Iowa Boys State Golf Tournament – Summary
May 29th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
The two-day Boys State Golf Tournament wrapped up Saturday at courses located in Livermore, Ft. Dodge and Marshalltown.
In Class 3-A, at the Spring Valley Golf Course, in Livermore, the team from Webster City came away with the win, with the best low score of 614 after two rounds of play. Manchester-West Delaware placed second with their score of 625, Gilbert was third, with a score of 630. Atlantic placed 5th with a score of 643. The top Trojan scorer for Atlantic was senior Kyle Nelson, who placed 15th with his best, two-day low score of 157.
In Class 2-A at the Lakeside Golf Course in Ft. Dodge, Panorama took first place at the tournament for the second year in a row. It was the third-straight trip to State for the Panthers, who shot a two-day total of 604. Fort Dodge/St. Edmond was second, shooting a tow-day total of 613, followed by Kuemper Catholic, with a 614. Individually, for the Panther’s, Junior George Appleseth’s tournament score of 145 was the lowest. This is the third-straight trip to State for Panorama.
In Class 1-A at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown, East Buchanon claimed the title, shooting a team-best 620 for the two-day event. Mason City-Newman Catholic was second, followed by Nodaway Valley in third place, with their score of 648. Griswold place 5th, with a two-day best score of 671. Individually, for the Griswold Tigers, senior Jacob Reynolds shot the best low score over the two-day event, of 151, which was good for 6th place. Senior James Reynolds, from Griswold, shot a total of 153, which placed him 8th in the event. Nodaway Valley senior Jackson Lamb took 12th place individually, with his two-day total of 157. Fellow senior Sam Marnin shot a total of 159, placing him in the 14th slot.
For all of the team and individual scores, see our other posts on the kjan.com Sports page, or click on this link: http://www.iahsaa.org/golf/2016-spring-state-leaderboards/