William Bruyeres and Allyson Wertz of Mount Mercy fired strong rounds Saturday to lead the Mustangs at the Klocke Family Classic at Hunters Ridge.

Bruyeres shot a 5-under-par 67 and stands in second place in the men's individual standings heading into Sunday's final round. The Mustangs are in second place in the team standings, just two shots behind Iowa Western.

Wertz fashioned a 5-over 77 to help Mount Mercy grab the 18-hole lead in the women's team standings by five strokes over Cardinal Stritch. Wertz sits in second place in the individual standings, just one shot behind Kimberly Nelson of Grand View.

The Kirkwood Eagles are in fourth place in the men's standings and trail the leader by six shots. Ryan Morrison led Kirkwood with a 1-under 71.

Clay Kucera of Iowa Western scorched the links Saturday with an 8-under-par 64 for first place at the halfway point.

Mount Mercy is hosting the tournament.

KLOCKE FAMILY CLASSIC
At Hunters Ridge

WOMEN'S DAY 1 RESULTS
Team Standings

1. Mount Mercy "A" 326, 2. Cardinal Stritch 331, 3. Iowa Western 335, 4. Grand View 355, 5. Mount Mercy "B" 358, 6. Graceland 363, 7. Culver-Stockton 366, 8. Waldorf 373, 9. North Central Missouri 397, 10. Coe 418.

Mount Mercy "A" - 2. Allyson Wertz 77, 4. Casey Noble 78, 13. Natalea Cook 84, 14. Cheyenne Broquard 87, 21. Kayla Stammer 89.

Mount Mercy "B" - 14. Abigail Richardson 87, 21. Breanna Maher 89, 21. Valarie Davidson 89, 28. Alexis Poundstone 93, 35. Peyton Staab 99.

MEN'S DAY 1 RESULTS

Team Standings

1. Iowa Western "A" 288, 2. Mount Mercy "A" 290, 3. Indian Hills 292, 4. Kirkwood 294, 5. (tie) Iowa Western "B" 304, Cardinal Stritch 304, 7. Black Hawk 307, 8. Mount Mercy "B" 309, 9. Saint Ambrose "A" 311, 10. Culver-Stockton 314, 11. (tie) Graceland 321, Waldorf 321, 13. Iowa Lakes 324, 14. Saint Ambrose "B" 330, 15. Hawkeye 339.

Mount Mercy "A" - 2. William Bruyeres 67, 5. Philip Nelson 71 14. Thomas Schuhkraft 74, 36. Kaleb Hagge 78, 43. Tyler Breitbach 79.

Mount Mercy "B" - 14. Nile Happel 74, 36. Oscar Anderson 78, 36. Tyler Stueck 78, 43. Grant Case 79, 67. Robby Verhille 84.

Kirkwood - 5. Ryan Morrison 71, 9. Sam Lockhart 73, 14. Dawson Peters 74, 26. Ben Epperly 76, 30. Sterling McIlravy 77.