Prep Wrestling: State Tournament Underway Today

The 2022 Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships get underway in Des Moines today.

Nathan Bloechl will have coverage starting with 2A this morning from Wells Fargo Arena.

Here’s the full look at today’s scraps:

106 – Carter West (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Isaac Wilson (Algona)

113 – Kaiden Dietzenbach (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Levi Kramer (Central Lyon/George-Little Rock)

120 – Lane Scorpil (CC-WMU) vs. Carter Lamont (Vinton-Shellsburg)

120 – C.J. Davis (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Amare Chavez (South Tama County)

132 – Carson Miller (Fairfield) vs. Dominik Ridout (East Marshall)

132 – Blaine Frazier (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Easton O’Brien (Atlantic-CAM)

138 – Tate O’Shea (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Logan Arp (South Tama County)

152 – Isaiah Fenton (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Joe Weydert (Humboldt)

160 – Sam West (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Austin Wilkins (Decorah)

170 – River Belger (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Tate Schmitt (Hampton-Dumo­­­­nt)

182 – C.J. Walrath (Notre Dame-West Burlington) vs. Wayne Johnston (Knoxville)

1A

113 – Gage Burden (New London) vs. Brody Brisker (Wilton)

126 – Marcel Lopez (New London) vs. Garrett Cole (Van Meter)

138 – Quinten Aney (Mediapolis) vs. Sean Thompson (Logan-Magnolia)

145 – Louden Huisenga (WACO) vs. Myles McMahon (Don Bosco)

152 – Dominic Lopez (New London) vs. Foxe Youngblut (Don Bosco)

182 – Josh Glendening (New London) vs. Jake Cox (Bedford/Lenox)

220 – Jonah Clark (WACO) vs. Brady Davis (Maquoketa Valley)

Live hold-by-hold action will start this morning at 9:00 a.m.

Prep Wrestling: Notre Dame 7th in Dual Tournament

The Notre Dame Nike wrestling team got weekend festivities underway with a 7th place at Team Duals on Wednesday.

The Nikes, who qualified after upsetting Davenport Assumption, were the No. 8 seed in the eight-team tournament, and dropped a 40-32 decision to No. 1 West Delaware .

Notre Dame followed that up with a loss in the consolation semifinals to Crestwood, before beating Winterset in the 7th place match.

West Delaware dominated their way to an easy championship, defeating Independence in the finals 55-18.

Girls’ Prep Basketball: Panthers Ride Big 3 to Win:

Mount Pleasant relied on their Big 3: Andrea Lopreato, Tristian Shull and Kenna Lamm — ousting Fort Madison 63-57 in overtime last night in a Class 4A first round matchup.

The win advanced Mount Pleasant to Saturday’s second round where they’ll get SEC champion Keokuk.

Lopreato finished with a game-high 25 for Mount Pleasant, while Lamm and Shull both chipped in with 15 each.

Mount Pleasant, who led for the entirety of the game, saw the script get flipped in the fourth when Fort Madison got up 44-40.

The Panthers then buckled down on defense, getting a pair of steals that led to scores tying the game in a matter of moments.

They then forced a Malarie Ross missed layup at the end of the regulation to force overtime.

In the extra period, it was all Panthers.

Threes by Lamm and Shull in the tiebreaker propelled the Panthers to their fourth straight win, they’re now 13-10.

The loss ended Fort Madison’s season at 17-5.

You can listen to Saturday’s game on FM 98.5 and AM 1130.

The contest will begin at 7:00 p.m..

John Kuhens and Kent Bennett will have the call.

Boys’ Prep Basketball: Local Teams Ready for Second Round

It will be a busy night of district boys’ basketball with several area teams looking to earn trips to district finals.

In our featured matchup in District 10, New London — 19-2 this year — will host 18-4 Iowa Valley.

Iowa Valley advanced to tonight’s second round following a 45-42 win over Sigourney.

John Kuhens and Kent Bennett will have the call for that bout beginning at 6:45 p.m.

The bottom of District 10 sees a pair of 18-4 teams go head-to-head when WACO hosts Montezuma.

The Braves, state finalists last year, rolled to a 63-46 victory over Pekin on Monday.

In District 9, top-seeded Danville gets upset-minded Burlington Notre Dame.

The Nikes took down Wapello 55-30 earlier this week.

Winfield-Mount Union, looking to move back to the district final, has Hillcrest Academy in their way

The Wolves, 20-2, dispatched Highland 53-33, while Hillcrest smacked Holy Trinity 61-36.

All games tonight will begin at 7:00 p.m.

 

Notre Dame 67, WACO 28 

Reagan Engberg had 15 points, while Quincy University recruit Megan Harrell added 12 as seventh-ranked Notre Dame rolled by WACO 67-28.

The win kept the Nikes perfect at 21-0.

They’ll host Winfield-Mount Union in a Class 1A, Region 6 semifinal on Friday night at Father Minnett Gymnasium.

Notre Dame used a 16-4 first quarter to start hot — then avalanched the Warriors for a 25-7 third quarter to essentially end the game.

Ellah Kissell had 14 to pace WACO, while Grace Coble added six.

WACO closes their year 10-13.

Winfield-Mount Union 54, Holy Trinity 45 

Winfield-Mount Union led by as many as 18 in the first half before Holy Trinity stormed back to within two — but it was a late flurry and good free throw shooting that propelled the Lady Wolves to a 55-48 win over the Crusaders last night.

Bradie Buffington had 20 points to lead all scorers.

Buffington added 10 boards and shot 8-of-14 from the field.

Keely Malone chipped in with 18 points and six rebounds, while hitting 5-of-9 shots from long distance.

Natalie Randolph had 18 points to lead the Crusaders, while Kassi Randolph added 13.

Mary Kent Bendlage chipped in with eight.

Holy Trinity closes their season 11-12.

Mediapolis 58, Pella Christian 48 

Hallie Mohr had 23 points and nine rebounds as Mediapolis did just enough to dispatch Pella Christian yesterday in a Class 2A region quarterfinal.

Hanna Wagenbach added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Bullettes.

Pella Christian cut the deficit to four after three quarters, but a 15-9 fourth quarter kept the season alive.

Payton Bush chipped in with nine points, five rebounds and five assists.

Mediapolis improved to 20-2.

Pella Christian bows out at 4-19.

Louisa-Muscatine 39, Danville 37 

A game-high 19 points from Kaylee Corbin powered Louisa-Muscatine a thrilling, 39-37 win over Danville last night.

The win moved the Falcons to 16-4 and means they’ll scrap with Mediapolis in a Class 2A-Region 6 semifinal on Friday night.

McKenna Hohenadel added 10 for Louisa-Muscatine.

Ava Smith finished with 10 to pace Danville with Kenna Furnald chipping in with eight.

Danville closed their season 12-11.

Louisa-Muscatine improved to 16-4.

Fort Madison — The Mount Pleasant girls’ basketball team will open up their postseason tonight.

The Panthers, who are now 11-10, will scrap with the always tough Fort Madison Bloodhounds in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs at the HoundDome.

Fort Madison swept the season series with the Panthers this year, with both wins by double digits and are 17-4 on the season.

Those four losses have came against Fairfield, twice against No. 12 Keokuk and No. 7 Notre Dame.

All but one of their defeats were by single digits.

Mount Pleasant though, are winners for three straight since dropping to Keokuk and Mediapolis and are playing the best basketball of their season.

Tonight’s game will begin at 7:00 p.m. however, due to the Music Boosters Radiothon, there will be no radio.

KILJ — The Mount Pleasant bowling team will send two individuals to the state bowling meet next Wednesday in Waterloo.

Eden Svoboda from Danville shot a 623 three game series and finished 2nd at the district meet.

Cole Wohlleber — a Mount Pleasant native — rolled a 624 three game series and finished 7th at the district meet.

In team competition the Panther girls’ were 4th while the boys’ finished in 7th.

KILJ — Mia Palumbo and Joanna Vanderwood both picked up tech fall wins as the Iowa Wesleyan women’s wrestling team earned a 23-16 dual win over Missouri Valley College last night.

Zoi Smith and Destiny Campbell were recipients of forfeit wins as well.

The Tigers will take on Central Methodist University next in their final home dual of the season this Friday at Ruble Arena.

The match is set to start at 6:00 p.m.