LEON — A Mitchel Swank top finish and two second place performances highlighted the Creston/Orient-Macksburg wrestling team’s performance at Friday’s Dan Christensen Invitational at Central Decatur.
The Panthers finished in fourth place out of 15 teams, but were only 9.5 points behind first place Van Meter/Earlham.
Swank showed why he had the top seed at 145 pounds heading into competition by pinning two opponents in the first period and one in the second period.
Sam Chapman turned in one of the Panthers’ notable performances of the day by wrestling up a class, from 180 to 195, and taking second place.
Chapman employed superior quickness to his heavier opponents while employing a style that rendered itself more effective against larger wrestlers.
He tallied two pins and then a 10-0 major decision victory over Pleasantville’s Daniel Kenyon to reach the finals before losing to Class 1A eighth-ranked Dalton Holmes of Panorama 9-1.
“Pushing and shoving and snapping their heads. He’s not so good at shooting,” Creston/O-M coach Darrell Frain said. “ ... He’s strong enough to compete a little bit better, but quicker.”
Kolby Hulett turned in another second place finish at 126 pounds with a pin and two decisions before falling 9-0 to Albia’s Landon Turner in the final. He entered the invite as the sixth-seeded wrestler.
Frain noted the strong performance of Blake Sevier, who defeated two higher seeds before falling to Mount Ayr’s Josh Cox at 285 pounds.
The Panthers had a near handful of wrestlers who were in position to garner higher finishes, but fell short.
“They were on the edge, every one of them had chances to win, we just didn’t get over the hump,” Frain said.
UP NEXT — Creston/O-M will have a challenging home dual with Glenwood and Underwood Tuesday that starts at 5:30. Those two programs are coming off impressive showings at the Council Bluffs Wrestling Classic.
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Mount Ayr’s top and bottom of its lineup pushed themselves to the best two performances for the Raiders at Friday’s Dan Christensen Invitational.
Bryce Shaha took third at 106 pounds and that included a major decision victory and two consecutive pins to end the day.
Cox pulled out two pins to start his day and upended Creston/O-M’s Sevier, who had been on a roll. Cox fell in the final by a 14-7 decision.
Team results — 1. Van Meter/Earlham 178.5; 2. Panorama 177; 3. Centerville 175; 4. Creston/O-M 168.5; 5. Martensdale-St. Marys 157.5; 6. Albia 134.5; 7. Red Oak 122.5; 8. Central Decatur 84.5; 9. Wayne 80; 10. Chariton 74.5; 11. Pleasantville 67.5; 12. Southeast Warren 62; 13. Mount Ayr 61; 14. Davis County 60; 15. South Harrison 24.5.
Creston individual results
8th place — 106 — Logan Christe (Pan) pinned Ethan Freeman (C/O-M) 1:49; Freeman (C/O-M) two byes; Freeman (C/O-M) pinned Timmy Williams (SH) 3:13; Christe (Pan) pinned Freeman (C/O-M) 5:50.
5th place — 113 — Kaden Bolton (C/O-M) bye; Colby Widerholt (VM/E) maj. dec. Bolton (C/O-M) 11-2; Bolton (C/O-M) pinned Nick Williams (SH) 3:38; Cole Cassady (MSTM) pinned Bolton (C/O-M) Bolton (C/O-M) 0:38; Bolton (C/O-M) tech fall Marcus Elam (DC) 15-0.
5th place — 120 — Beau Thompson (C/O-M) bye; Trent Terrell (Wayne) pinned Thompson (C/O-M) 0:45; Thompson (C/O-M) pinned Bryan Erp (RO) 1:12; Zane Dodson (VM/E) pinned Thompson 3:08; Thompson (C/O-M) pinned Wyatt Clarke (Pan) 2:26.
2nd place — 126 — Kolby Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Dominick Brittain (RO) 0:40; Hulett (C/O-M) dec. Tyler Haynes (VM-E) 4-0; Hulett (C/O-M) dec. Dominick DiCesare (MSTM) 7-2; Landon Turner (Albia) maj. dec. (Hulett) 9-0.
5th place — 132 — Kelby Luther (C/O-M) pinned Briar Knapp (MA) 0:32; Kayden Kauzlarich (Cent) pinned Luther (C/O-M) 1:43; Luther (C/O-M) dec. Barrett Bonnett (Albia) 9-2; Cam Vanderhoof (RO) dec. Luther (C/O-M) 6-3; Luther (C/O-M) dec. Danny Nordquist (Pan) 4-1.
4th place — 138 — Cade Vicker (C/O-M) bye; Vicker (C/O-M) pinned Jayden Halferty (Wayne) 1:28; Dylin Harberts (Char) pinned Vicker (C/O-M) 1:16; Vicker (C/O-M) pinned Tanner Deirking (SEW) 0:43; Wyatt Appleseth (Pan) dec. Vicker (C/O-M) 9-3.
1st place — 145 — Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) bye; Swank (C/O-M) pinned JT Rowe (SEW) 1:37; Swank (C/O-M) pinned David Morris (Albia) 1:20; Swank (C/O-M) Tiger Terpstra (Cent) 2:37.
5th place — 152 — Rylan Luther (C/O-M) bye; Justin McCunn (RO) pinned Luther (C/O-M) 4:37; Luther (C/O-M) dec. Wilston Wuthrich (DC) 13-10; Noah Kirtley (Pan) pinned Luther (C/O-M) 3:06; Luther pinned Lucas Henderson (Cent) 3:37.
4th place — 170 — Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) bye; Tomas (C/O-M) dec. Stephen Wardlow (Cent) 5-2; Gunnar Grunsted (Pan) dec. Tomas (C/O-M) 8-4; Tomas (C/O-M) SV dec. Steven Linn (MSTM) 8-6; TJ Dierking (SEW) pinned Tomas (C/O-M) 1:49.
6th place — 182 — Beau Barncastle (C/O-M) pinned Ronan Raasch (Wayne) 0:55; Thomas Bentley (RO) pinned Barncastle (C/O-M) 1:31; Barncastle (C/O-M) pinned Noah Miller (VM/E) 3:17; Trevor Carey (Pan) pinned Barncastle (C/O-M) 0:46; Colby Page (SEW) pinned Barncastle (C/O-M) 2:01.
2nd place — 195 — Sam Chapman (C/O-M) pinned Hunter McMann (RO) 3:46; Chapman (C/O-M) pinned Logan Smith (Wayne) 2:48; Chapman (C/O-M) maj. dec. Daniel Kenyon (Pville) 10-0; Dalton Holmes (Pan) maj. dec. Chapman (C/O-M) 9-1.
220 — Connor Boehler (MSTM) pinned Kendall Crawford (C/O-M) 3:02; Crawford (C/O-M) bye; Crawford (C/O-M) bye; Brady Clark (Cent) dec. Crawford (C/O-M) 10-7.
4th place — 285 — Blake Sevier (C/O-M) pinned Michael Currington (Cent) 1:11; Sevier (C/O-M) dec. Derrin Sesker (VM/E) 2-1; Josh Cox (MA) pinned Blake Sevier (C/O-M) 1:54; Sevier (C/O-M) pinned Matt Bellon (Wayne) 4:58; Derrin Sesker (VM/E) UTB dec. Sevier (C/O-M) 4-2.
Mount Ayr individual results
3rd place — 106 — Bryce Shaha (MA) bye Shaha (MA) maj. dec. Riley Harger (VM/E) 13-4; Johnathan Erp (RO) dec. Shaha (MA) 8-1; Shaha (MA) pinned Drew Kelso (SEW) 2:50; Shaha (MA) pinned Cael Cassady (MSTM) 1:50.
113 — Trae Ehlen (MA) bye; Nathaniel Genobana (Cent) maj. dec. Ehlen (MA) 18-7; Ehlen (MA) dec. Jakson Cobb (Wayne) 6-2; Ehlen (MA) pinned Marcus Elam (DC) 1:46; Cole Cassady (MSTM) dec. Ehlen (MA) 4-2.
7th place — 126 — Quentin Gregg (MA) bye; Landon Turner (Albia) pinned Gregg (MA) 1:28; Ethan Wagner (Cent) pinned Gregg (MA) 5:06; Gregg (MA) pinned Dominick Brittain (RO) 3:05; Gregg (MA) dec. Jared Van Meter (SH) 5-1.
132 — Kelby Luther (C/O-M) pinned Briar Knapp (MA) 0:32; Knapp (MA) bye; Knapp (MA) pinned Levi Denum (SH) 3:06; Drew Bartels (Pville) pinned Knapp (MA) 0:34.
138 — Elliot Ness (CD) dec. Ryker Hickman (MA) 8-2; Hickman (MA) bye; Nolan Bogle (Cent) SV dec. Hickman (MA) 8-6
170 — Steven Linn (MSTM) pinned Jordan McAlexander (MA) 0:20; McAlexaner (MA) bye; Tanner Nance (Char) maj. dec. McAlexander (MA) 18-6
195 — Daniel Kenyon (Pville) pinned Donovan Morales (MA) 1:51; Morales (MA) bye; Hunter McMann (RO) pinned Morales (MA) 0:30.
2nd place — 285 — Josh Cox (MA) bye; Cox (MA) pinned Dillon Strange (MSTM) 2:44; Cox (MA) pinned Blake Sevier (C/O-M) 1:54; Dan Jensen (Pan) dec. Cox (MA) 14-7.