Berthoud’s Cameron Poll takes 31st place at state golf tournament
By Dan Karpiel
The Surveyor
For Cameron Poll, each swing, each putt, each chip, was a learning opportunity. The Berthoud High School junior joined the elite ranks of the school’s golf program as he competed in the 4A state tournament at Raccoon Creek in Littleton on Monday and Tuesday. Poll finished in a respectable tie for 31st place, in an 84-player field, with a two-day, 36-hole score of 166 (+22).
“It was an experience that I will never forget, and it was fun meeting new kids from high schools all over Colorado,” Poll said. “It the biggest opportunity I’ve ever had to display my talent.” The junior explained competing at state was quite different from league matches, where the focus was on team goals, but state was “100 percent about me and the steps I was going to take going into my senior year.”
Raccoon Creek offered the state’s best high school golfers some unique challenges. The course itself is no slouch, with a 73.3 rating and 131 slope, several dog-leg fairways, mature trees throughout the course, and water hazards on multiple holes. The course forces players to make a risk-reward calculation on nearly every shot.
Berthoud Head Coach Mike Burkett mentioned multiple times throughout the season about Poll’s ability to “grind” and his adeptness staying focused and mentally strong through the ups and downs that are endemic to the sport. It was a trait that served the Spartans lone representative at the state tourney well. Poll had to battle wet and windy conditions and diabolical pin placements in the two days at Raccoon Creek. Despite the unfavorable conditions, Poll carded an 85 on Monday before hanging an impressive 81 on the board in day two.
“Even though my 36-hole score might not be that pretty, what people don’t know is how much worse it could have really been if I decided to shut down mentally. I’d say the best aspects of my game were three-wood off the tees and ability to get up and down to save crucial pars,” Poll explained. “He hit a lot of quality shots in miserable conditions,” Burkett said, “He will be really proud in a few days.”
Of the 84 golfers who took to Raccoon Creek, only seven finished with a 36-hole score that was single digits over par. Thompson Valley’s Darren Edwards won the individual competition with a 146, shooting one-over 73s on both days.
Poll explained that experience of competing at state was invaluable and will serve him well going into his senior year next fall. “The biggest thing I took from state this year was every swing counts and bad shots will come, but you just have to put them behind you,” he said. “I was able to make it to state not playing my best at regionals, so next year I’m setting really high expectations for myself and figuring out how to get those crucial strokes back.” Burkett said All-State is a reasonable goal for Poll next season.
- September, 21 2017
Berthoud golfer Cameron Poll qualifie...
By Dan Karpiel The Surveyor There is no greater feeling that reaching a goal one...
- September, 14 2018
SportsRoundUp – BHS Golf &...
By Dan Karpiel The Surveyor Boys golf: Berthoud takes sixth at Coyote Creek Berthoud’s Caleb...
- August, 15 2019
Berthoud golfers begin season swing
Photo courtesy of TPC Colorado - The Berthoud High School boys golf team, along with...
- September, 28 2020
Berthoud’s Christian Foxworth State B...
It’s not how you start; it’s how you finish. For Berthoud High sophomore Christian Foxworth,...
- September, 15 2016
BHS sports roundup
Berthoud football falls to Lutheran For a team with as much youth as the Berthoud...
- September, 23 2016
Spartans sports roundup: Sept. 14-20
Softball: Berthoud wins two of three against the TVC As they begin the stretch run...
- Spring training begins for Spartan ba...
- Berthoud “Bombers” win championship i...
- Spartan baseball undefeated in April
- Boys basketball 13-10 season ends in ...
- Spartan C-team sees big success
- Spartans notch well-deserved win in s...
- Boys soccer wins in season opener
- Spartan soccer ends season on a high ...
- Berthoud soccer squad seeing signific...
- Bothun leads Spartans to second place...
- Spartans send ten runners to state cr...
- Clark wins Patriot League Cross Count...
- The 12-team playoff cannot come soon ...
- Spartans lose 14-13 in controversial ...
- Berthoud High School football game wi...
- Lady Spartans fall to Jefferson Acade...
- Thompson Valley tramples Lady Spartan...
- Berthoud girls stand out in All-Star ...
- Tychsen leads Lady Spartans to first ...
- Top five finish for girls golf
- Lady Spartan golfers battle for state...
- Spartans fall to Frederick in state s...
- Spartan softball comes back against N...
- Softball finishes regular season 20-3
- Back in the water and back winning
- Spartan swimmers set new school recor...
- Berthoud swimmers shine in Break the ...
- Berthoud boys head to state tennis to...
- Berthoud sending two lines to state c...
- Lady Spartans earn second place at re...
- Spartans steal the show at Roosevelt ...
- Brooke Nelsen leaps over 30-year scho...
- Half-mile state champion Williams ret...
POLICEBLOTTER
Community NewsNorthern Water sets C-BT quota at 70% for 2024
Community NewsEmotions run high during Revere Property hearing
Community NewsSnowpack at 119% above normal
Community NewsKarspeck to serve third term as Berthoud mayor
Community NewsOPINION – No bitchin’ allowed
Community NewsRoy Tripi to become principal of BHS on July 1
Community News
COMMUNITY CALENDAR:
Community Calendar – add an eventHomestead Fine Art Gallery First Fridays OPEN HOUSE
03 May 4:00 PM - 7:00 PMHomestead Fine Art Gallery First Fridays OPEN HOUSE
07 Jun 4:00 PM - 7:00 PMHomestead Fine Art Gallery First Fridays OPEN HOUSE
05 Jul 4:00 PM - 7:00 PMHomestead Fine Art Gallery First Fridays OPEN HOUSE
02 Aug 4:00 PM - 7:00 PMHomestead Fine Art Gallery First Fridays OPEN HOUSE
06 Sep 4:00 PM - 7:00 PMHomestead Fine Art Gallery First Fridays OPEN HOUSE
04 Oct 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM