The 2009 state duals are under way — we’ve got Union of La Porte City, Independence and Don Bosco in action right now.
Ballard leads Union, 11-0. Don Bosco is up 3-0 on Manson-Northwest Webster, while Independence is leading Davenport Assumption. The duals all started at 125. (more…)
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Don Bosco was absolutely incredible again Friday sending eight wrestlers to finals as the Dons clinched their fourth consecutive 1A state title.
Don Bosco has 172 points, just 3 1/2 shy of the 175 1/2 it scored in winning last year.
Brandon Welter, Ben McMahon, Cole Welter, Bart Reiter, Clay Welter, Taylor Kettman, Jake Thome and Cory Becker are the Dons finalists.
Aplington-Parkersburg’s Jordan Simon reached the 215 pound final.
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Waverly-Shell Rock is off to a perfect 4-0 start in semifinal matches.
Eric DeVos scored a technical fall over Adam Perrin of North Scott, 16-1, in 4 minutes and 46 seconds at 112.
Jordan Rinken pinned Taylor Wickett of Bettendorf in 3:31 at 119, and Cody Caldwell earned a major decision over Chris Avery of Des Moines East at 8-0 at 125. Jake Ballweg than took out Iowa City West’s Justin Koethe, a 7-3 victory at 135, to make it four in the finals for the Go-Hawks.
Cody Krumwiede at 215 is yet to come up.
Waterloo East’s Demetrious Taylor fought hard against Dom Chase of Clinton, but came up short 4-3 in a 125 semifinal.
Cedar Falls’ Michael Kelly made quick work of Fort Madison’s Jordan Weirather, pinning him in 1:09 at 145, to move to face Des Moines Roosevelt’s Chad Lowman.
Waterloo East’s Kyven Gadson wasted little time of disposing Iowa City West’s David Solis at 171, pinning Solis in 1:59, to move on to face Jason McCormick of Cedar Rapids Jefferson in the 171 state title match.
Krumweide makes if five Go-Hawks in the finals with a 3-0 decision over Adam Badgley of Johnston.
WSR’s five finalists is matched by Des Moines Roosevelt which has John Meeks (119), Blake Meeks (140), Chad Lowman (145), John Nicholson (160) and Matt Riley (189) all in championship matches.
Nicholson, the defending 152-pound state champ, beat defendign 145-pound state champ Derek St. John of Iowa City West, 7-4, in a marquee match.
It’s official — the West cheerleaders are playing mind games with me. THey’ve got different uniforms on again today.
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Five minutes from day three action. Let’s get ready to par…..tay…..
It’s been a banging start for our area 2A wrestlers as several have quickly moved into tonight’s semifinals.
Dylan Peters of Denver/Tripoli kicked things off with an 18-3 technical fall voer Hunter Langley of Sergeant Bluff-Luton at 103. He’ll move to face Hampton-Dumont’s Alex Brown, who beat Landon Felton of Monticello, 8-5.
Defending 103-pound state champ Tanner Schmidt flattened Corey Pinkley of Sergeant Bluff-Luton in 4:50 to move into the 112 semis.
D-T’s Levi Wolfensperger and New Hampton’s Chris Paulus also punched tickets to the semifinals at 119. Wolfensperger smoked Darius Dutcher of OA-BCIG with a 2:23 second pin. Dudtcher came into the match 43-1. But it was 13-4 when he got tossed to his back. Paulus dominated David Stubblefield of Sioux City Heelan, 9-4.
Chris Alber of Independence moved into the 135-pound semifinals with a 10-3 win ove rEdgar Ortiz of West Liberty.
Oz Wolfensperger made it 3-for-3 for D/T as he moved into the semifinals with a 9-4 win over Brett Yonkovic of West Delaware.
We’ve got Dalton Schutjer of Charles City and Carl Broghammer of West Delaware going on right in front of now, Schutjer loses by fall.
We’re moving into wrestlebacks now. Have a lot of wrestlers looking to place. Will be back.
With the wrestlebacks still being contested, Denver/Tripoli remains in the team race. Here are the top four teams with Ballard of Huxley all but assured of repeating as champions.
| 1. | Ballard Huxley | 86.50 | |
| 2. | Clear Lake | 43.50 | |
| 3. | Denver-Tripoli | 34.50 | |
| 4. | East Marshall/GMG | 30.00 |
Denver/Tripoli just wrapped a perfect morning session as Blake Sorensen at 145 and Noah Minikus at 152 each scored major decisions in consolation matches. The victories put both Titans on the podium as each could wrestle as high as third.
Charles City will see three of its five qualifers reach the podium as well, while Independence with have at least three state placewinners.
We will be back later tonight for the semifinals.
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Jim checking in
Sorry it was a busy round for me, not a lot of time to blog. But here it is in a nutshell … Don Bosco … Don Bosco … Don Bosco.
The Dons won nine more matches, advancing all nine of their qualifiers to semifinals as they surged to a huge lead over top contender – Belle Plaine – 78 to 41 1/2.
Some other area winners included Aplington-Parkersburg’s Jordan Simon at 215, Jharred Millonig and Dallas Hendrikson of St. Ansgar at 215 and 285, respectively, Marc Benning of of Nashua-Plainfield at 171 and Quinn Meirick of Turkey Valley at 189.
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Waterloo East qualified its largest contingent of wrestlers to this week’s 3A state tournament since 1983, and all five of those Trojans will be bringing home medals.
Demetrious Taylor at 125 and Kyven Gadson at 171 still have a shot at the top step on the podium as they won quarterfinal matches Thursday to advance to Friday’s semifinals.
Quinten Haynes at 152, Onazi Agbese at 215 and Tray Pendleton at 285 all can wrestle to as high as third, but are quarenteed at least an eighth-place medal. (more…)
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3A quarterfinals get underway in 10 minutes
A pair of Go-Hawk wrestelrs right in front of us — Tanner Werner at 103 and Eric DeVos at 112. DeVos is dominating Jordan Jones of Des Moines Hoover/North, leads 6-0, heading into final minute of third period. Werner trails Conner Ryan of North Scott, 3-1, with 1:30 to go in third. DeVos wins in a pin, while Ryan holds on for the 3-1 win.
Demetrious Taylor of Waterloo East became the first metro wrestler to reach the semifinals with his 4-0 victory over Brock Storm of Spencer. Taylor got a 4-point (1-pt injury tapout) turn with 18 seconds left to earn the win. (more…)
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2A wrestling gets underway in 10 minutes here at the Wells Fargo Arena.
There will be an early great match with Ballard of Huxley’s Dakota Bauer taking on Tyler Endres of Independence. Bauer is ranked No. 1, while Endres, a junior, is a reurning state placewinner.
It was a great match that eventually went in favor of Bauer, 6-5. (more…)
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Top-ranked Don Bosco begins its quest for four straight traditional title in eight minutes. The Dons are heavily favored, but will be tested.
The first test comes at 125 where Cole Welter faces Northern Iowa recruit and defendign 119-pound state champion Jake Demmon of Eddyville-Blakesburg in the first round.
Ran into Brad Penrith of Northern Iowa and Wartburg coach Jim Miller just before the 1A first-round got underway, They are sitting together in the upperdeck under the Iowa State flag. I’d like to sit in on that on-going conversation. (more…)
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Waverly-Shell Rock, on review, is leading the 3A field by 1/2 point over Iowa City West, 32 to 31.5, after first-round action.
Waterloo East is in ninth place.
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