Williamsburg’s Gryp, Montezuma’s Plants selected area wrestlers of the year

The Iowa high school girls and boys wrestling seasons have concluded.

A total of 28 area wrestlers qualified for the two state tournaments, 22 on the boys side and six on the girls side.

Nine of those wrestlers came away with state medals ranging from runner-up to sixth place.

Williamsburg’s Cecelia Gryp and Montezuma’s Braxton Plants bodies of work, and how they finished, stood out among the rest.

Gryp and Plants have been selected as the Hometown Current area wrestlers of the year.

Gryp finished the season with a 41-12 record, the second most wins of any area girls wrestler, and finished third in the Class 1A 130-pound bracket at the state tournament in early February at Xtream Arena.

The Williamsburg junior worked through the consolations after a loss in the quarterfinals. Gryp secured a fall over Osage’s Ayden Keefe in the match for third place.

Plants amassed the most wins of any area boys wrestler with an impressive 59-2 record. The two losses came to a state champion and a state runner-up in 3A, as Plants finished third in 1A at 215 pounds last week at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines.

After a loss in the semifinals, Plants won both his consolation semifinals match and third-place match to close out a an impressive high school career.

The complete area team consists of seven girls and 14 boys (one at each weight class).

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GIRLS

•Cecelia Gryp, jr. Williamsburg — Finished with 41-12 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to quarterfinals and worked way through consolation bracket to finish third as the five seed. Williamsburg regional champion and WaMaC runner-up.

• Keston Spratt, jr., Williamsburg — Finished with 39-11 record. State qualifier in 1A at 125, advanced to the semifinals and placed fourth. Williamsburg regional champion and WaMaC champion.

• Lilly Ness, jr., Williamsburg — Finished with 35-14 record. State qualifier in 1A at 155. Williamsburg regional champion and third at WaMaC tournament.

• Raelene Hawkins, sr., Iowa Valley — Finished with 36-13 record. State qualifier in 1A at 170. Wapello regional runner-up and South Iowa Cedar League champion.

• Skyler Hoyt, jr., Iowa Valley — Finished with 42-9 record, the most wins of any area girls wrestler. Third at Wapello regional and runner-up at SICL Tournament.

• Amiah Lint, jr., BGM — Finished with 28-11 record. State qualifier in 1A at 120. Midland regional runner-up and SICL champion.

• Emily Sieren, soph., English Valleys — Finished with 26-9 record. Placed third at Wapello regional and SICL champion.

BOYS

• 106 pounds: Weston Drahos, fr.., Williamsburg — Finished with 28-16 record. State qualifier in 2A. Williamsburg district champion and finished sixth at WaMaC tournament.

• 113: Riker DeWitt, soph., Williamsburg — Finished with 48-6 record. State qualifier in 2A, advanced to the semifinals and placed fourth. Williamsburg district runner-up and WaMaC tournament runner-up.

• 120: Carter Koenig, soph., Iowa Valley — Finished with 27-10 record. Placed fourth at Sigourney district and SICL runner-up.

• 126: Wesley Ross, soph., Montezuma — Finished with 37-13 record. State qualifier in 1A. Colfax-Mingo district champion and SICL runner-up.

• 132: Hayden Albaugh, soph., Williamsburg — Finished with 43-14 record. State qualifier in 2A. Williamsburg district runner-up and WaMaC champion.

• 138: Will Sankot, sr., Belle Plaine — Finished with 37-9 record. State qualifier in 1A. Lisbon district champion and third at SICL tournament.

• 144: Aidan Timm, sr., Belle Plaine — Finished with 39-4 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to the quarterfinals and placed fourth. Lisbon district champion and SICL champion.

• 150: Chance Hoyt, jr., Iowa Valley — Finished with 48-6 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to the championship match as the six seed and finished runner-up. Sigourney district runner-up and SICL runner-up.

• 157: Cael Weisskopf, jr., HLV-TC — Finished with 47-4 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to the quarterfinals and placed sixth. Colfax-Mingo district champion and SICL champion.

• 165: Sully Thomson, fr.., BGM — Finished with 43-14 record. State qualifier in 1A. Sigourney district champion and placed third at SICL tournament.

• 175: Mason Hoyt, jr., Iowa Valley — Finished with 52-4 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to the semifinals and placed sixth. Sigourney district champion and SICL champion.

• 190: Nolan Kriegel, jr., Iowa Valley — Finished with 54-4 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to the semifinals and placed fourth. Sigourney district champion and SICL champion.

• 215: Braxton Plants, sr., Montezuma — Finished with 59-2 record. State qualifier in 1A, advanced to the semifinals and placed third. Colfax-Mingo district champion and SICL champion.

• 285: Carson Grier, sr., Williamsburg — Finished with 45-7 record. State qualifier in 2A. Williamsburg district champion and WaMaC runner-up.