Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

Mikey Takacs will enter the final day of the Class 1A state golf tournament in striking distance of the leader.

Takacs shot an opening-round 77 on the first day of the two-day 1A state meet at Ames Golf and Country Club in Ames and is three stokes off the lead entering the final day of competition.

After shooting a one-over 37 on the back nine to open his round on Monday Takacs shot a five-over 40 on the front nine.

Takacs is three strokes behind leader Dawson Harthole of LeMars Gehlen who shot a three-over 74.

Chase Jahde of CAM is one stroke back after shooting a 75 and Collin Homan of Remsen St. Mary’s shot a 76.

Takacs had birdies on the par-four 11^th and the par-five 15^th and finished with 11 pars and five holes of bogey or worse.

Class 1A State Meet

At Ames Golf and Country Club

Team scores – 1. CAM 335; 2. Remsen St. Mary’s 336; 3. Montezuma 337; 3. Hillcrest Academy 337; 5. West Fork 338; 6. Wapello 340; 7. Kingsley-Pierson 342; 8. AGWSR 345; 9. LeMars Gehlen 347; 9. South Hamilton 347

Individual leaders – 1. Dawson Barthole (LeMars Gehlen) 39-35 – 74; 2. Chase Jahde (CAM) 38-37 – 75; 3. Collin Homan (Remsen St. Mary’s) 36-40 – 76; 4. Mikey Takacs (Regina) 40-37 – 77; 5. Keith Thompson (Hamburg) 37-41 – 78; 6. Mason Dicks (Newell-Fonda) 41-38 – 79; 6. Nolan Reser (North Butler) 37-42 – 79; 6. Maguire DeJong (Montezuma) 41-38 – 79; 9. Seth Hensley (CAM) 37-43 – 80; 9. Ben Hesner (East Buchanan) 37-43 – 80; 9. Crux DeJong (Montezuma) 39-41 – 80

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