Coralville, IA- The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s third sanction State Wrestling Tournament is underway and the first session is in the books. Class 2A has completed their quarterfinals and second round consolation bracket matchups and five of our local wrestlers will be competing tomorrow, February 7th, with one eyeing a possible state championship.
105-Pound Weight Class
Burlington’s #13 Grace Navarre started off her day with an upset of #4 Lila Sheehan of Mason City with a narrow 1-0 decision victory. This set up a matchup against #5 Nora Ohnemus of Indianola in the quarterfinals, which ended by fall, sending Navarre to the consolation bracket.
Unfortunately, the Grayhound was again punching up and could not come out the winner against Lauren Watson of Ankeny, ending her tournament run. Navarre finished the season 32-19.
125-Pound Weight Class
#14 Briena Fenton of Fort Madison was sent to the consolation bracket after a first round pin by Destiny Brown of Ridge View. Fenton survived her first match with a quick pin of #11 Chole Adamson of Linn-Mar but could not keep the momentum against #4 Addi Nelson of Southeast Polk, losing by fall.
Fenton finished the season with a 36-18 record.
130-Pound Weight Class
Fort Madison’s #4 Mara Smith has made her third consecutive trip to state and she started off the day strong with a 12-7 decision win over Brooklyn Mitchell of South Tama.
In a contentious quarterfinal matchup against #5 Arbella Varvel of Southeast Polk Smith would lose by fall, ushering her to the consolation bracket where she defeated #6 Kallie Gibbons.
Smith will face off against #10 Tatum Heaberlin of Gilbert on her path towards third place.
135-Pound Weight Class
#16 Mia Oddo of Burlington had a tough draw, competing against #1 Bella Miller of Dubuque Hempstead then #8 Claire Hynek of Prairie in the consolation bracket. She was pinned by Miller then fell to Hynek by major decision to end the season with a 25-25 record.
140-Pound Weight Class
Fort Madison’s #10 Kat DiPrima started off her tournament run with a win over #7 Addison Appelhans of Anamosa via pin before losing to #2 Shaylee Sutherland of Spencer in the quarterfinals.
DiPrima could not find a rhythm in her matchup against #8 Meredith Kaump Cedar Rapids Kennedy, losing by fall. DiPrima finished her season with an impressive 42-7 record.
155-Pound Weight Class
#13 Amaziah Twillie of Burlington has been nothing but amazing in her maiden journey to the state tournament. The freshman started things off with a pin of #4 Shanona Emmanuel of Iowa City City High just 36 seconds into the match.
Twillie then took down Gracey Smith of Clear Lake without much effort in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. She will have to produce another upset as she will face off against undefeated #1 Haylee McGrew of Ankeny with the winner moving on to the championship match.
170-Pound Weight Class
Burlington’s #15 Macy Peterson executed one of the biggest upsets of the morning with a pin of #2 Ashley Chasteen of Hinton. Unfortunately, she could not keep up the momentum in the quarterfinals, falling by tiebreaker to #7 Jazelle Smith of Indianola.
Peterson would come away with a win by ultimate tiebreaker over #9 Anna Johson of Cedar Falls to prolong her stay in the tournament. #5 Kayma Burleson of Clear Lake awaits Peterson in a win or go home match.
190-Pound Weight Class
Burlington’s #3 Kiara Rodriguez in her senior campaign started the tournament with a pin of #14 Aliya Phillips of Prairie but lost her quarterfinal matchup against #6 Josie Bishop of Southeast Polk by fall.
Rodriguez took care of business in her first match of the consolation bracket, taking down #12 Reese Winslow of Pleasant Valley. She will compete against #9 Maddison Wright of Lewis Central tomorrow.
235-Pound Weight Class
Lastly, #4 Alannah Peterson of Burlington collected a first-round pin over Elizabeth Mills of Cedar Falls to advance to the quarterfinals. She would run into #5 Delilah Subsin of Ottumwa who ultimately exited with the win, sending Peterson to the consolation bracket.
Peterson would pin #11 Aubrey Borcherding of Dallas Center-Grimes within a minute of the match starting to advance in the consolation bracket. She will face off against #7 Sage Dzeladini of North Scott tomorrow.
Stay tuned to KILJ 105.5 FM and kilj.com for more updates and wrap-ups throughout the State Tournament.