Atlantic senior golfer Matt Gearheart sits in third place on the leaderboard following an even par first round at the Class 3A Boys State Golf Tournament at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Gearheart shot a 72 on day number one of the two day tourney and is three shots back of the leader Brandon Larsen of West Deleware, Manchester. Matt’s round featured 5 birdies, two bogeys, and a double to score even 36’s on both front and back nines.

Atlantic’s Cyle Renaud opened with +15 round of 87 and currently sits in a tie for 55th.

Nevada currently leads the team scoring at +12, Spirit Lake is 3 shots back in 2nd and Carroll sits in 9th at +37 after day one.

The second round is set to tee off with an 8:00am shotgun start on Friday.