Meanwhile, in the girls tournament, top-seeded Amy Chitkoksoong of Aurora, the 2017 girls 5A state high school champ, chalked up two victories on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals.
Also making the girls semis were Emma Bryant of Aurora, Sydney Eye of Golden and Josie Baker of Sherman Oaks, Calif. In Wednesday morning’s final four, Chitkoksoong will face Baker and Bryant will square off with Eye. Chitkoksoong won this title in 2015 at age 14. Bryant has been the most dominant player so far, winning her matches 5 and 3, 8 and 6, and 6 and 5.
Joining Pearson, a finalist in the CGA Match Play earlier this year, as semifinalists on the boys side are top-seeded Jack Castiglia of Lakewood, Luke Travins of Colorado Springs and Ty Findlow of Lone Tree. In the semis, Castiglia will play Travins and Pearson will face Findlow.
In Tuesday’s quarterfinals, Trujillo birdied the 15th and 16th holes for wins to square the match, but Pearson parred No. 17 to win the hole and he and Trujillo halved 18 with pars.
In his quarterfinal, Castiglia was 2 down through 12 to Kirby Coe-Kirkham of Sheridan, Wyo., but squared things with an eagle on the 15th, then went 1 up with a birdie on the 17th before halving No. 18 with a par.
And Findlow beat Tyler Severin of Johnstown with a birdie on the 19th hole after being 2 down through 15 holes.
The winners of this morning’s semifinal matches will meet in the finals on Wednesday afternoon.
For the brackets for each tournament, click on the following: BOYS, GIRLS.
]]>Ott, the 2015 CJGA Tournament of Champions winner, backed up his first-round 67 with a 3-under-par 69 on Thursday, giving him an 8-under 136 total with just Friday’s final round remaining.
The Colorado State University signee (pictured) supplemented his two eagles — on the fifth and 16th holes — with two birdies and three bogeys on Thursday. The 18-year-old is three up on Walker Lee of Houston (70-69) and seven up on Luke Travins of Colorado Springs (71-72). Among the five players tied for fourth at 144 are Davis Bryant of Aurora, Oliver Jack of Denver and David Leede of Greenwood Village.
Meanwhile, in the girls 15-18 division, two players from the Thailand contingent are among the top three golfers after Thursday. Nicha Vorrasanpisut of Thailand (74-74) shares the lead with Sophie Guo of China (74-74), while Thai national team member Tunrada Piddon is third, one stroke back, after going 78-71.
The top Coloradan in the girls 15-18 division is Caroline Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village, who’s seventh at 153 (76-77).
The winners in the top boys and girls divisions will earn spots in the Junior PGA Championship, set for Aug. 9-12 in Rumford, R.I.
Marie Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village, Caroline’s sister, maintained her lead in the girls 12-14 division, going 80-81–161. That’s two better than Amisha Singh of Greenwood Village (83-80) in the four-player field.
In boys 12-14, Aaron Kuznik of Orono, Minn., kept his lead, posting rounds of 76-81 for a 13-over-par 157 total. That’s two better than Carson Hackmann of Laurel, Mont. (80-79–159) and six better than third-place Trey Jones of Colorado Springs (79-84–159)
For scores: boys 15-18, girls 15-18, boys 12-14, girls 12-14
]]>In the girls 15-17 division, 2014 CWGA Junior Match Play champion Amy Chitkoksoong of Aurora and Lauren Lehigh of Loveland fired 3-over-par 75s to sit atop the leaderboard.
After Wednesday’s second round, the top two finishers in each division will advance to the prestigious Junior World Championships, set for July 12-15 in the San Diego area.
Luke Travins of Colorado Springs and Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo., are tied for third place among the boys at 72, while Canon Olkowski’s older brother, Trevor, holds down fifth place at 73.
For all the boys scores, CLICK HERE.
For the girls, Arielle Keating of Colorado Springs, Caroline Jordaan of Cherry Hills Village and Jordan Remley of Lakewood sit four behind the leaders after carding rounds of 79.
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.