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LIBERTY CENTER — Eight area wrestlers claimed a spot in this weekend’s Class 1A District 2 Tournament by placing in the top two of their respective weight classes here Saturday at the Class 1A Section 4 Tournament.
Meanwhile, Southwest Valley advanced one wrestler to the same District 2 Tournament from its Class 1A Section 3 Tournament in Audubon.
East Union and Nodaway Valley each advanced three wrestlers to the District 2 Tournament, which will take place Saturday in Truro, beginning at noon. Mount Ayr sent only two wrestlers through to the district tournament, but finished third in the team standings.
Host Southeast Warren ran away with the team title, earning a spot in Tuesday’s Regional Dual Team Tournament. Interstate 35 earned the other spot by finishing second with 185.5 team points, 84.5 points back of Southeast Warren.
Moving on for East Union were Brogan Kinyon (170), Mike Ward (195) and Kessler Tomas (220). Nodaway Valley advanced Ben Freese (120), JD Lyman (126) and Dylan Cornelison (138). Mount Ayr seniors Grant Staats (145) and Joe Ricker (285) advanced, while Southwest Valley senior Tyler Bissell (160) advanced from the sectional in Audubon.
East Union
Kinyon, a senior, punched the first ticket to the district tournament for the Eagles. He opened the tournament by pinning Nodaway Valley’s Braxton Wallace in 3:41 and then winning a 4-3 decision over West Central Valley’s Gabe Wagner.
Kinyon’s finals match against Southeast Warren’s TJ Dierking went back and forth, with several lead changes. It was tied 8-8 in the final 20 seconds of the match, when Kinyon tried to tilt Dierking, who turned it into back points for himself, defeating Kinyon 11-8.
“He kind of put himself in a bad position at the end of the match,” head coach Steve Kinyon said. “He was right in it. He was trying to do a cheap tilt and the cheap tilts are cheap sometimes and it cheaps you.”
Ward made his way into the 195-pound finals with a pair of falls in the first minute of his quarterfinal and semifinal matches. The East Union junior lost by fall in 1:23 of his finals match against Southeast Warren’s Ty Schneider.
He then pinned Interstate 35’s Jake Hutton in 3:58 in the wrestleback match for true second place.
“Ty Schneider and he have gone back and forth all year,” Kinyon said. “Mike’s kind of been on the short end, but usually gets a pretty good start.”
At 220 pounds, Tomas lost his first match of the day in the semifinals, as he was pinned by Southeast Warren’s Tate Van Dyne in 52 seconds. Tomas wrestled all the way back with a pin of Mount Ayr’s Logan Kelley, and then coming out on top of throw in the wrestleback, pinning Interstate 35’s Garrett Thompson in 1:27.
“Kessler Tomas, he was my dark horse,” Kinyon said. “I had a feeling he could get through today. Him and Mike Ward finished with two pins. That’s how you want it done.”
Nodaway Valley
Freese won the 120-pound title for Nodaway Valley after a 10-7 semifinal win over Wayne’s Stetson Baker and a 2-0 win over Interstate 35’s Nathan Phillips in the finals.
“Ben had a kid in the finals he’s wrestled three times,” Wolverine head coach Jeff Ohnemus said. “Pretty smart kid. Knows what he’s going to do. Got a little frustrating there, not being able to score a lot of points, but he wrestled smart.”
Lyman pinned his way to the 126-pound finals, decking West Central Valley’s Tristin Winfred and East Union’s Matthew Wittstock in the first period. Interstate 35’s 10th-ranked Austin Pontier pinned Lyman in 5:11 of their championship match.
At 138 pounds, Cornelison lost his semifinal match 9-2 to Tanner Flesher of Southeast Warren, but wrestled all the way back for second place. He won a 10-8 decision over Mount Ayr’s Jonathan Vanbuskirk and then earned a 10-1 major decision of I-35’s Jacob Steinlage.
“JD Lyman at 126 just wrestled hard all day,” Ohnemus said. “Got to his stuff, had a good day. Same with Dylan Cornelison at 138. Lost first round to a tough kid, but wrestled all the way back for true second.”
Mount Ayr
State top-ranked Ricker only had three other wrestlers in his heavyweight bracket, all three of which came into the tournament with losing records.
The undefeated Raider senior picked up a pair of first-period falls to easily advance to Saturday’s district tournament as champion.
Staats picked up a pair of pins on his way to the 145-pound championship match, where he dropped an 11-3 major decision to Southeast Warren’s Gabe Henderson.
Staats pinned Interstate 35’s Austin Beener in 5:15 and Martensdale-St. Marys’ Alex Craig in 4:30.
“We kind of looked at this situation as that’s possibly what could happen to us, was have two kids go through” Mount Ayr co-head coach Kurt Wallace said. “Things were setting up, we thought if everything goes well, we could have a couple more joining them.
“The two that got through, Joe’s looking strong, real tough. And Grant did some things well today, which helped him advance on.”
Bissell advances
Southwest Valley senior Tyler Bissell will be the only representative for the Timberwolves at Saturday’s district tournament.
Bissell decked Clarinda Academy’s David Spencer in 45 seconds to advance to the semifinals, where he picked up a 7-6 decision over second-seeded Brock Bentley of Riverside.
Bissell lost by fall in 3:59 to top-seeded Timmy Barr of AHSTW in the finals, but did not have to wrestle back for second place.
Class 1A Section 3
At Audubon
Team standings — 1. Riverside 209, 2. AHSTW 172, 3. Guthrie Center 148, 4. Audubon 139.5, 5. Exira/EHK 113, 6. Southwest Valley 95, 7. Griswold 82.5, 8. Clarinda Academy 49.
Individual results
(Placing matches)
106 — 1. Tatem Bluml (Riv) pinned Zach Fees (GC), :33; 3. Carter Phippen (AHSTW). No wrestleback.
113 — 1. Joel Becerra (AHSTW) pinned Chris Gaynor (Riv), :50; 3. Cole Wilhelms (E/EHK). No wrestleback.
120 — 1. Hadley Ogg (Gris) tech fall Ethan Rankin (Riv), 17-1 (4:17); 3. Kade Jensen (Aud) pinned Anthony Cordes (AHSTW), 1:06. No wrestleback.
126 — 1. Christian Danker (AHSTW) pinned Brock Beeler (GC), 3:36; 3. Tyson Partridge (E/EHK) pinned Andy Casson (Riv), 1:28; 5. Beau Nickum (Aud) pinned Taylor Kuhn (SWV), 1:24. Wrestleback: Brock Beeler (GC) injury def. Tyson Partridge (E/EHK), 3:43.
132 — 1. Tucker Bluml (Riv) pinned Andrew Malloy (Aud), 3:09; 3. Tyler Flowers (SWV) pinned Nathan Eggers (AHSTW), 3:37. No wrestleback.
138 — 1. Jacob Vogel (Riv) pinned Jake Mulford (Aud), 2:50; 3. Austin Malloy (E/EHK) pinned Stevie Mitchell (AHSTW), 1:09. Wrestleback: Jake Mulford (Aud) dec. Austin Malloy (E/EHK), 5-1.
145 — 1. Brad Kerkhoff (Aud) major dec. Lane Rumelhart (GC), 9-0; 3. Alex Dollen (Gris) pinned Jay Olthoff (CA), 4:28; 5. Keyton Wichmen (Riv) dec. Evan Skelton (SWV), 5-3. Wrestleback: Lane Rumelhart (GC) pinned Alex Dollen (Gris), 1:09.
152 — 1. Trevor Smith (Aud) pinned Jacob Dickenson (Gris), 1:39; 3. Cole Bruns (E/EHK) dec. Zach Hagadorn (AHSTW), 7-6; 5. Brad McGinnis (Riv) pinned Logan Calkins (SWV), 1:43. No wrestleback.
160 — 1. Timmy Barr (AHSTW) pinned Tyler Bissell (SWV), 3:59; 3. Brock Bentley (Riv) pinned Tyler DeWitt (Gris), 1:10. No wrestleback.
170 — 1. Dustin Engel (AHSTW) pinned Teddy Daggett (GC), 1:54; 3. Elijah Zaiger (Aud) dec. Sammy Richey (SWV), 9-7. No wrestleback.
182 — 1. Evan Hansen (E/EHK) dec. Austin Laabs (GC), 7-3; 3. Buck Schafroth (SWV) dec. Jon Gehrmann (Riv), 4-0.
195 — 1. Lane Ring (E/EHK) dec. Erik Jorgensen (AHSTW), 9-7; 3. Isaiah Boot (Riv) pinned Scott Palmer (SWV), 1:30. Wrestleback: Erik Jorgensen (AHSTW) pinned Isaiah Boot (Riv), :43.
220 — 1. Cale Crowder (GC) pinned Christian Sousley (CA), 1:17; 3. Bryce Newton (SWV) pinned Denton Hendricks (Riv), 5:46. No wrestleback.
285 — 1. Coy Maher (Riv) pinned Tom Herron (GC), 3:18; 3. Isaiah Taylor (Aud) pinned Cody Kommes (E/EHK), :32. No wrestleback.
Class 1A Section 4
At Liberty Center
Team standings — 1. Southeast Warren 270, 2. Interstate 35 185.5, 3. Mount Ayr 122, 4. East Union 106, 5. West Central Valley 97, 6. Wayne 80, 7. Martensdale-St. Marys 79, 7. Nodaway Valley 79.
Individual results
(Placing matches)
106 — 1. Blake Bauer (SEW) dec. Brayden Egli (I-35), 10-8 (SV-1); 3. Quest Brown (WCV) tech fall Levi Parrott (EU), 16-1 (4:00); 5. Davin Veach (Wayne) pinned Jordan Roberts (MA), 1:59. No wrestleback.
113 — 1. Brady Kyner (SEW) injury def. Tye Joint (WCV), 0:00; 3. Zac Willey (I-35) pinned Nick Conger (Wayne), 1:50; 5. Adrian Richards (MA). No wrestleback.
120 — 1. Ben Freese (NV) dec. Nathan Phillips (I-35), 2-0; 3. Marcus Daughton (MA) dec. Stetson Baker (Wayne), 8-6. No wrestleback.
126 — 1. Austin Pontier (I-35) pinned JD Lyman (NV), 5:11; 3. Matthew Wittstock (EU) pinned Hunter Patrick (MSM), 5:49. No wrestleback.
132 — 1. Jake Hunerdosse (SEW) pinned Jake Catron (MSM), 3:56; 3. Devin Russo (MA). Wrestleback: Jake Catron (MSM) pinned Devin Russo (MA), 1:36.
138 — 1. Tanner Flesher (SEW) dec. Jacob Steinlage (I-35), 10-7; 3. Dylan Cornelison (NV) dec. Jonathan Vanbuskirk (MA), 10-8. Wrestleback: Dylan Cornelison (NV) major dec. Jacob Steinlage (I-35), 10-1.
145 — 1. Gabe Henderson (SEW) major dec. Grant Staats (MA), 11-3; 3. Alex Craig (MSM) dec. Billy Bakerink (NV), 15-11; 5. Sanden Cheers (EU) pinned Austin Beener (I-35), 4:21. No wrestleback.
152 — 1. Logan Schumacher (MSM) major dec. Blayde Baker (Wayne), 8-0; 3. Alex Mitchell (SEW) dec. Cal Daughton (MA), 5-2; 5. Steven Ward (WCV) dec. Josh Allsup (NV), 8-7. No wrestleback.
160 — 1. Jacob Hoch (SEW) injury def. Sal Arzani (I-35), 0:00; 3. John Askren (WCV) tech fall Connor Runyon (Wayne), 15-0; 5. Hunter Wilson (MA). No wrestleback.
170 — 1. TJ Dierking (SEW) dec. Brogan Kinyon (EU), 11-8; 3. Gabe Wagner (WCV) pinned Logan Adair (I-35), 5:10; 5. Braxton Wallace (NV) pinned Avery Jorgensen (Wayne), 1:21. No wrestleback.
182 — 1. Dante Arzani (I-35) dec. Nathen Jimenez (SEW), 3-0; 3. Clayton Miller (EU) pinned Justin Wehling (MA), 3:58. No wrestleback.
195 — 1. Ty Schneider (SEW) pinned Mike Ward (EU), 1:23; 3. Jake Hutton (I-35) pinned Wyatt Nickell (Wayne), :28. Wrestleback: Mike Ward (EU) pinned Jake Hutton (I-35), 3:58.
220 — 1. Tate Van Dyne (SEW) major dec. Garrett Thompson (I-35), 9-0; 3. Kessler Tomas (EU) pinned Logan Kelley (MA), 1:07. Wrestleback: Kessler Tomas (EU) pinned Garrett Thompson (I-35), 1:27. No wrestleback.
285 — 1. Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Elijah Williams (SEW), 1:55; 3. Delaney Harper (I-35) pinned Tristan Lloyd (WCV), 3:38. No wrestleback.