{"id":1314014,"date":"2019-08-27T06:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/rifle-golf-begins-push-for-state-playoffs-thanks-to-deep-roster\/"},"modified":"2019-08-27T06:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:44:01","slug":"rifle-golf-begins-push-for-state-playoffs-thanks-to-deep-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rifle-golf-begins-push-for-state-playoffs-thanks-to-deep-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Rifle golf begins push for state playoffs thanks to deep roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-infobox alignleft p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"module module-promo card shadow-sm\" readability=\"12.5\">\n<div class=\"card-body\" readability=\"20\">\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Head Coach: Tod Smith, Third year<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Last Season: No returning golfers qualified for state<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Key Returners: Wolfgang Smith, Sr.; Cannon Wall, Jr.; Broc Caldwell, So.; Jackson Davis, Sr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Golfers to Watch: Kaleb Pressler, So.; Brandyn Creech, Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Entering his third season in charge of the Rifle Bears\u2019 boys golf program, head coach Tod Smith expects an experienced group of golfers to really take a substantial step forward at the state level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With the return of senior Wolfgang Smith, who qualified for the state tournament two years ago and is one of the better golfers on the Western Slope during the fall, as well as the return of junior Cannon Wall and sophomore Broc Caldwell, the Bears are loaded for, well, bear this fall under Smith\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Add in the developing abilities of senior Jackson Davis, junior Brandyn Creech and sophomore Kaleb Pressler, the Bears are as deep and talented a team you\u2019ll find in Garfield County. Knowing that, the Bears have their sights sets on a state berth as a team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAll of these guys have shown great improvement of the consistency of their play,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI feel that if they continue to improve the way that they have, we could possibly qualify as a team for the state tournament. This is my third year in charge of the program, so I really feel that the kids are beginning to buy into my coaching philosophy and it\u2019s showing on the course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:jcarney@postindependent.com\">jcarney@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/rifle-golf-begins-push-for-state-playoffs-thanks-to-deep-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach: Tod Smith, Third year Last Season: No returning golfers qualified for state Key Returners: Wolfgang Smith, Sr.; Cannon Wall, Jr.; Broc Caldwell, So.; Jackson Davis, Sr. Golfers to Watch: Kaleb Pressler, So.; Brandyn Creech, Jr. Entering his third season in charge of the Rifle Bears\u2019 boys golf program, head coach Tod Smith expects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 14:45:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}