It’s day two of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. “Live” coverage on all three Raccoon Valley Radio Stations and www.raccoonvalley.com covers seven competitors in Class 2A, five in 3A, and seven in 1A.
Class 1A quarterfinals are next with 2A semifinals and third round consolations immediately following. The 1A second consolation matches will wrap up the session.
Trevor Carey of Panorama at 182 lbs. is the lone quarterfinalist from the area in 1A, but six others in that class are alive on the consolation side of the bracket.
Carey was a 17-7 major decision winner over Christian Wolthuizen of Akron-Westfield and he moves on to tonight’s semifinals and guaranteeing no worse than a sixth place finish. Carey meets second ranked Garet Sims of Iowa Valley (Marengo) in the semifinals.
Those in the second consolation round include a quartet from Panorama in Danny Nordquist at 126, Wyatt Appleseth (132), Gunnar Grunsted (170), and Dalton Holmes (195). Also, Dalton Arnold from Coon Rapids-Bayard (220) and Alex Well at 285 from West Central Valley will wrestle in this afternoon’s second consolation round.
2A had its quarterfinal round first this morning, followed by the 3A quarterfinals, the second 2A consolation round, then the 3A consolation round.
Winners in the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals later today/tonight and are guaranteed no worse than sixth place in their weight class. A loss in the quarterfinals means a consolation second round match against a winner from Thursday’s consolation first round. Second round consolation losers are eliminated from the tournament.
Perry in 3A has two semifinalists and ADM in 2A also has a pair guaranteed being no worse than sixth place. Woodward-Granger and Winterset each had one in the 2A semifinals.
Kaleb Olejniczak at 120 won 6-0 over TJ Cole of Bettendorf and enters the semifinals at 47-5 vs. Caleb McCabe of North Scott at 36-4.
Zach Stewart put on a late push to win 8-4 over Nathan Marchand of Southeast Polk. Stewart is 52-5 and meets Drevon Ross of Ft. Dodge 42-11 in the semifinals.
Andrew Flora of ADM is 44-1 after winning 8-2 over Joe Sullivan of Osage. Flora takes on Grayson Kesterson of Williamsburg 47-2, the 106 lbs. State Champion in 2017 in the semifinals.
Jack West of Winterset improved to 41-3 after winning 5-3 over Carson Hartnett of Webster City. West meets Brady Fritz of South Tama County 45-3 in the semifinals.
Cody Fisher of Woodward-Granger is 53-2 and he’ll take on Dalton Chipp of Hampton-Dumont 35-11 in the semifinals. Fisher won his quarterfinal by 12-3 major decision over Reldon Miller of Gilbert.
Perry’s Zachary Thompson lost 7-5 to Ben Monroe of Ankeny Centennial in the quarterfinals, but came back in the consolation second round to win by fall in 2:49 over Cole Kraklio of Linn-Mar. Thompson will be a place winner at State all four years of high school. He will wrestle tonight in the third consolation round.
Class 2A quarterfinalists-
113 Andrew Flora, ADM, 44-1 won 8-2 over Joe Sullivan, Osage 35-9
132 Jack West, Winterset, 41-3 won 5-3 Carson Hartnett, Webster City, 38-5
152 Nolan Harsh, ADM, 24-3, lost 8-3 to Kyler Rieck, Spirt Lake Park, 44-3
195 Cody Fisher, Woodward-Granger, 53-2 won 12-3 major decision over Reldon Miller, Gilbert, 47-5
220 Kaden Sutton, ADM, 31-8, lost 7-3 to Hunter Crawford, Independence, 43-6
Class 2A second consolation round-
120 Ryan Munoz, W-G 37-21 lost 12-3 major decision to Jack Thomsen, Union, 43-3
152 Caleb Swalla, Van Meter/Earlham, 42-6 lost 11-3 major decision to Skyler Noftsger, Ballard 34-4
220 Kaden Sutton, ADM, 31-9 lost 3-1 sudden victory to Lake Stahlberg, Monticello, 28-7
Class 3A quarterfinalists-
120 Zachary Thompson, Perry, 41-5 lost 7-5 to Ben Monroe, Ankeny Centennial, 39-6
126 Kaleb Olejniczak, Perry, 52-5 won 6-0 over TJ Cole, Bettendorf, 22-6
138 Zach Stewart, Perry, 52-5 won 8-4 over Nathan Marchand, Southeast Polk, 33-9
160 Zane Mulder, Dallas Center-Grimes, 40-1 lost 9-5 to Nelson Brands, Iowa City West, 52-1
3A second consolation round-
120 Zachary Thompson, Perry, 41-6 won by fall 2:49 over Cole Kraklio, Linn-Mar 27-14
160 Zane Mulder, DC-G 40-2 won by fall 2:41 over Jimmy Boustead, Boone, 39-7
182 Zach Needham, DC-G, 39-9 won 6-2 over Ryan Plummer, Linn-Mar 13-21