AMES — The Marshalltown girls’ wrestling team dominated West Des Moines Valley to earn a split at a triangular hosted by Ames on Thursday night.

The host Little Cyclones defeated the Bobcats (50-27) and Valley (63-15) to take the triangular title, while Marshalltown topped Valley (60-21) in between.

Ella DeMonte was the lone Bobcat to go 2-0 on the mat during the double dual, pinning Taylor Glenney of Ames in 2:42 and Elly Wagner of Valley in 2:55 at 170 pounds. Nevaeh Gonzales (235) took a forfeit from Ames and added a first-period pin against Valley, while Faith Sommerlot (125) scored a win by decision over Miki Yakobson of Ames, 11-8, in her only contested match. Olivia Wise pined Tatum Tharp of Ames in 39 seconds at 190, and she received one of Valley’s four forfeits.

Erandy Ibarra (105) scored a pin of Sophia Ramirez of Ames at 100 in her only match. Audriana Walker (110), Maddy Eckler (130), Autumn Miller (135) and Leah Graves (140) each earned a win by pinfall against Valley.

MHS boys swimming cuts time in loss to Roughriders

The Marshalltown boys’ swimming team fell to 0-2 despite a ton of early-season time drops with Thursday’s 92-78 setback at the hands of Des Moines Roosevelt inside the MHS pool.

The Bobcats won five events but couldn’t get score enough points to pick up their first dual win of the season.

MHS first-year head coach Ray Dulaney pointed to 25 lifetime-best times and 47 season-bests as reasons to look forward.

“We knew it was going to be a competitive meet and the results stood up to the predictions,” Dulaney said. “Our boys made this a meet all the way to the last race of the night. All across the lineup, boys took on the challenge and showed great competitiveness.”

Kade Randall claimed a pair of individual wins for Marshalltown, taking the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 15.16 seconds, and the 100 freestyle in 54.46. Jacob Seberger scored two wins of his own, topping the 50 freestyle in 24.08 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.90.

Both were a part of the Bobcats’ winning 200 freestyle relay quartet, teaming with Jack Nelson and Eli Randall for a winning time of 1:36.99.