Journal Staff Report
CLASS 4A: At neighboring Santa Ana Golf Club, Albuquerque Academy’s boys (312) have a five-stroke lead on Kirtland Central and Silver, with St. Pius sitting nine shots off the lead.
There were three sub-70 rounds on Monday. Skyler Woods of Kirtland Central and Jacob Alcorta of Silver both finished with 5-under 67s, while Clark Sonnenberg of Academy shot a 69. A previous state champ in 4A, Belen’s Grady Cox, is in fourth place following a 72.
The Academy girls also lead, by 15 shots going into Tuesday. The Chargers finished at 329, with Kirtland Central in second place. St. Pius is a distant third, 25 strokes behind Academy.
Anya Parasher of Academy holds a slim one-shot lead on Belen’s Rylee Salome. Parasher shot 75 on Monday; she finished 10 shots behind Salome, the 2023 champion, at state a year ago.