ADM, Winterset, and Woodward-Granger are among the high school wrestling programs with State qualifiers from todays’ Class 2A District 4 tournament in Harlan. There are four wrestlers per weight class and first and second place finishers in each of the 14 weight classes qualify for the State Tournament Feb. 15-17 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. All three Raccoon Valley Radio stations will have extensive play-by-play coverage of all area qualifiers from Wells Fargo Arena.
Atlantic/CAM won the team title with 90 points and Creston/Orient-Macksburg was second with 81. Red Oak was third with 71 points, followed by Winterset 67, Shenandoah 61, ADM 60, W-W 44, Kuemper Catholic (Carroll) 40, Harlan 32, Southwest Iowa (Corning) 20, and eight points for Greene County.
ADM had three champions in Andrew Flora (113), Nolan Harsh (152), and Kaden Sutton (220).
Winterset had champions in Bryce Hatten (120) and Kruise Kiburz (138). The Huskies had a second place finish from Jack West (132).
The featured match of the day, according to ratings and records, lasted just eight seconds. Second ranked Nick Foss of Harlan (37-1) threw third rated Cody Fisher of W-G (51-2) onto the mat and Fisher suffered aa apparent shoulder injury. He defaulted due to the injury, but still advances to the State Tournament without having to wrestle back. Fisher finished second at 195 lbs. in the 2017 2A State Tournament.
W-G’s Ryan Munoz won by fall in 1:55 in the second place wrestle back at 120 lbs. to become the Hawks second State qualifier.
We’ll have updates throughout the afternoon with results of area wrestlers.
District qualifiers and first round results:
ADM (5) Andrew Flora (113) first round bye; won by fall 1:55 over Kaden Bolton, COM; first place.
Nolan Harsh (152) won by fall :29 over Payton Fewson, Atl./CAM; won 4-0 over Justin McCunn, RO; first place.
Charles Craigmile (182) lost by fall 1:33 to Nick Dickerson, Shen.; won 8-4 over Sam Chapman, COM; lost by fall 2:37 to Nick Bentley, RO (wrestle back for second); third place.
Leo Tauke (195) lost by fall 2:16 to Nick Foss, Harlan; lost by fall :57 to Cole Nebel, Shen.; fourth place.
Kaden Sutton (220) won 7-2 over Colton Kinison, RO; won 5-0 over Tyler Courtier, Shen.; first place.
Greene County (1) Brock Wuebker (170) lost 10-2 major decision to Carter Maynes, RO; won 8-4 over Beau Barncastle, COM; third place.
Winterset (7) Trey Allen (106) lost by fall 3:05 to Benjamin Schmitz, Kuemper; won 6-2 over Hunter Pierce, W-G; lost by fall 1:05 to Johnathon Erp, RO (wrestle back for second); third place.
Bryce Hatten (120) won 9-0 major decision over Steele McLaren, Atl./CAM; won by fall 1:53 over Ryan Munoz, W-G; first place.
Trenton Cook (126) lost 17-2 technical fall to Kole Hansen, Atl./CAM; lost by fall 1:54 to Colton Hauschild, SOIO; fourth place.
Jack West (132) won 5-1 over Cam Vanderhoof, RO; lost 6-1 to Chase McLaren, Atl./CAM; won 5-1 over Kelby Luther, COM (wrestle back for second); second place.
Kruise Kiburz (138) won by fall 4:42 over Collin Wiederin, Kuemper; won 5-0 over Cade Vicker, COM; first place.
Blake Ryerson (145) lost 11-8 to Oscar Olmos, Harlan; won by fall 5:06 over Colton Mudd, Atl./CAM; third place.
Bradley Tolley (285) lost by fall 1:52 to John McConkey, Atl./CAM; lost by fall 1:02 to Thomas Wilson, SOIO; fourth place.
Woodward-Granger (6) Hunter Pierce (106) lost 11-2 major decision to Johnathon Erp, RO; lost 6-2 to Trey Allen, W’set; fourth place.
Ryan Munoz (120) won 8-4 over Ethan Lemon, Harlan; lost by fall 1:53 to Bryce Hatten, W’set; won by fall 1:55 over Steele McLaren, Atl./CAM (wrestle back for second); second place.
Austin Scharlau (152) lost by fall :58 to Justin McCunn, RO; won by fall 1:46 over Payton Fewson, Atl./CAM; third place.
Gabe Yingst (160) lost 8-3 to Zak Hulsing, Kuemper; won 11-5 over Colby Tomas, COM; third place.
Cody Fisher (195) won 9-2 over Cole Nebel, Shenandoah; lost by injury default :08 to Nick Foss, Harlan; second place.
Dillon Fogarty (220) lost by fall :35 to Tyler Courtier, Shenandoah; lost 13-6 to Colton Kinison, RO; fourth place.