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Liberty High had four players shoot 82 or better on its way to a third-place team finish at the 10^th annual Trojan Blue Top Ridge Golf Invite on Monday at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course in Riverside.

Ryan Schmierer fired a 78 to lead Liberty High as the Lightning finished with a 322.

Johnston won the team title with a 297, three strokes in front of runner-up Pleasant Valley.

Liberty High was two strokes clear of fourth place Dubuque Wahlert while Bettendorf with fifth with a 327 and host West High was sixth with a 331.

Tate Brunk shot an 80 and JJ Grimm and Lucas Bartachek each shot an 82 for Liberty High.

Dillon Croco fired a 79 to pace West High while Jack MacLagan shot an 82 for the Trojans.

Owen Larson and Colie Colier each shot 85 for West High.

Owen Wright of Pleasant Valley and Owen Howe of Johnston each shot a one-under-par 71 to finish in the top two spots.

Mateo Rascon of Burlington was one shot back in third with a 72.

Trojan Blue Top Ridge Golf Invite

Team scores – 1. Johnston 297; 2. Pleasant Valley 300; 3. Liberty High 322; 4. Dubuque Wahlert 324; 5. Bettendorf 327; 6. West High 331; 7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 336; 8. Central DeWitt 337; 9. Burlington 338; 10. Muscatine 405

Individual leaders – 1. Owen Wright (PV) 36-35 – 71; 2. Owen Howe (JON) 37-34 – 71; 3. Mateo Rascon (BUR) 37-35 – 72; 4. Carter Drury (CD) 38-36 – 74; 5. Andrew Johannsen (JON) 36-38 – 74; 6. Tomas Rascon (BUR) 37-38 – 75; 7. Ben Dolter (DW) 37-38 – 75; 8. Tyler Herrmann (JON) 36-40 – 76; 9. Krishiv Gupta (JON) 36-40 – 76; 10. Sam Johnson (PV) 37-39 – 76

Liberty High (322) – Ryan Schmierer 39-39 – 78; Tate Brunk 41-39 – 80; JJ Grimm 42-40 – 82; Lucas Bartachek 38-44 – 82; Vaughn Tyler 41-43 – 84; Brayden O’Connor 48-46 – 94

West High (331) – Dillon Croco 42-37 – 79; Jack MacLagan 38-44 – 82; Owen Larson 38-47 – 85; Cole Colier 38-47 – 85; Landon Peoples 45-43 – 88; Brady Simcox 52-48 – 100

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