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.