{"id":97688,"date":"2018-10-03T22:15:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T04:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-golfer-keetch-takes-15th-at-3a-golf-championships\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T22:15:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T04:15:16","slug":"m-chs-golfer-keetch-takes-15th-at-3a-golf-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-golfer-keetch-takes-15th-at-3a-golf-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS golfer Keetch takes 15th at 3A Golf Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=60e394f6-e261-498a-b365-43dcd50e0003&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=60e394f6-e261-498a-b365-43dcd50e0003&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=60e394f6-e261-498a-b365-43dcd50e0003&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=60e394f6-e261-498a-b365-43dcd50e0003&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"1133\" height=\"793\" alt=\"Blake Keetch, left, finished 15th at the 3A Colorado Championships in Boulder. JJ Brunner, right, also played in the championships.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Blake Keetch, left, finished 15th at the 3A Colorado Championships in Boulder. JJ Brunner, right, also played in the championships.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">File photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Finding his name near the top of the leaderboard has become the norm for M-CHS junior golfer Blake Keetch.<\/p>\n<p>Even on the sport\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the top names in 3A boys golf at the state championships, Keetch played consistently over the 36-hole championship to earn 15th place. Rounds of 75 and 76 at Boulder Country Club landed Keetch his second consecutive Top 20 performance after a 19th-place finish in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the best tournament he\u2019s played all year,\u201d said M-CHS golf coach Micah Rudosky. \u201cHe was really steady the whole tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keetch\u2019s 11-over par finish was all-the-more impressive given how Boulder Country Club dealt its fair share of challenges to the players. Only Kent Denver senior Jordan Klutznick finished under par over the two days, capturing the individual crown with a two-day total of 1-under par.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of the difficult scoring, Rudosky felt as though the course provided a strong challenge to the competitors. \u201cIt\u2019s a fair test for the whole field,\u201d said Rudosky, \u201cand the course was in excellent condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Keetch continues to methodically build his resume as a force heading into his senior campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlake strikes the ball as well as anyone in the field,\u201d said Rudosky. \u201cHe\u2019s continuing to build confidence that will only allow him to keep getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore JJ Brunner made his maiden voyage in the tournament, finishing with rounds of 88 and 99, while gaining experience at the season\u2019s culminating event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a great season for JJ,\u201d said Rudosky. \u201cFor him to get there and gain that experience, it\u2019s exciting to think of what he\u2019ll do the next two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aspen landed the team title, finishing 14-over par as a group to take their first state title in the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brunner makes his tournament debut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5770],"tags":[2261,346],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-97688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97688"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=97688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}