Crimson Cliff Excessive College’s boys golf staff poses with the 4A state championship trophy on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 Fairways Media/Randy Dodson
After ending runner-up final yr, Crimson Cliffs boys golf staff reclaimed the state 4A championship on Thursday.
With juniors Boston Bracken and Lincoln Markham main the way in which, Crimson Cliffs shot 3 strokes beneath par as a staff for the event, which was performed at Sky Mountain Golf Course in Hurricane.
The Mustangs posted a collective 3-under rating of 285 on Day 1, then adopted that with an even-par 288 on the second day for a complete of 573. Crimson noticed its high 4 golfers place among the many high eight particular person medalists.
Bracken eagled the 18th and remaining gap on Wednesday, ending with a 6-under rating of 66 for the spherical. Then, on Thursday, he sank an eagle putt on the 18th for the second day in a row. That enabled him to interrupt even for the day and edge teammate Markham by two strokes for high particular person medalist honors. Bracken and Markham had been the one two golfers to complete beneath par.
Bracken got here in at par or higher on 31 of the 36 holes in the course of the event, together with 10 birdies and two eagles.
Crimson Cliffs coach Cody Felts mentioned Bracken briefly grew to become displeased with himself for needing eight strokes to complete the par-4 thirteenth gap on Thursday.
“He simply has this knack for coming again,” Felts mentioned. “He was upset with taking that quadruple bogey on that gap, however he simply knew he needed to make it up.”
Felts mentioned it was particularly thrilling to see his high two golfers battling it out for the highest of the leaderboard each days, all the time staying inside a pair strokes of one another.
“I used to be joyful the way in which all of it performed out,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Desert Hills completed in second place with a two-day staff rating of 601, or 25 over par. The Thunder had been led by sophomore Brock Porter’s 71-74-145 and senior Boston Dixon’s 74-74-148.
Third place went to defending champion Ridgeline. The Riverhawks, who had been led by senior Zach Skinner’s 4-over rating of 73-75-148, completed with a staff rating of 614.
Crimson’s victory marked the third state title within the four-year historical past of the college, which first opened its doorways within the fall of 2019.
The runaway win for the Mustangs was in sharp distinction to final yr’s thrilling end at Birch Creek Golf Course in Smithfield. On the 2021 state 4A event, Crimson Cliffs and Ridgeline completed in a tie for first place with 597 strokes every, after which the Riverhawks received the sudden-death playoff gap by two strokes to assert the title.
“I’m not gonna lie, it did inspire our boys,” Felts. “It didn’t really feel good for them to lose final yr. They felt like they actually had an opportunity to do it however simply didn’t pull it off.”
This time round, the Mustangs led wire to wire, constructing a 16-stroke lead the primary day and increasing it to twenty-eight the second day.
“We actually didn’t suppose that we had it wrapped up or by any means suppose that it was a carried out deal,” Felts mentioned of the snug lead the Mustangs loved heading into Thursday. “However it was good to have slightly little bit of a cushion.”
4A state event
At Sky Mountain Golf Course
Remaining staff scores
1. Crimson Cliffs, 573
2. Desert Hills, 601
3. Ridgeline, 614
4. Dixie, 630
5. Sky View, 633
5. Cedar Metropolis, 633
7. Snow Canyon, 638
8. Inexperienced Canyon, 647
Remaining particular person outcomes
- 138 — Boston Bracken, Crimson Cliffs
- 140 — Lincoln Markham, Crimson Cliffs
- 145 — Brock Porter, Desert Hills
- 148 — Boston Dixon, Desert Hills
- 148 — Zachary Skinner, Ridgeline
- 149 — Preston Heward, Crimson Cliffs
- 150 — Staten McMurdie, Dixie
- 150 — Dylan Winona, Crimson Cliffs
- 152 — Braylon Bingham, Cedar
- 152 — Michael Stirland, Hurricane
- 152 — Jarren Phillips, Crimson Cliffs
- 153 — Trey Kelsch, Snow Canyon
- 153 — Luke Barnes, Snow Canyon
- 153 — Noah Christensen, Desert Hills
- 154 — Hayden Howell, Sky View
- 154 — Eli Jensen, Sky View
- 155 — Sam Ballingham, Inexperienced Canyon
- 155 — Beckham Johansen, Ridgeline
- 156 — Mason Schaffer, Dixie
- 156 — Tyler Jackman, Ridgeline
- 156 — Gabe Taylor, Logan