Rain caused havoc for all five state golf tournaments. Classes 4 and 5 had to cancel the first round and go to one-round only tournaments on Tuesday. Each golf tournament experienced some type of delay over the two days.
Despite the delays, local golfers responded well by winning three individual and one team title across the five classes.
CLASS 5
Nixa’s Peyton Burbridge made history in Class 5 by shooting a 69 to win the Class 5 state championship by one stroke over Ozark’s Riley Franklin. He is Nixa’s first-ever individual state champion in golf.
He tore up the par 5 holes, shooting four under on the four par 5’s on the course. He also birdied the par-4 seventh hole.
Franklin also carded five birdies on his way to a state runner-up finish. The duo was the only area to finish in the top 20.
🥇❗️ HISTORY MADE! 🥇❗️
👏🦅 Congratulations, Peyton! pic.twitter.com/wyj5HUOu7B
— Nixa Athletics (@nixaathletics) May 20, 2026
CLASS 4
Carl Junction’s Logan Lowry was the top finisher in the one-round Class 4 state tournament with a 75 to finish tied for 11th overall. The Bulldogs were also the only area team to qualify placing seventh overall.
Logan-Rogersville’s Bryce Shoults also finished in the top 20, tying for 17th place with a 77.
CLASS 3
Springfield Catholic’s Harper Elliott became the program’s first-ever individual state golf champion by shooting a two-day total of 141. He and St. Francis Borgia’s Houston Tiefenbrunn shot matching 69 and 72 scores over the two rounds to tie for the top honors.
Elliott had birdies on the first, fourth and 18th holes to help get to one-under for the day. His efforts led Catholic to a third-place finish as a team with a 608. Gavin Walker (24th – 154), Reed Sachse (31st – 156), Jacody Westhoff (37th – 159), and Finley Young (168 – 69th) rounded out Springfield Catholic’s third-place finishing team.
Mt. Vernon’s Karter Clark shot a 148 over the two days to place sixth overall. Monett’s August Black also finished in the top 10 with a 150 to place ninth. The Cubs placed seventh as a team.
CLASS 2
Liberty junior Blayne Altermatt bounced back from an opening-round 75 with a 70 in round two to place second by one stroke. Brady Altermatt gave Liberty two players in the top 10 with a 151 to place ninth. He tied with Ash Grove’s Easton Rust, who also shot a 151.
Stockton’s Aiden Schmidt (11th – 152), El Dorado Springs’ Parker Heitz (13th – 154), Fair Grove’s Blake Baxter (16th – 155) and Cole Camp’s Bovey Clark (18th – 156) also finished in the top 20.
El Dorado Springs earned a team trophy, placing fourth with a two-day total of 658. Kason Roe (28th – 162), Gavin Boch (44th – 165), Ryker Kutina (72nd – 177) and Parker Norman (86th – 187) joined Heitz on El Dorado Springs’ fourth-place team.
Dixon (7th – 683) and Willow Springs (8th – 694) also competed in the team competition.
CLASS 1
It was a history double for Gloria Deo Academy in Class 1 with Trenton King shooting a 147 to become the school’s first champion in any MSHSAA athletic competition. The team shot a 654 to win the school’s first MSHSAA state team title.
Carter King and Landon Nichols shot matching 168’s to tie for 31st overall. Asher Ogden (44th – 173) and Luke Austin (71st – 182) rounded out the history-making squad.
Hartville’s Jace Hughes placed third overall with a 154. School of the Ozarks freshman Liam Leven placed 12th with a 161. Greenwood’s Linkin Pinegar (18th – 163), Eminence’s Brendan Barnes (19th – 164), New Heights Christian’s Nixon Maningas (19th – 164) and Thomas Jefferson’s Jack Twiss (19th – 164) also placed in the top 20.
