Zach Thompson of Perry (120), Gisaveri Niyibizi of Perry (126) Zach Johnston of ADM (160), and Hunter Gibson (220) of ADM all are in the Class 2A semifinals of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships. To this point, both Perry wrestlers lost close matches, but ADM’s Zach Johnston won 6-3 in the semifinals over Cameron Leith of Creston-Orient-Macksburg. It’s the third straight finals appearance for Johnston, who is seeking his first state title. Hunter Gibson at 220 lost a 3-2 decision to top ranked Gavin Dinsdale to Webster City. Two other Tigers will join Gibson in the consolation semifinals on Saturday. Cole Bennett won his third consolation round match 3-1 over Zac Stork of Atlantic at 182 lbs. Nathan Heath at 285 was a winner by fall over John McConkey of Atlantic in 4:43. Gibson, Bennett and Heath all could finish as high as third place and no lower than sixth.
Zach Thompson of Peery fell 5-4 to Michael Millage of Crestwood at 120 pounds while Gisaveri Niyibizi lost 2-0 to Brock Rathbun of Center Point-Urbana. Both will be in the consolation semifinals tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Earlier today the quarterfinals and consolation second rounds were held. Winners of the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. Quarterfinal losers dropped into the second consolation round and a second loss means the tournament is over for that wrestler. A win in the second consolation round guarantees a top eight finish and advances that wrestler to tonight’s third consolation round.
106 Kaleb Olejniczak, Perry lost by fall 3:47 to Eric Fought, Clear Lake; lost 13-4 to Wyatt Dale, Central Decatur
120 Zach Thompson, Perry won 6-3 over Jon Hellman, Union
126 Gisaveri Niyibizi, Perry won 5-3 over Trevor Anderson, Glenwood
152 Tommy Bradshaw, Greene County lost by fall 3:35 to Isaac Judge, South Tama County; lost by fall 3:28 to Kade Kelso, Central Decatur
160 Zach Johnston, ADM won 8-4 over Jake Juhl, Independence
182 Cole Bennett, ADM lost 9-1 major decision to Luke Erickson, Mediapolis; won by fall 5;28 over Sam Mathis, Roland-Story
220 Hunter Giblson, ADM won 5-2 over Caleb Ring, Osage
285 Nathan Heath, ADM lost by fall 4:27 to Elijah Van’t Hof, Sioux Center; won by fall :47 over Travis Bruns, Assumption-Davenport
Other consolation second round results:
132 Kade Van Kirk, Perry won 3-2 over Austin Gutknecht, Clarinda
170 Eli Saemisch, Perry lost by fall :30 to Michael Kent, Iowa Falls-Alden