ALAMOSA – The Monte Vista High School boys golf team tied for first place at the Butch Braswell Invitational Thursday at the Salida Golf Club.

The Pirates finished with a score of 259 along with The Vanguard School.

Leading Monte Vista was Connor Mellott who was the medalist with a 78. Jakoby Ross tied for 11^th with an 89, Corbin Castillo was 16^th with a 92, and Aiden Ford was 17^th with a 93.

Alamosa finished in sixth place with 274. The Mean Moose were led by Zavier Medina who tied for sixth with an 86, followed by Clayton Treinen who tied for 14^th with a 91, Erik Garcia who was 21^st with a 97, and Grant Kirkland who was 34^th with a 112.

Del Norte was 13^th with 385. The Tigers were led by Damon Ledford-Vigil who was 39^th with a 117, followed by Julian Vigil who was 45^th with a 130, and Graesyn Coulson who was 49^th with a 138.

Team scores

Monte Vista 259, The Vanguard 259, Salida 266, Lake County 269, Buena Vista 272, Alamosa 274, Woodland Park 277, Salida 2 301, Banning Lewis Academy 302, Canon City 325, James Irwin 380, Florence 383, Del Norte 385.

Rye Invitational

Alamosa sent four golfers to compete at the Rye Invitational Thursday at Hollydot Golf Course in Colorado City.

The Mean Moose placed 12^th with 278. They were led by Eliott MacKey who tied for sixth place with an 81. Following MacKey were Brady Van Iwaarden who tied for 30^th with a 92, Foster Boyd who tied for 59^th with a 105, and Kyana Mason who tied for 68^th with a 110.

Rye won the tournament with 243, followed by Pueblo West with 254, Pueblo County with 257, Cheyenne Mountain with 259, and St. Mary’s with 261.

Manitou Springs’ Hayden Dorsey was the medalist with a two-under-par 69.

Team scores

Rye 243, Pueblo West 254, Pueblo County 257, Cheyenne Mountain 259, St. Mary’s 261, Fowler 264, Manitou Springs 264, Pueblo Central 269, Pueblo Centennial 275, Pueblo South 277, Swink 277, Alamosa 278, Limon 280, Lamar 290, Florence 294, Pueblo East 295, Swallows Charter Academy 297, Las Animas 307, Rocky Ford 338, Rye 2 348.

Local teams at Monte Vista tournament on Friday

All of the San Luis Valley boys golf teams competed at the Monte Vista Invitational at the Monte Vista Golf Course on Friday.

Those results will be published in Wednesday’s paper.

What’s next

The SLV schools will compete in tournaments in Gunnison and Pagosa Springs on Tuesday.