West Branch Sixth After Opening Day at Class 1A State Golf Meet
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West Branch shot a 395 on the opening day of the Class 1A state golf meet on Thursday at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown and is sixth-place after 18 holes.
Claire Jarrett fired a 41 on the back nine to shoot an opening-day 87 to lead the Bears and is tied for 11th after the opening day of the two-day meet.
Algona Garrigan leads the team race with an opening-round 361 while Grundy Center is second with a 367 and Central Lyon is third with a 376.
West branch is three strokes in front of Akron-Westfield which is in seventh with a 398.
Jarrett led a trio of West Branch golfers to shoot better than 100 on Thursday.
Sophia Kouba shot a 93 while Alex Poppen had a 44 on the back nine to close with a 96.
Play continues at the 1A state meet on Friday morning.
Class 1A State Meet
At American Legion Golf Course
Team scores – 1. Algona Garrigan 361; 2. Grundy Center 367; 3. Central Lyon 376; 4. New London 378; 5. Newell-Fonda 380; 6. West Branch 395; 7. Akron-Westfield 398; 8. Sigourney 400; 9. BCLUW 412; 10. Council Bluffs St. Albert 422
Individual leaders – 1. Greenle Smock (Lynnville-Sully) 40-35 – 75; 2. Madalyn Hornback (Sigourney) 43-38 – 81; 3. Annie Burns (Algona Garrigan) 45-37 – 82; 3. Taylor Phillips (New London) 41-41 – 82; 5. Abbie Lindeman (Grundy Center) 46-37 – 83; 5. Kylie Powers (IKM-Manning) 45-38 – 83; 7. Jaina Groen (Central Lyon) 46-40 – 86; 7. Natalie Nielsen (Akron-Westfield) 42-44 – 86; 7. Brylee Hoeg (Grundy Center) 45-41 – 86; 7. Emma Davidson (Northwood-Kensett) 43-43 – 86; 11. Avia Eisenbarth (Algona Garrigan) 44-43 – 87; 11. Claire Jarrett (West Branch) 46-41 – 87; 11. Meg Thompson (North Butler) 44-43 – 87; 14. Avery Dirks (Grundy Center) 45-45 – 90; 14. Alexis Barber (Newell-Fonda) 49-41 – 90
West Branch (395) – Claire Jarrett 46-41 – 87; Sophia Kouba 47-46 – 93; Alex Poppen 52-44 – 96; Gabby Rushton 59-60 – 119; Karley Staker 65-57 – 122; Marisa Herring 7065 – 135
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