Local teams wrap up regular season
Fairview takes second at Harmony Club; Dawson wins Mile High League meet
Fairview boys golf could hardly have asked for a better showing at the Front Range League Championships at Harmony Club in Timnath on Tuesday.
Amid tight competition that saw the top three teams finish within five strokes of one another, the Knights claimed second place with a cumulative score of 287, just two strokes behind winner Fossil Ridge and three ahead of third-place Monarch. Broomfield claimed fourth at 307.
To further illuminate the talent on the course, Fossil Ridge’s Austin Barry won after carding a 5-under-par 67 as Broomfield’s Mason Hill, Fairview’s freshman Miles Kuhl, senior Mathieu Zerwin and Monarch’s Ryan Beals all tied for second with a 69. Monarch’s Talan Gover and Broomfield’s Sawyer Hyten didn’t lag too far behind, placing sixth and 10th, respectively, after completing their rounds at 70 and 72.
The entire Knights team finished within eight strokes of one another as junior Sawyer Sales carded a 74 (14th place), senior Nathan Sager scored a 75 (18th) and senior Noah Sherry finished up with a 77 (27th).
“Today was a good day,” Zerwin said. “I felt pretty confident with almost everything so those days are always fun. Our team played pretty well today. … We haven’t yet had a round where the majority of our players played better than average this season and today, I know we all left some out on the course. This season has been good and I believe it will continue to get better.”
The onus of league championships put extra pressure on the Knights to perform well, and they answered that call with five excellent rounds. Both Zerwin and