West Branch Finishes Third; Regina Junior Takacs Fifth at Class 2A State Golf Meet
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Last season West Branch overcame a small deficit after the opening round to claim the Class 2A state title.
On Tuesday the Bears couldn’t quite duplicate that feat but posted a second consecutive top-three finish at the Class 2A state meet at Goldwater Golf Links in Ames.
Defending 2A champion West Branch shot a 317 on Tuesday and finished with a 36-hole total of 630 to place third at the two-day event.
Hudson shot a 310 on Tuesday to win the 2A team title by 10 strokes over runner-up Dyersville Beckman with a 619.
Dyersville Beckman and Hudson were tied after Monday’s opening round with a 309 with West Des Moines Christian two strokes back and West branch four strokes off the lead.
Hudson was the only team under 315 on Tuesday claiming its first state title since the second of back-to-back 2A crowns in 1996.
West Branch finished one stroke in front of fourth-place Des Moines Christian as the top four teams were separated by just 12 strokes.
The Bears had a pair of golfers finish in the top 15.
Junior Will Bridges and senior Brady Knoop each shot 153 over the two-day event to finish 13th.
Bridges followed up an opening-round 76 with a 77 on Tuesday while Knoop fired a 76 on Tuesday after opening with a 77.
Senior Dylan Countryman shot an 81 on Tuesday to finish 19th with a 36-hole total of 158.
Gage Gingerich was 33rd with a 166 after shooting his second consecutive 83 on Tuesday.
Regina junior Mikey Takacs capped a stellar season with a top-five finish, shooting a three-over-par 74 on Tuesday to finish with a 149.
Takacs closed the 36-hole tournament seven strokes over par, matching Boyden-Hull senior Drew Van Roekel with a 149.
Class 2A State Tournament
At Coldwater Golf Links
Team scores – 1. Hudson 309-310 – 619; 2. Dyersville Beckman 309-320 – 629; 3. West Branch 313-317 – 630; 4. Des Moines Christian 311-320 – 631; 5. Boyden-Hull 316-319 – 635; 5. Western Christian 314-321 – 635; 7. Grundy Center 320-321 – 641; 8. Osage 321-324 – 645
Individual medalists – 1. Axton Miller (OABCIG) 72-73 – 145; 2. Luke Harwick (Dyersville Beckman) 71-75 – 146; 3. Jake Weissenburger (Des Moines Christian) 69-78 – 147; 4. Clayton Liddle (Denver) 72-76 – 148; 5. Drew Van Roekel (Boyden-Hull) 73-76 – 149; 5. Mike Takacs (Regina) 75-74 – 149; 7. Ashton Martens (Grundy Center) 75-75 – 150; 7. Leo Klapperich (Osage) 76-74 – 150; 7. Maverick Schwabe (Carroll Kuemper) 74-76 – 150; 10. Caleb Ham (Hudson) 74-77 – 151; 11. Oliver Thompson (Hudson) 76-76 – 152; 11. Caleb Douma (Western Christian) 76-76 – 152; 13. Will Bridges (West Branch) 76-77 – 153; 13. Brady Knoop (West Branch) 77-76 – 153; 13. Keegan Joyce (Emmetsburg) 77-76 – 153
West Branch (630) – Will Bridges 76-77 – 153; Brady Knoop 77-76 – 153; Dylan Countryman 77-81 – 158; Gage Gingerich 83-83 – 166; Logan Highly 91-85 – 176; Cameron Gingerich 90-91 – 181
Regina – Mikey Takacs 75-74 – 149
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