Creston/O-M boys travel to the northwest and the girls head northeast for golf qualifying competition later this month.
Creston/O-M girls are in Class 4A, which has one regional round at four sites this year. The Panthers and Winterset are in Class 4A Region 2, which is played May 26 at Westwood Golf Course at Newton.
Qualifiers will compete in the Class 4A state tournament May 29-30 at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown.
Area schools in Class 1A, 2A and 3A will compete in first-round regional action on May 18, leading up to regional finals on May 26.
In Class 1A, East Union and Mount Ayr will compete at Pleasantville Golf Course on May 18. Regional final site will be determined.
Nodaway Valley and Southwest Valley will compete in a Class 2A regional at Lake View Country Club in Winterset. Greenfield Golf and Country Club will host the May 26 regional final meet.
Red Oak Country Club will host a 3A regional including Atlantic, Clarinda, Clarke, Red Oak, Shenandoah and West Central Valley. Qualifiers advance to the regional final at Menlo 5 x 80 Golf and Country Club.
State golf sites are Marshalltown’s American Legion Golf Course for Class 3A and Class 4A; and Ames Golf and Country Club for Class 1A and 2A. All state meets will be held May 29-30.
Boys sites
Creston/O-M boys will open Class 3A sectional play on May 15 at Atlantic Golf and Country Club. The top two teams (three if one of the top two is the host team) and top four individuals advance to district play May 22 at Majestic Hill Golf Course in Denison.
The same number of qualifiers from the district level advance to the Class 3A state tournament at Spring Valley Golf Course north of Livermore in northwest Iowa.
The Panthers have finished first and second in Class 3A the past two years in state tournaments held at Ames Golf And Country Club. This year, Class 2A state competition is in Ames and Class 1A is at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. All boys state meets are May 29-30.
Lenox, Bedford and Mount Ayr will play in a Class 1A sectional tournament at Mount Ayr Country Club on May 15. Nodaway Valley is in the 1A meet at Griswold Golf and Country Club, and qualifiers from those two sites converge at Crestwood Hills Golf Course May 22 in district competition.
West Central Valley hosts Class 2A boys sectional competition at 5x80 Golf Course near Menlo that will include East Union and Clarke of Osceola among eight teams. Southwest Valley is in the 2A sectional at Red Oak Country Club, and qualifiers from those sites and Carroll will play in the district at Lake Panorama Golf Course on May 22.
Girls Regionals
Class 1A
Region 2A at Dunlap Golf Club (May 18) — Boyer Valley, Heartland Christian, Logan-Magnolia, River Valley, Riverside, Westwood, Woodbine.
Region 2A at Crestwood Hills Golf Course, Anita — Bedford, CAM, East Mills, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, Griswold, Guthrie Center, Lenox, Nishnabotna.
Region 2C at Pleasantville Golf Course — East Union, Martensdale-St. Marys, Melcher-Dallas, Mount Ayr, Pleasantville, Southeast Warren, Wayne.
Region 2 final May 26 at site to be determined.
State tournament May 29-30 at Ames Golf and Country Club at Ames Golf and Country Club.
Class 2A
Region 2A at Cedar Pointe Golf Course, Boone — Audubon, IKM-Manning, Madrid, OA-BCIG, Ogden, Panorama, Ridge View, South Central Calhoun, Woodward-Granger.
Region 2B at Lake View Country Club, Winterset — Central Decatur, Des Moines Christian, Earlham, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, Nodaway Valley, Pella Christian, Southwest Valley, Treynor, Van Meter.
Region 2 final May 26 at Greenfield Golf and Country Club.
State tournament May 29-30 at Ames Golf and Country Club at Ames Golf and Country Club.
Class 3A
Region 2A at Red Oak Country Club — Atlantic, Chariton, Clarinda, Clarke, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Southwest Iowa, West Central Valley.
Region 2B at Gateway Recreation Course, Monroe — Bondurant-Farrar, Centerville, Colo-NESCO/CMB, Gilbert, Nevada, North Polk, PCM, Roland-Story.
Region 2 final May 26 at 5x80 Golf and Country Club, Menlo.
State tournament May 29-30 at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown.
Class 4A
Region 2 May 26 at Westwood Golf Course, Newton — ADM, Ballard, Carlisle, Creston/O-M, Dallas Center-Grimes, Grinnell, Knoxville, Newton, Norwalk, Pella, Perry, Winterset.
State tournament May 29-30 at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown.
Boys Districts
Class 1A
Sectional May 15 at Mount Ayr and Country Club — Bedford, Earlham, Lamoni, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Marys, Mormon Trail, Mount Ayr, Southeast Warren.
Sectional at Griswold Golf and Country Club — CAM, East Mills, Griswold, Heartland Christian, Nishnabotna, Nodaway Valley, Riverside, Council Bluffs St. Albert.
Sectional at Coon Rapids Country Club — Adair-Casey, Ankeny Christian Academy, Audubon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, Glidden-Ralston, Guthrie Center.
Sectional at Dunlap Golf Course — Boyer Valley, Charter-Oak-Ute, Logan-Magnolia, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto, Tri-Center, Westwood, Woodbine.
District tournament May 22 at Crestwood Hills Golf Course, Anita.
State tournament May 29-30 at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown.
Class 2A
Sectional at 5x80 Golf Course, Menlo — Osceola Clarke, East Union, Panorama, Des Moines Christian, North Polk, Van Meter, West Central Valley, Woodward-Granger.
Sectional at Carroll Golf and Country Club — AHSTW (Avoca), IKM-Manning, Carroll Kuemper Catholic, Madrid, Missouri Valley, Ogden, South Hamilton, Southeast Valley.
Sectional at Red Oak Country Club — Central Decatur, Clarinda, Southwest Valley, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Sidney, Treynor, Underwood.
District tournament May 22 at Lake Panorama Golf Course.
State tournament May 29-30 at Ames Golf and Country Club.
Class 3A
Sectional at Atlantic Golf and Country Club — ADM, Atlantic, Carroll, Creston/O-M, Glenwood, Greene County, Harlan, Perry.
Sectional at Spencer Golf and Country Club — Algona, Denison-Schleswig, Humboldt, Le Mars, MOC-Floyd Valley, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake.
District tournament May 22 at Majestic Hill Golf Course, Denison.
State tournament May 29-30 at Spring Valley Golf Course (1105 140th Ave.), Livermore (telephone 515-379-1259).