87. Katelyn Lehigh of Loveland 93-95–188

Boys 7-8
81. Booth Hayes of Frederick 99-105–204

Girls 7-8
5. Hadley Ashton of Erie 60-64–124
 

Meanwhile, 2015 CWGA Junior Match Play champion Amy Chitkoksoong of Aurora and Lauren Lehigh of Loveland earned the two girls 15-17 berths into the prestigious tournament that will be held in the San Diego area July 12-15.

Paxton, 17, fired a 2-under-par 70 Wednesday to win the qualifier with a 2-under 142 total.

The 15-year-old Stewart shot an even-par 72 Wednesday to finish second at 143.

The Olkowski brothers from Grand Junction, Canon and Trevor, placed third and fourth at 144 and 145, respectively, leaving them alternates.

In the girls competition, the 15-year-old Chitkoksoong garnered the top spot by winning the two-day qualifier with rounds of 75-77 for an 8-over-par 152 total.

The second girls berth went to Lehigh, who prevailed in a three-golfer playoff. Lehigh went 75-78 for 153, then carded two pars in the sudden-death playoff with Caroline Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village and Jordan Remley of Lakewood, who will be the first and second alternates, respectively.

For all the boys scores, CLICK HERE.

For complete girls scores, CLICK HERE.

Junior World qualifiers for boys and girls in the 11-12 and 13-14 age divisions will be contested on Thursday at Broken Tee in Englewood.