SEDALIA, Mo. — The Joplin High School boys golf team began play at the MSHSAA Class 5 state tournament on Monday at Sedalia Country Club.
The Eagles have some work to do if they want to capture a state trophy. After the first 18 holes, Joplin is in seventh place in the team standings with a 314.
Chaminade leads the team standings with a 292, while Hickman (306) and Staley (306) are tied for second.
Helias Catholic (308), Marquette (310) and Lee’s Summit West (312) are in fourth, fifth and sixth, with Joplin in seventh.
As far as the individual leaderboard, Pembroke Hill’s Ryan Lee is in first place after shooting a 3-under-par-67.
Hickman’s David Polacek shot a 68, while Marquette’s Tyler Linenbroker, Poplar Bluff’s Alexander Wiseman and Rockhurst’s Otto Zinn all carded 69 and are tied for third place.
Joplin’s William Satterlee is tied for 27th place after carding 75, Ethan Sage is tied for 46th with a 78 and Fielding Campbell is tied for 51st with a 79.
Joplin’s Hobbs Campbell and Carthage’s Grant Riley are tied for 61st after both carded 82, while Joplin’s Harry Satterlee is tied for 65th with an 83.
The tourney wraps up on Tuesday.
CLASS 4
Joplin’s Twin Hills Golf & Country Club is the host for the Class 4 state tournament.
Glendale’s Max Bowman sits atop the individual leaderboard with a 1-under-par-71.
Hannibal’s Quinn Thomas and Webster Grove’s Dean Schwager are one stroke back of Bowman with identical scores of 72. Webster Groves’ Max Boland shot a 1-over-par 73 and is in fourth place.
The top local performer thus far is Webb City’s Dylan Burlingame, who is tied for 44th place with an 82. Webb City’s Keegon Dill and Carson Frazier are tied with North County’s Braden Swift for 65th place after all three carded 87.
Carl Junction’s Thomas Walker is tied for 75th place with a 92 and fellow Bulldog Noah Williams is tied for 79th after shooting 95.
Webster Groves is in first place in the team standings with a 305. Glendale is second (308), while DeSmet (314) and Vianney (314) are tied for third. Rolla sits in fifth place with a 329.
CLASS 3
Nevada’s Owen Swearingen finished the opening day of the Class 3 state tourney in second place at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington.
Swearingen shot a 4-over-par-76. He’s five strokes back of the leader, as Father Tolton’s Christian Rischer carded 71 to top the leaderboard.
Logan-Rogersville’s Kanon Gipson is in third place with a 77.
CLASS 2
Mount Vernon’s Curtis Wendler is in fifth place at the conclusion of the opening round of the Class 2 state tourney at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club in Bolivar.
Wendler shot a 5-over-par-77 and is just three strokes back of the leader.
Bowling Green’s Brayden Buffington is in first place with a 2-over-par-74 and Richmond’s Timothy Hamilton is in second place with a 75.
Mount Vernon’s Gabriel Golliver is tied for 18th place with a 90, while Pierce City’s Tyler Johnson is tied for 22nd with a 91.
Sarcoxie’s Eli Ellis and Pierce City’s Ashton Medlin are tied for 31st, as both shot a 93.
CLASS 1
Two local players fared well on the opening day of the Class 1 state tourney at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa.
McAuley Catholic’s Evan D’Amour is tied with two others for fifth place after shooting an 8-over-par-77.
Thomas Jefferson’s Owen D’Amour is tied for eighth place after turning in an 80.
Orrick’s Dylan Comstock and Spokane’s Christian Cooper are tied for first place after both carded 73.
Lockwood’s Reese Fyfe is tied for 40th with a 91.
Thomas Jefferson’s Jack Tyrrell is tied for 48th (94) and teammate Jacob Jarrett is tied for 54th (96), while McAuley’s Joseph Lupicki is tied for 68th (105).
