Aurora’s Mike Kitowski, a former Colorado State golfer, carded a 2-under-par 69 on Wednesday to win medalist honors in a U.S. Open local qualifier at Collindale Golf Course in Fort Collins.
Kitowski, the only golfer in the 84-player field to shoot under par, led a group of five who qualified for the sectional qualifying round, before the U.S. Open starts June 18 at Bethpage in Farmingdale, N.Y.
Shawn Wills of Centennial finished second at 71, followed by Drew Stoltz of Fort Collins (72), Australian amateur Benjamin Weatherly (72) and Jon Levy of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (72). Stoltz, Weatherly and Levy qualified after a four-man playoff, which left out Nolan Martin of Colorado Springs, who is a first alternate for the next round.
Cubs rough up Hirsh, Sky Sox.
Colorado Springs’ Jason Hirsh (3-2) allowed eight runs on 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings as the visiting Iowa Cubs routed the Sky Sox 18-4 in a Triple-A Pacific Coast League game at Security Service Field. Iowa’s Jake Fox doubled in two runs in the first and the Cubs scored at least one run in every inning except the eighth.
DeBerry returns to award charitable grants.
Former Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry will be back in Colorado on Friday to award charitable grants at the Colorado Coaches for Charity auction and dinner.
The Fisher DeBerry Foundation will award grants to charities designated by each of the five big-school college football coaches in Colorado. The dinner will also honor former Rockies owner Jerry McMorris with a community MVP award. Tickets for the dinner, which starts at 6:30 p.m., are still available. Check for information.
