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Timm, Plants advance to quarterfinals

Area wrestlers go 6-1 in first round, with three byes

By Ben Lamparek, Hometown Current

Feb. 20, 2025 8:31 am, Updated: Feb. 20, 2025 8:50 am

Belle Plaine's Aidan Timm, right, wrestles East Union's Joseph Hayes in a Class 1A 138 pound second-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)
Belle Plaine's Aidan Timm, right, wrestles East Union's Joseph Hayes in a Class 1A 138 pound second-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)

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DES MOINES — Ten area wrestlers started their journeys in the Class 1A second-session at the Iowa High School Athletic Association Boys State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Belle Plaine’s Aidan Timm, at 138-pounds, and Montezuma’s Braxton Plants, at 215, advanced to the quarterfinals, winning their lone matches for the day after receiving first-round byes.

Timm faced East Union’s Joseph Hayes in the second-round and wasted no time getting to his offense.

Timm scored five points before pinning Hayes with a cradle right before the end of the first period.

“I was able to get a cradle that I always go too,” Timm said. “I’m feeling good going into the next round.”

Timm will face three-seed Gabriel Brisker of Wilton in the quarterfinals.

Plants had a similar result, getting a first-period fall over Durant’s Kamdyn Kraklio.

Kraklio appeared to have a takedown, but Plants was able to flip Kraklio around and get the takedown himself before finishing the pin.

“It was a little scrappy at first, but I was able to flip him,” Plants said. “Just got to keep moving and go with the flow.”

Plants will face two-seed Nathan Beitz of Maquoketa Valley in today’s quarterfinals.

Braxton’s brother, Brett, went 1-1 at 190.

Montezuma's Brett Plants grabs the leg of North Linn's Jacoby Peyton in a Class 1A 190 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)

Area wrestlers went 6-1 in their first-round matches.

Iowa Valley’s Chance Hoyt, at 150, and Nolan Kriegel, at 175, got second-period falls.

Mason Hoyt, as a higher 20 seed, added a 9-5 decision to put the Tigers at a 3-0 start.

All three were defeated by tough opponents in the second-round, sending them to today’s second-round consolations.

“Getting three wins in the first round was great to see,” Iowa Valley coach Jeremy Kriegel said. “Hopefully we can reset and make a run on the backside.”

Iowa Valley's Chance Hoyt grabs the leg of Lenox's Wylie Brokaw for a takedown in a Class 1A 150 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)
Iowa Valley's Chance Hoyt grabs the leg of Lenox's Wylie Brokaw for a takedown in a Class 1A 150-pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)

Belle Plaine’s Will Sankot won his first match at 144 over Alta/Aurelia’s Hayden Garlow by a 9-5 decision. Wade Sankot had a first-round bye at 157 but fell to 10-seed Chase England of Lenox in the second-round.

Both will be in the second-round consolations today.

BGM’s Hunter Hodina won a16-5 major decision in a 16-17 matchup at 113 pounds before facing top seed Nic Brause of Nashua-Plainfield, and losing by fall.

HLV-TC’s Cael Weisskopf lost a hard-fought first-round match at 150 by a 15-13 decision.

The field of 24 will be cut in half after Thursday, so all area wrestlers in consolations will have to win their second and third-round consolations today to advance to Friday’s matches.

HLC-TC's Cael Weisskopf grabs the head of GR/RA's Isaiah Malm in a Class 1A 150 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)
HLC-TC's Cael Weisskopf grabs the head of GR/RA's Isaiah Malm in a Class 1A 150 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)

Area results

(# denotes seed)

113 — First round: vs. #16 Hunter Hodina (BGM) major dec. #17 Tacoma Thompson (MFL MarMac), 16-5; Second round: Nic Brause (NP) pinned Hunter Hodina (BGM), 2:46

138 — First round: #6 Aidan Timm (Belle Plaine), bye; Second round: Aidan Timm (Belle Plaine) pinned #11 Joseph Hayes (EU), 1:58

144 — First round: #14 Will Sankot (Belle Plaine) dec. #19 Hayden Garlow (Alta/Aurelia), 9-5; Second round: Steve Brandenburg (LM) tech fall Will Sankot (Belle Plaine), 17-1

150 — First round: #16 Isaiah Malm (GT/RA) dec. #17 Cael Weisskopf (HLV-TC). 15-13; #14 Chance Hoyt (Iowa Valley) pinned #19 Wylie Brokaw (Lenox), 2:15; Second round: #3 Tiernan Boots (Lisbon) dec. Chance Hoyt (Iowa Valley), 12-5

157 — First round: #7 Wade Sankot (Belle Plaine), bye; Second round: #10 Chase England (Lenox) pinned Wade Sankot (Belle Plaine), 5:37

165 — First round: #20 Mason Hoyt (Iowa Valley) dec. #13 Gage Holub (Lisbon), 9-5; Second round: #4 Quinn McGeough (MFL MarMac) pinned Mason Hoyt (Iowa Valley),: 33

175 — First round: #13 Nolan Kriegel (Iowa Valley) pinned #20 Cooper Nattress (South Central Calhoun), 3:46; Second round: #4 Kanen Decker (WV) pinned Nolan Kriegel (Iowa Valley), 2:45

Iowa Valley's Nolan Kriegel, top, wrestles South Central Calhoun's Cooper Nattress in a Class 1A 175 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)
Iowa Valley's Nolan Kriegel, top, wrestles South Central Calhoun's Cooper Nattress in a Class 1A 175 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)

190 — First round: #14 Brett Plants (Montezuma) major dec. #19 Jacoby Peyton (NL), 16-5; Second round: #3 Gatlin Rogers (Wilton) pinned pinned Brett Plants (Montezuma), 1:57

215 — First round: #7 Braxton Plants (Montezuma), bye; Second round: Braxton Plants (Montezuma) pinned #10 Kamdyn Kraklio (Durant), 1:38

BGM's Hunter Hodina wrestles MFL MarMac's Tacoma Thompson in a Class 1A 113 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)
BGM's Hunter Hodina wrestles MFL MarMac's Tacoma Thompson in a Class 1A 113 pound first-round match at the IHSAA Boys' State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)
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