PUEBLO – Colorado Academy freshman Sophia Lee has been at the top of the Class 2A girls golf rankings for the majority of the season. And now she sits at the top of the leaderboard in the one tournament where the classification’s best players face off against each other.

Lee shot a 2-over-par 74 at the Pueblo Country Club to take the lead after the first day of the 2A state tournament. She leads Salida senior Kyndra Johnson by one shot and Manitou Springs sophomore Addie Dorsey by two.

Sterling’s Macie Doherty is four shots back after shooting 78 on a day where calmness ran out and wind and rained carried the afternoon. The top four players on the leaderboard were the only four to break 80 on the day. A part of that could’ve been the wind and a part of that could’ve been the challenge that the Pueblo Country Club provides on a daily basis.

“The greens are rolling,” Lee said. “It’s absolutely insane. It’s really hard to adjust to it, but everything is also in really good condition.”

The last time PCC hosted a girls state tournament, Lee might’ve been swinging around plastic golf clubs as a 5- or 6-year-old. But proudly on display at the club’s pro shop is a picture of the 2016 Mustangs who captured the team title. Another standout freshman, Caroline Jordaan, finished as the runner-up to Silver Creek’s Erin Sargent.

Heading into Round 2, a clean sweep is in play as the Mustangs also hold the team lead at 256 with Salida trailing four. Winning a team title would add to an already strong legacy for the Mustangs.

“Coach Beth [Folsom] does a great job with the team and getting focused,” Lee said. “It’s so special and I’m so lucky to be here.”

Johnson was a big part of Salida’s run to the No. 2 spot in the team rankings. She went out in 39, but an albatross on the par-5 11th completely changed her momentum. She added a birdie on the par-5 12th to get back to even but bogeyed four of her last five shots as the wind started kicking up.

In Tuesday’s final two groups of the day, four players (Johnson, Dorsey, Doherty and Aspen’s Lenna Persson) all finished in the top eight of last year’s 3A tournament at the Olde Course in Loveland.

Dorsey started her round on the back 9 and made three consecutive birdies before a double-bogey on 15 killed her groove. She then made five straight bogeys before getting two of those shots back on the par-5 fifth and par-3 sixth.

After sitting through a rain and lightning delay, Dorsey made a bogey on No. 8 and then par on No. 9 to get into the house at 4-over.

Prospect Ridge Academy’s Hope Torres, last year’s 3A champion, made three straight bogeys to start her day and finished with an 83.

The second round of the 2A girls golf tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Pueblo Country Club. The final group of Lee, Johnson and Dorsey is expected to tee off at 10:40 off No. 1.

Class 5A

If Brenna Higgins is going to win a third 5A girls golf title, she’ll have to run it down like she did last year, only this time she’d have to take it from a teammate. The Valor Christian senior shot 83 in Round 1 at Todd Creek while sophomore Ella Scott shot 72 to head into the second round tied for the lead.

Legen’s Maddie Makino also shot 72.

Valor has the team lead with 233 shots with Legend sitting just one stroke behind.

Class 4A

Air Academy freshman Landry Frost hasn’t been shy about playing with the best players in the state all year. So firing a 73 on Day 1 at state was hardly a surprise.

As a result, she’ll head into Day 2 of the 4A state tournament at the Broadlands with a two-stroke lead over Windsor’s Macy Kleve, last year’s 4A runner-up to Erie’s Logan Hale, and Ponderosa freshman Kaylee Meyering. Both sit at 3-over heading into Tuesday.

Karina Panyavong (78) and Brynn Balliet (81) are both in the top 10 which has Riverdale Ridge sitting in first place as a team, 11 shots ahead of Durango.

Class 3A

Holy Family’s No. 3 has the Tigers in position to be No. 1.

Peyton Mraz was the only player at even par or better as she shot 72 to take the lead at Boomerang Golf Links. Stefi Heitz is also in the top three of the individual leaderboard with a 77. Timnath’s Cheyanne Schrick is two shots back of Mraz after shooting 72.

The Tigers finished as runner-up to Erie in last year’s 4A tournament and is searching for its first team title in program history.