(Waterloo) The Atlantic Boys’ Golf Team polished off a solid spring season with a fourth-place finish in a tight race at the Class 3A State Golf Tournament at Waterloo on Wednesday. The Trojans finished the two-day tournament with 617, just seven strokes behind 3A Champion Ballard.
Ballard topped the field with a 610, MOC-Floyd Valley, 2nd, (612), North Polk, 3rd, (615), Atlantic, 4th, (617), Knoxville, 5th, (618), Marion, 6th, (622), Okoboji, 7th, (623), Des Moines-Christian, 8th, (628), Pella, 9th, (629), Solon, 10th, (632), Independence, 11th, (634), and Spencer, 12th, (641).
Hudson McLaren tied for 19th place to lead the Trojans with a two-day total, nine-over-par 153. McLaren fired rounds of 77 and 76. Sam Brosam followed closely with two rounds of 77, finishing at 10 over par with a total of 154, and a tie for 21st. Both Brady Wood and Gage Gross finished with a score of 155 (11 over par) and tied for 24th. Wood shot 80 on the first day and carded a 75 in round two. Gross shot a 76 and a 79. Braxton Hass recorded a total of 177, with rounds of 90 and 87. Jack Muller posted a second-round score of 96. The Trojans improved their team score by 17 strokes from last year’s state tournament’s ninth-place finish.
Parker Rogers of Nevada defended his 2025 title with a five-under-par 139.
Individual Results:
| 1 | Parker RodgersNevada, 11 | -5 | F * | -2 | 69 | 70 | 139 | |
| T2 | Grady OlesonMarion, 11 | E | F | -3 | 75 | 69 | 144 | |
| T2 | Jaizik MillerSpirit Lake, 11 | E | F * | +1 | 71 | 73 | 144 | |
| 4 | Carson KorverMOC-Floyd Valley, 12 | +2 | F | +1 | 73 | 73 | 146 | |
| T5 | Lane HelgesonOkoboji, 11 | +3 | F * | +2 | 73 | 74 | 147 | |
| T5 | Kyler BesickPella, 12 | +3 | F | E | 75 | 72 | 147 | |
| T5 | Dawson FuellingIndependence, 12 | +3 | F * | -1 | 76 | 71 | 147 | |
| T8 | Jamin ColvinBallard, 10 | +4 | F | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 | |
| T8 | Wayne JohnsonDes Moines Christian, 11 | +4 | F * | +4 | 76 | 76 | ||
| 10 | Ryder LaingSolon, 10 | +5 | F | +1 | 76 | 73 | 149 | |
| T11 | Jackson PriceNewton, 11 | +6 | F * | E | 78 | 72 | 150 | |
| T11 | Cade BirdsellHumboldt, 11 | +6 | F * | +4 | 74 | 76 | 150 | |
| T13 | Jacob StevensDecorah, 10 | +7 | F * | +5 | 74 | 77 | 151 | |
| T13 | Braiden MooreBenton, 11 | +7 | F * | +5 | 74 | 77 | 151 | |
| T13 | Myles MatzenNorth Polk, 9 | +7 | F | +2 | 77 | 74 | 151 | |
| T13 | Grant GerdesKnoxville, 12 | +7 | F | +1 | 78 | 73 | 151 | |
| T17 | Levi JackGrinnell, 12 | +8 | F * | +1 | 79 | 73 | 152 | |
| T17 | Ty HaismanNorth Polk, 11 | +8 | F | +6 | 74 | 78 | 152 | |
| T19 | Hudson McLarenAtlantic, 12 | +9 | F | +4 | 77 | 76 | 153 | |
| T19 | Isaiah FernstrumMOC-Floyd Valley, 11 | +9 | F | +5 | 76 | 77 | 153 | |
| T21 | Sam BrosamAtlantic, 12 | +10 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 154 | |
| T21 | Braden ShontzDes Moines Christian, 12 | +10 | F * | +6 | 76 | 78 | 154 | |
| T21 | Mikey DeVosKnoxville, 11 | +10 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 154 | |
| T24 | Noah AndersonDes Moines Christian, 12 | +11 | F * | +2 | 81 | 74 | 155 | |
| T24 | Brady WoodAtlantic, 11 | +11 | F | +3 | 80 | 75 | 155 | |
| T24 | Gage GrossAtlantic, 11 | +11 | F | +7 | 76 | 79 | 155 | |
| T24 | Luke RoozeboomKnoxville, 12 | +11 | F | +5 | 78 | 77 | 155 | |
| T24 | Jordan DominoBallard, 9 | +11 | F | +1 | 82 | 73 | 155 | |
| T24 | Chase KringsNorth Polk, 12 | +11 | F | +5 | 78 | 77 | 155 | |
| T30 | Maxwell JongeriusOkoboji, 10 | +12 | F * | +5 | 79 | 77 | 156 | |
| T30 | Parker DominoBallard, 11 | +12 | F | +6 | 78 | 78 | 156 | |
| T32 | Tyler GreazelSolon, 12 | +13 | F | +9 | 76 | 81 | 157 | |
| T32 | Easton BeehlerSpencer, 11 | +13 | F * | +4 | 81 | 76 | 157 | |
| T32 | Calvin AndresenMarion, 12 | +13 | F | +6 | 79 | 78 | 157 | |
| T32 | Brecken FuellingIndependence, 9 | +13 | F * | +6 | 79 | 78 | 157 | |
| T32 | Reid DoringSpencer, 12 | +13 | F * | +5 | 80 | 77 | 157 | |
| T32 | Riley DingelBallard, 11 | +13 | F | +4 | 81 | 76 | 157 | |
| T32 | Liam DravlandMOC-Floyd Valley, 12 | +13 | F | +2 | 83 | 74 | 157 | |
| T39 | Brady RoozeboomKnoxville, 12 | +14 | F | +10 | 76 | 82 | 158 | |
| T39 | Gavin FrederesMOC-Floyd Valley, 12 | +14 | F | +7 | 79 | 79 | 158 | |
| T41 | Landon ReynoldsPella,11 | +15 | F | +9 | 78 | 81 | 159 | |
| T41 | Drew EarlyOkoboji, 12 | +15 | F * | +2 | 85 | 74 | 159 | |
| T41 | Jacob BonefasIndependence, 12 | +15 | F * | +5 | 82 | 77 | 159 | |
| T41 | Rowan JosephsonBallard, 10 | +15 | F | +4 | 83 | 76 | 159 | |
| T41 | Fletcher AarsvoldNorth Polk, 11 | +15 | F | +7 | 80 | 79 | 159 | |
| T46 | Asher CastensonMarion, 12 | +16 | F | +9 | 79 | 81 | 160 | |
| T46 | Cole FlodenPella,12 | +16 | F | +9 | 79 | 81 | 160 | |
| T46 | Matthew AusbornNorth Polk, 10 | +16 | F | +5 | 83 | 77 | 160 | |
| T46 | Jaxon Van RoekelMOC-Floyd Valley, 9 | +16 | F | +6 | 82 | 78 | 160 | |
| T46 | Alex WeeksBallard, 11 | +16 | F | +10 | 78 | 82 | 160 | |
| T51 | Owen HeeschSolon, 10 | +17 | F | +11 | 78 | 83 | 161 | |
| T51 | Max ShislerDes Moines Christian, 10 | +17 | F * | +5 | 84 | 77 | 161 | |
| T53 | Kaeden SchillingerOkoboji, 10 | +18 | F * | +7 | 83 | 79 | 162 | |
| T53 | Jake SkogmanMarion, 11 | +18 | F | +5 | 85 | 77 | 162 | |
| T55 | Tate LaumanPella, 10 | +19 | F | +9 | 82 | 81 | 163 | |
| T55 | Parker OsthusDes Moines Christian, 12 | +19 | F * | +9 | 82 | 81 | 163 | |
| T55 | Caden FrederiksenCherokee, 12 | +19 | F * | +11 | 80 | 83 | 163 | |
| 58 | Maddox HunterNorth Polk, 10 | +20 | F | +10 | 82 | 82 | 164 | |
| T59 | Tyler FlikkemaSpencer, 11 | +21 | F * | +11 | 82 | 83 | 165 | |
| T59 | Tommy ButtellKnoxville, 11 | +21 | F | +13 | 80 | 85 | 165 | |
| T61 | Trey Vander PolOkoboji, 11 | +22 | F * | +10 | 84 | 82 | 166 | |
| T61 | Harrison DanielsSpencer, 11 | +22 | F * | +15 | 79 | 87 | 166 | |
| T63 | Charlie RetzDes Moines Christian, 12 | +23 | F * | +7 | 88 | 79 | 167 | |
| T63 | Trenton HallettSpencer, 12 | +23 | F * | +11 | 84 | 83 | 167 | |
| T63 | Foster RoosSpencer, 12 | +23 | F * | +11 | 84 | 83 | 167 | |
| T63 | Trey BoettcherStorm Lake, 11 | +23 | F * | +12 | 83 | 84 | 167 | |
| 67 | Jack MullerAtlantic, 12 | +24 | F | +24 | 96 | 96 | ||
| 68 | Grant GordonSolon, 11 | +25 | F | +11 | 86 | 83 | 169 | |
| T69 | Tyler TumiltyMarion, 11 | +26 | F | +8 | 90 | 80 | 170 | |
| T69 | Kobe RidoutSolon, 10 | +26 | F | +16 | 82 | 88 | 170 | |
| T69 | Jake WratherMOC-Floyd Valley, 12 | +26 | F | +8 | 90 | 80 | 170 | |
| 72 | Blayne MergenIndependence, 11 | +27 | F * | +11 | 88 | 83 | 171 | |
| T73 | Anderson DanaPella, 10 | +28 | F | +12 | 88 | 84 | 172 | |
| T73 | Urban ZillerKnoxville, 12 | +28 | F | +10 | 90 | 82 | 172 | |
| 75 | Jackson RinderknechtMarion, 12 | +30 | F | +11 | 91 | 83 | 174 | |
| 76 | Hunter DeVriesPella, 12 | +32 | F | +17 | 87 | 89 | 176 | |
| 77 | Braxton HassAtlantic, 12 | +33 | F | +15 | 90 | 87 | 177 | |
| 78 | Nick StahleSolon, 12 | +35 | F | +20 | 87 | 92 | 179 | |
| 79 | Dawson ShawIndependence, 10 | +36 | F * | +18 | 90 | 90 | 180 | |
| 80 | Brennan DeckerIndependence, 10 | +44 | F * | +15 | 101 | 87 | 188 | |
| 81 | Ray KaiserOkoboji, 12 | +48 | F * | +22 | 98 | 94 | 192 | |
Team Standings:
| 1 | Ballard | +34 | F | +13 | 309 | 301 | 610 | |
| 2 | MOC-Floyd Valley | +36 | F | +14 | 310 | 302 | 612 | |
| 3 | North Polk | +39 | F | +18 | 309 | 306 | 615 | |
| 4 | Atlantic | +41 | F | +19 | 310 | 307 | 617 | |
| 5 | Knoxville | +42 | F | +21 | 309 | 309 | 618 | |
| 6 | Marion | +46 | F | +16 | 318 | 304 | 622 | |
| 7 | Okoboji | +47 | F * | +16 | 319 | 304 | 623 | |
| 8 | Des Moines Christian | +52 | F * | +17 | 323 | 305 | 628 | |
| 9 | Pella | +53 | F | +27 | 314 | 315 | 629 | |
| 10 | Solon | +56 | F | +32 | 312 | 320 | 632 | |
| 11 | Independence | +58 | F * | +21 | 325 | 309 | 634 | |
| 12 | Spencer | +65 | F * | +31 | 322 | 319 | 641 |
