LIVERMORE – Logan Yates has seen rock bottom on the golf course, but the lows only gave him a greater appreciation for finishing on such a high.

As a freshman, in the varsity lineup for the first time, Yates and his then teammates shot a 220 in a nine-hole meet – not exactly a career highlight. Yates ended that season by being disqualified from a Class 3A sectional meet for taking his cell phone out of his golf bag during his round. Again, not a moment he holds close to his heart.

But this last memory – his final round in what has been a stellar prep career – will be one he cherishes forever.

Yates is a state champion. And so are twins Alec and Avery Fuhs, John Ferrell, Drew Fielder, Sean Vogelbacher and head coach Dave Brighton.

A dominant team all season long, Webster City did everything it wanted to do on Friday and Saturday by winning the Class 3A state team title at Spring Valley Golf Course. Its two-day total of 626 (306-320) was 11 shots better than runner-up Mount Vernon (312-325-637).

Centerville (313-331-644), Humboldt (312-336-648) and Decorah (312-337-649) completed the top five.

It’s the first state team title for a Webster City boys’ athletic program and only the fourth crown in school history. The Lynx won softball championships in 1988 and 2001, and a girls’ golf title in 2000.

“That feels the best, knowing we’re the first (boys) team to win one,” Avery Fuhs said.

WCHS owned a six-shot lead after Friday’s opening 18 holes on the 6,327-yard, par-72 layout, but five other teams were within eight strokes of the lead. The Lynx added to their margin on a cold and gusty Saturday.

“This is the best feeling I can think of,” Yates, one of only two seniors on the roster, said while smiling as he touched the gold medal that hung around his neck. “I told these (younger) guys when they came on board that we were going to get a state title. I’ve gotten a lot better, these guys have gotten a lot better and it’s just the best to win it. We came in here and did what we wanted to do.”

Yates wasn’t thrilled with himself following a Round 1 80 that included four birdies, as well as eight bogeys and two double-bogeys. But in the tough playing conditions Saturday morning he remained poised and put up the team’s low score of 78 – he was one of only seven players in the field of 53 to shoot better in the second round – to finish 13th overall.

“(Saturday’s) conditions were a lot harder and for me to come out and shoot a lot better really felt good,” Yates said. “You definitely had to have a lower ball flight to keep the ball out of the wind.”

The twins were again the bedrock for the team’s success.

Alec Fuhs (152 total) was one of three players to shoot under par in the opening round. He followed up his 1-under 71 with a challenging 81 over the final 18 holes to share third place on the individual leaderboard with Mount Vernon’s Connor Herrmann (73-79-152) and Humboldt’s Christian Birdsell (76-76-152).

“It’s going to be nice waking up at 6:30 in the morning for weight lifting and running around (the school halls) and seeing our faces on the wall,” Alec Fuhs said.

Avery Fuhs (153) finished just a shot behind his brother following a pair of rounds in the 70s. His 74 on Friday included three birdies, and he added two more en route to a 79 in the final round.

Sean Vogelbacher (81-92-173) stepped up to provide WCHS with its fourth score on Friday and he finished 35th. Drew Fielder (92-82-174) overcame a frustrating Round 1 to fill one of the scoring slots on Saturday, as he was just a shot behind Vogelbacher in 37th.

John Ferrell (93-89-182), the team’s other senior, capped his career by placing 46th.

Brighton entered the program at the same time as Yates in the spring of 2012. Standing on the mountaintop, he’s already thinking about next year when four of his top six will return.

“We want to live by the idea that you’re not rebuilding, you’re reloading,” he said. “We’ve got some young kids coming in that are very competitive and I think we have a chance to be just as good.”