Palmyra is tied with Springfield Catholic for the lead after day 1 of the MSHSAA Boys Class 2 State Golf Championships at the Sedalia Country Club. Their team score of 330 is just two strokes ahead of South Shelby.
Hagan Ritter of Macon is one stroke off the lead, after a first round four-over 74. He trails Ty Brandt of Fatima after 18 holes. Jones Janes of Palmyra is tied for 9th at 79. Noah Wilt of South Shelby is tied for 13th at 80. Carter Reagan of Montgomery County and Colt Schmitz of South Shelby are among those tied for 21st at 82. Both Skeeter Kroeger and Abram Getz of Palmyra are among a group tied for 25th at 83. Carson Gough of South Shelby and Lyle Marty of Centralia are among a group tied for 33rd at 84. Tony White of Palmyra and Anthony Russell of North Callaway are among a trio tied for 38th at 85. Eli Hutchinson of South Callaway and Titus Moore of South Shelby are among a group tied for 41st at 86.
Harrisburg is in 4th place after day 1 of the MSHSAA Boys Class 1 State Golf Championships at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield. Fellow Central State 8 school, Eugene, leads at 331, followed by Lockwood (7 strokes back) and Valle Catholic (25 strokes back). The Bulldogs are one stroke out of third place. Canton is in 7th place.
Lance O’Dell of Marceline is tied for 9th place at nine-over par, 81. The top Class 1 score is two-over by Brody Bird of Gallatin and Ethan Wunderlich of Eugene. Aidan Grindstaff of Harrisburg and Cooper Clark of Northwestern of Mendon are tied for 19th at 85. Cash Sawyer of La Plata and Noah Bringer of Canton are tied for 22nd at 86. Owen Hamilton of Salisbury and Carter Thompson of Meadville are tied for 25th at 87. Kaleb Baskett of Van-Far and Gannin Moore of Slater are among those tied for 29th at 88. There’s a large group tied for 35th at 89 including Myals Thornhill and Bryce Ott of Harrisburg, Jace Carter of Salisbury and Bronson Foster of Glasgow.
At the Class 3 State Tournament at Twin Hills Golf & Country Club in Joplin, Cameron Cox of Hallsville is among a group tied for 5th with a score of one-over 73. Banks Nesselrodt went way low with a six-under 66.
