The quarterfinal round and second consolation round in Class 1A have been completed at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Ogden seniors Austin Lentz at 182 and Nick Ross at 195 both have qualified for the semifinals late this afternoon. Lentz won 8-4 over Mason Lyons of Bellevue to run his record to 42-0. Ross was a winner by fall in 5:30 over Chaz Clark of Pleasantville at 195 and is now 43-1. In the semifinals Lentz won a 9-1 major decision over Nathan Krueger of Manson-Northwest Webster to earn a trip to Saturday night’s championship match. Ross lost 9-5 to Slade Sifuentes of Lake Mills and he drops into Saturday’s consolation semifinals.
The other two 1A area wrestlers left in the competition are Ben Freese of Nodaway Valley at 126 and Logan Scheuermann of Guthrie Center at 138. Both have guaranteed themselves top eight place finishes, and they could still place as high as third.
Any wrestler suffering their second tournament loss this morning is eliminated from further competition. Each weight class started with 16 competitiors and the field is down to 12 per weight class entering today’s second day of wrestling. The top eight in 1A will be determined in this session.
Once the 1A quarterfinals are completed, the quarterfinals in 3A will be wrestled. Once those are done, the 1A second consolation round will be wrestled.
Quarterfinal matches involveing Raccoon Valley Radio area wrestlers are listed first followed by a second round consolation match if necessary.
106 Blaine Beeler, Guthrie Center 37-12 lost 15-0 technical fall to Devon Meeker, Wapello, 33-7; Jamus Wilson, Alburnett
126 Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley 46-7 lost bal fall 2:11 to Drew West, Highland-Riverside 50-0; Tristan Brase, Nashua-Plainfield
145 Tyler Van Houten, Panorama 34-8 lost by fall 2:40 to Trent Johnson, Dike-New Hartford 41-0; sBraiden Tank, West Monona
182 Austin Lentz, Ogden 41-0 won 8-4 over Mason Lyons, Bellevue, 44-7
195 Nick Ross, Ogden 42-1 won by fall 5:30 over Chaz Clark, Pleasantville 38-2
Wrestlers losing in the quarterfinals will wrestle in the consolation second round this morning.
Consolation second round matches:
106 Blaine Beeler, Guthrie Center 37-14 lost by fall 1:18 to Jaymus Wilson, Alburnett
126 Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley 47-8 won won by fall 5:48 over Tristen Brase, Nashua-Plainfield
138 Logan Scheuermann, Guthrie Center 46-8 won 3-2 over Bryce Ackerman, Wapsie Valley
145 Tyler Van Houten, Panorama 34-10 lost by fall 1:09 to Braiden Tank, West Monoma
170 Logan Sturtz, Ogden 42-8 lost 10-2 major decision to Nick Huber, Hudson
Third round consolation matches:
126 Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley lost 3-0 to Wally Zernich, Lisbon
138 Logan Scheuermann, Guthrie Center won 14-13 over Payton Sitzmann, St. Edmond
Semifinals:
182 Austin Lentz, Ogden won 9-1 major decision over Nathan Krueger, Manson-Northwest Webster
195 Nick Ross, Ogden lost -5 to Slade Suefentes, Lake Mills