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Both Trojans advance to regional dual tourney

GRINNELL — West Marshall’s strength in numbers edged out South Tama’s five champions to win the Class 2A Sectional 6 wrestling tournament on Saturday at Grinnell High School.

West Marshall racked up 218.5 points to South Tama’s 218, driven by one sectional champion and seven runners-up. South Tama had five bracket champions and two runners-up, while East Marshall/GMG accounted for five champions and one runner-up in finishing third in the six-team sectional with 171.5 points. The three area schools combined to advance 21 wrestlers to next Saturday’s District 3 meet in Knoxville.

West Marshall’s reward is a place in the 2A regional dual team tournament. The Trojans will face Webster City at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Osage, with the winner facing the second-ranked host Green Devils in hopes of advancing to the state dual team tournament.

South Tama, by way of its second-place finish, visits Manchester to meet Mount Vernon in the regional duals. The winner takes on top-ranked West Delaware.

West Marshall’s lone sectional champion was 170-pound junior Austin Pfantz. He pinned both of his opponents, including South Tama’s ninth-ranked Boden Koehler in the finals, to improve to 27-8 for the season.

West Marshall’s seven second-place finishers were Shane Hanford (106), JD Downs (132), Caden Vellinga (138), Miles Moore (145), Wyatt Weuve (195), Sam Schaper (220) and Elijah Meester (285). Four of them — Vellinga, Weuve, Schaper and Meester — had to win true-second place matches after falling in the finals.

South Tama’s five sectional champs were led by third-ranked Logan Arp (37-2), who pinned two opponents in a combined 1 minute, 1 second, to win at 138. Eighth-ranked Amare Chavez (31-6) had a pin before beating Grinnell’s Logan McDonald by decision, 5-0 in the 120 finals. MaCael Bear (13-7) had two pins on his way to the 126 title, and 10th-ranked Gavin Bridgewater (35-5) did the same at 220. Rudy Papakee (25-11) had a pin and a 6-3 decision over West Marshall’s Weuve in the 195 final.

Eligh Branan (113) and Andres Lugo Jr. (152) both lost to a Benson from East Marshall/GMG in their respective finals. Branan beat Oskaloosa’s Ty Lorentzen by decision, 4-0, to claim true second.

East Marshall/GMG’s five champions were Wyatt Benson (113), No. 3 Dominik Ridout (132), Kordell Negrete (145), Tim Benson (152) and No. 9 Garrett Kerber (160). Wyatt Benson won twice by decision, beating STC’s Branan 12-7 in the finals. Ridout (39-2) had two first-period pins, while Tim Benson (28-14) had two pins as well. Negrete (33-15) had a pin and an 11-4 decision over Miles Moore of West Marshall in the finals, while Kerber (35-5) tallied a technical fall and a 13-6 decision over Hunter McFadden of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont.

Drew Wheater (182) advanced as a runner-up, falling to EBF’s Blake Jager by major decision in the finals before beating West Marshall’s Grahm Nason by fall in overtime of their true-second match.

Kolthoff represents Storm

INDEPENDENCE — The South Hardin-BCLUW wrestling team advanced one wrestler through its Class 2A Sectional 10 tournament on Saturday, as sixth-ranked Carter Kolthoff moved on at 120 pounds.

The Storm finished fifth out of six teams with 112 points in a meet headlined by Independence (225), New Hampton/Turkey Valley (214) and Union Community (209.5).

Kolthoff’s trip to the top of the podium at 120 included a first-period pin of North Fayette Valley’s Tate Germann and a 7-0 decision over 10-ranked Kale Wieland of Independence.

Kolthoff takes a 27-2 record to next Saturday’s District 5 tournament at New Hampton.

SH-BCLUW’s Walker Ashton (126), Kade Pekarek (160) and Sean May (220) were each defeated in the match for true second place, denying them a place in the district meet. Ashton (21-12) fell by major decision, 9-1, to Tyler Wieland of Independence; Pekarek (22-7) lost 4-0 to Gavin Rings of New Hampton/Turkey Valley; and May (17-7) lost by fall to Brady McDonald of Independence.

Redhawks move 5 through

BROOKLYN — Top-ranked Don Bosco left little room for anyone else, but North Tama advanced five runners-up through the Class 1A Sectional 7 wrestling tournament on Saturday at BGM High School.

Don Bosco piled up 321 points and won 13 of 14 weight classes, finishing second in the other, to advance its entire team through to next Saturday’s District 4 tournament at Jesup. North Tama finished fourth out of six teams with 143.5 points, just behind host BGM (144).

North Tama’s five qualifiers are Case Monat at 106 pounds, Christian Dronebarger (120), Kolt Knaack (132), Logan Rausch (160) and Aiden Zook (170). Each lost in the finals to a Don Bosco opponent and two of them — Knaack and Rausch — had to win wrestleback matches for true second place.

Monat (31-6), ranked 10th, was pinned by top-rated Caleb Coffin in 2:35. Dronebarger (18-10) was pinned in 1:15 by Andrew Kimball. Zook (36-4), ranked eighth, fell to Cade Tenold in a 9-7 overtime bout. Tenold is ranked second at 182 by IAwrestle.

Knaack (39-3), ranked 12th, lost to No. 2 Garrett Funk by fall in 1:25, but bounced back to pin Iowa Valley’s Karter Thiessen in 1:05 for true second. Rausch (19-22) fell to Jacob Thiry in the 160 finals, but rebounded to pin Belle Plaine’s Gavin Ward in just 38 seconds in their true second contest.

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