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Iowa high school state golf champions crowned

Individual, team gold handed out at Iowa high school state golf championships

Dana Becker

Waverly-Shell Rock captured the 3A boys Iowa high school state golf team championship on Wednesday.
Waverly-Shell Rock captured the 3A boys Iowa high school state golf team championship on Wednesday. / IHSAA/X

The final round of the boys Iowa high school state golf season took place Wednesday, as champions were crowned in all three classes for the spring. 

Parker Rodgers of Nevada put on a clinic from Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls to capture Class 3A gold, shooting a 7-under for the two rounds. The sophomore had a 5-under opening round that included five birdies and 13 par scores.

From there, Rodgers used four birdies and 12 pars to hold off Ryan Lynch of Gilbert by just a single stroke. Solon’s Isaiah Zoske shot 4-under while both Carson Gallup of Charles City and Carson Korver of MOC-Floyd Valley carded 1-under totals, with Luke Frazell of Waverly-Shell Rock shooting even-par.

Waverly-Shell Rock topped MOC-Floyd Valley on the tiebreaker for the team championship, as both finished at 12-over. Gilbert was third followed closely by Independence.

In 2A, Hunter Polley of West Marshall distanced himself from the field, shooting 4-under for the meet to win by four strokes. Polley, a junior, had seven birdies in the opening round and fired a 3-under, coming back with a round of 1-under that included three birdies.

Columbus Catholic won team gold over Grundy Center by 14 shots with Aplington-Parkersburg in third.

Keith Thompson of Hamburg earned the 1A crown by a shot over Liam Schrock of Hillcrest Academy after both carded rounds of 1-under on Wednesday. Thompson finished at 1-over to take gold as Boyden-Hull won the team title by 20 shots over South Winneshiek.

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DANA BECKER

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.

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