Figuratively speaking, a few area boys golfers are halfway home after Friday's action at the various state tournaments.

Realistically speaking, there's a rough road ahead for one of them.

Still, Walnut Ridge's Jon Tink and Hampton-Dumont bolted to top of their respective leaderboards with strong performances in the first of two rounds.

Tink carded a 72 Friday to rise to the top of the 1A field on the picturesque layout at Spring Valley Golf Course in Livermore. Still, East Buchanan's Joe Zhiss entered today's second and final round just two strokes back, while just five strokes separate Tink from a group of four players tied for fourth place.

NU High finished the day in sixth place in 1A with a team total of 330. The Panthers finished three strokes behind four teams that are tied for the second spot. Thomas Creeden and Jalen Bergman led the Panthers, as both players settled into ninth place individually with rounds of 79.

Mason City Newman holds a commanding 13-stroke lead over the second-place pack in 1A.

In the Class 2A tournament at Lake Panorama National Resort in Panora, Hampton-Dumont blew away the competition in the first round with a team total of 315. Gilbert and Solon are tied for second after each carded totals of 338. Meanwhile, Hudson sits just three strokes back of them at 341 after getting an 80 from Michael McGarvey.

Hampton-Dumont finished the day with three players in the top 10. Jed Dirksen carded a 76 on the day, good enough for fourth place individually. Teammates Philip Coonley settled into sixth place at 78 and Dillion Drew was tied for 10th with an 80.

At the 3A tourney at Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington, Decorah is in sixth place. Defending 3A individual champion Cody Schweinefus led the Vikings and sits fourth individually with a 76. Schweinefus is just two strokes behind leader Aaron Smith of Pella.

CLASS 1A

TEAM STANDINGS (after first of two rounds) - 1. Mason City Newman 314; T2. East Buchanan 327; T2. Hinton 327; T2. Jesup 327; T2. Newell-Fonda 327; 6. NU High 330; 7. Lamoni 335; 8. AHST 337; 9. Coon Rapids 352

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (top five and area participants) - 1. Jon Tink (Walnut Ridge) 72; 2. Joe Zhiss (East Buchanan) 74; 3. Jake Taylor (MC Newman) 76; T4. Chris Reck (East Buchanan) 77; T4. Josh Solma (Hinton) 77; T9. Thomas Creeden (NU High) 79; T9. Jalen Bergman (NU High) 79; T12. Ryan Phillips (Jesup) 80; T12. Austin Westphal (Jesup) 80; T23. Ben Peterson (NU High) 82; T25. Joe Rohlfsen (Jesup) 83; T27. Jordan Conrad (East Buchanan) 84; T27. Zak Knutson (Jesup) 84; T37. Alan Schares (Jesup) 86; T47. Kenton Engles (NU High) 90; T51. Colin McKeon (East Buchanan) 92; T51. Levi Vogel (Jesup) 92; T53. Randy Francois (East Buchanan) 93; 55. Eric Shafer (East Buchanan) 94; 61. Andy Talakson (NU High) 105; 62. Emmett Fritz (NU High) 115.

CLASS 2A

TEAM STANDINGS (after first of two rounds) - 1. Hampton-Dumont 315; T2. Gilbert 338; T2. Solon 338; 4. Hudson 341; T5. Kuemper 343; T5. Roland Story 343; 7. Columbus Junction 350; 8. Emmetsburg 355; 9. Dyersville Beckman 357

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (top five and area participants) - 1. Matt Wennekamp (Monticello) 73; 2. Ryan McKilligan (Gilbert) 74; 3. Kyler Stahle (Solon) 75; 4. Jed Dirksen (Hampton-Dumont) 76; 5. Dillon Cooney (Louisa-Muscatine) 77; T6. Philip Coonley (Hampton-Dumont) 78; T10. Dillion Drew (Hampton-Dumont); T10. Michael McGarvey (Hudson) 80; 16. Thomas Speake (Hampton-Dumont) 81; T20. Mike Marcellus (Hudson) 84; 29. Brent Messmore (Hudson) 86; T30. Kyle Freeseman (Hampton-Dumont) 87; T38. Jason Taylor (Hampton-Dumont) 90; T42. Jeric Watts (Hudson) 91; T46. Carter Smelser (Hudson) 92; T52. John Buzynski (Hudson) 95.

CLASS 3A

TEAM STANDINGS (after first of two rounds) - 1. Ballard 321; 2. Clear Lake 326; 3. Pella 327; 4. Central Clinton 330; 5. Storm Lake 332; T6. Decorah 337; T6. Fairfield 337; 8. Atlantic 338; 9. Fort Madison 341; 10. Carroll 343; 11. Clarinda 351

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (top five and area participants) - 1. Aaron Smith (Pella) 74; T2. Zach Monson (Clear Lake) 75; T2. Ben Cranny (Marion) 75; 4. Cody Schweinefus (Decorah) 76; T5. Brett McGranahan (Central Clinton) 77; T5. Jake Thomas (Independence) 77; T5. Beau DeWall (Spirit Lake) 77; T29. Brett Duffy (Decorah) 84; T43. Andrew Peter (Decorah) 88; T46. Dusty Steffen (Decorah) 89; T46. Bryan Lowery (Decorah) 89; T71. Jacob Bruening (Decorah) 106.