West Branch Fourth After Opening Day at Class 1A State Golf Meet
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West Branch is fourth at the Class 1A state golf meet after a solid opening round at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone on Thursday.
The Bears shot an opening-round 393 on the first day of the two-day event and are seven strokes in front of fifth-place Newell-Fonda after one day.
Grundy Center shot a 351 to lead the 1A team race by 13 strokes over New London while BCLUW is third with a 389.
Claire Jarrett shot a 92 to lead West Branch and is in a three-way tie for 14th place after 18 holes.
Jarrett shot a 42 on the back nine on Thursday.
Tess Hammar shot a 96 for the Bears and is in a tie for 21st place while Gabby Rushton shot a 100 and Alex Poppen a 105 for West Branch.
The 1A state meet will continue with the final round on Friday.
Class 1A State Meet
At Cedar Pointe Golf Course
Team scores – 1. Grundy Center 351; 2. New London 364; 3. BCLUW 389; 4. West Branch 393; 5. Newell-Fonda 400; 6. Easton Valley 402; 7. Nashua-Plainfield 405; 8. Akron-Westfield 414; 9. Sidney 415; 10. Alta-Aurelia 434
Individual leaders – 1. Taylor Phillips (New London) 39-39 – 78; 2. Abbie Lindeman (Grundy Center) 39-41 – 80; 3. Reagan Mulder (North Butler) 42-43 – 85; 4. Avery Lichter (Algona Garrigan) 45-41 – 86; 5. Brylee Hoeg (Grundy Center) 45-42 – 87; 5. Paige Franzen (Nashua-Plainfield) 42-45 – 87; 7. Brooklynn Backoff (BCLUW) 843-45 – 88; 7. Olivia Von Bank (North Union) 46-42 – 88; 9. Avery Dirks (Grundy Center) 47-42 – 89; 9. Kylie Powers (IKM-Manning) 48-41 – 89
West Branch (393) – Claire Jarrett 50-42 – 92; Tess Hammar 50-46 – 96; Gabby Rushton 52-48 – 100; Alex Poppen 52-53 – 105; Marisa Herring 52-58 – 110; Karley Staker 56-61 – 117
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