By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
KILJ — Mount Pleasant’s Elli Liechty has herself inside the top-15 following Day One of the Class 3A Golf Tournament in Adel.
Liechty carded a 91 — good for 13th — yesterday, setting herself up for a great finish today, where she’ll tee off at 8:30 a.m.
The Panther senior birdied on five, while sinking five pars on her scorecard.
Washington’s Kiki Bruner is currently second in the Class 3A field, her teammate Anna Nacos is fourth.
The Demons lead the team standings in Class 3A by 17 strokes over second-place Gilbert.
Meanwhile in 1A, New London’s Taylor Phillips is tied for 11th through Day One at 18-over.
Sophie Malott and Hannah Ortberg are the next two highest on the leaderboard for New London, who is fifth in the team standings thus far.
Algona Bishop Garrigan leads the 1A team race by thirty strokes over second-place Grundy Center.
Danville’s Natalie Wilcox, competing on an individual basis, is 30th, carding a Day One 97.