CORALVILLE — West Marshall freshman Kielly Kasal hasn’t lost to Class 1A competition all season.

She doesn’t appear ready to let that streak end anytime soon.

The Trojans’ 100-pounder powered through the first two rounds of the IGHSAU State Wrestling Tournament on Thursday morning, mowing down her opponents with pinfalls to push her way through to Friday’s semifinals at Xtream Arena.

Kasal (40-9), ranked and seeded seventh, pinned Ogden sophomore Rylin Casey (39-12) in 3 minutes, 26 seconds, to open her state tournament debut, and she followed it up with an upset of No. 4 Molly Konechne (22-1) of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock in the quarterfinals, handing the senior her first loss of the season with a pin in 1:03.

Konechne, seeded second, was overwhelmed by the West Marshall rookie.

“Freshmen don’t get the best seeds, but I just made the best of it,” said Kasal. “I was hoping to make it to where I am right now, to the semis, and be able to place.”

Kasal will come away from Friday’s proceedings as the school’s third medalist in four seasons.

“She proved that she deserved higher than her seed, but at the end of the day seeds don’t matter,” said Randall Kasal, Kielly’s father and head coach. “In the end it’s results, so that’s what she’s chasing now is the next best thing.”

Kasal will collide with top-ranked freshman Abigail Peterson (35-0) of Denver in the semifinals after Peterson pinned her first two foes in a combined 47 seconds. Seeded third, Peterson — like Kasal — put the IGHSAU’s seeding formula on notice.

Of Kasal’s nine losses this season, three are to 2A No. 1 Nora Ohnemus of Indianola, three are to 2A No. 4 Piper Phillips of Mason City, one to 2A No. 5 Mya Van Beek of Raccoon River-Northwest, one to 2A 105-pound qualifier Allison Houston of Nevada, and another is to Mckenzie Steinke of Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, Ill.).

Ohnemus (38-0) and Phillips (42-8) meet in the 2A semifinals today, while Van Beek (43-7) was eliminated on Thursday. Houston (39-10) advanced on the back side of the 105 bracket and will medal.

“That’s why we carry a pretty heavy schedule,” said coach Kasal. “We go to all the tougher tournaments. We come down here for the Donnybrook to give the girls that experience, and it pays off. They might not like it when they look at their records and it’s not as good as some of our 1A opponents, but that’s just because we’ve wrestled a really tough schedule.

“In the long run it works out, measuring ourselves at the end of the year.”

As one of the first matches on the eight mats on the floor of the arena to start the day, Kasal collected a second-period pin over Casey as she was in total control throughout the match. Kasal took her down 14 seconds into the contest and rode her out the entire period, picking up four nearfall points along the way.

Choosing neutral to open the second period, Kasal again took Casey to the mat in just 14 seconds and eventually finished her off with a butcher.

In the quarterfinals, Kasal countered Konechne’s early headlock and turned a takedown into a quick cradle, scoring a combined seven points for the lead. Konechne escaped only to find herself on her back again shortly thereafter as Kasal slipped through another headlock and landed on top for the pin.

“I knew she was going to be heavy on my head and just to lower my level more,” Kasal said.

Kasal’s teammate, Reese Buschbom, bowed out in her state tournament debut despite earning a win during the day. Buschbom (37-13), a sophomore, was edged out in the opening round by No. 12 Kennedy Phillips of Colfax-Mingo by a 7-4 decision at 190 pounds.

Buschbom caught her breath and came away from the first-round consolations with a first-period pin of Mount Vernon’s Maci Stoner (18-7) to avoid elimination. Buschbom turned Stoner’s takedown into a reversal that yielded instant results, getting the pin in 1:42 to advance to the blood round.

Facing No. 10 Ellie Callahan of Mid-Prairie, Buschbom scored the only two takedowns of the match and led 8-3, but Callahan’s decision to start on top in the third period led to Buschbom’s demise.

Callahan (34-3) escaped with a pin in 5:24 as Buschbom’s state debut ended one win shy of the top eight.

“I feel pretty good about myself, especially because this is only my second year of wrestling,” said Buschbom. “I know I love doing this sport, and I just want to always try my hardest and I’m already proud of how I’ve risen in this sport already.

“I love trying new sports, so trying wrestling was definitely really fun and I’m never gonna leave it.”

Coach Kasal, with two trips to state of his own to draw experience from, was proud of the way Buschbom bounced back after a first-round loss that he feels she could have claimed for herself.

“I think it showed in the match that she was a little lackluster, a little shell-shocked,” he said. “She decided after that she’s here to wrestle, then she changed the tone, so it was good to see.”

Friday’s 1A session begins at 9 a.m. with the championship semifinals and third-round consolations starting on the mats. A win for Kasal over Peterson would advance her to the evening’s 6:30 p.m. championship finals.