Mid-Prairie captures title

Area wrestling Saturday was highlighted by Mid-Prairie's Colton Allen Memorial Tournament.

MID-PRAIRIE TAKES TITLE

WELLMAN - A two-hour delayed start did not affect the Golden Hawks. Mid-Prairie won the team title as the hosts of the Colton Allen Memorial Tournament Saturday. Last year was the initial memorial tourney.

Josh Wallington (12-1) at 220 pounds and Cael Garvey (7-2) at 195 were the Golden Hawks champions. Wallington just needed two wins for the title and got them in less than a minute each at 0:47 and 0:50. Garvey won by fall in 1:32, in 2:39, in 0:22 and in 0:24.

At 285, Gannon Callahan (7-2) was second with a win by fall in 1:56, a loss in 3:02, a win in 0:52, a win in 0:43, and a win in 0:58. At 113, Mose Yoder (12-3) finished second after winning a 6-4 decision, getting two pins, both in: 36, won by medical forfeit, but lost 11-4 to Jack Stevens (6-0) of Clear Creek-Amana. At 170, Kaden Meader (5-5) was second with two pins (2:22 and 1:12) but lost by fall in 0:32. At 182, Ben Meader (12-3) was second with a 1:40 fall, 0:57 fall and a 15-2 major decision, but lost 10-5.

TEAM SCORES - 1. Mid-Prairie 104, 2. Alburnett 103.5, 3. Clear Creek-Amana 94, 4. Benton Community 93.5, 5. Iowa Valley 71.5, 6. Mediapolis 56

Tigers win 4, Huskies 8th at North Cedar

STANWOOD - Both New London and Highland took part in a tournament at North Cedar. The Tigers won four weight classes to finish third as a team, and Highland finished in eighth.

New London's Marcel Lopez dominated his two matches at 126 with a 23-8 technical fall in the final. Dominic Lopez was the champ at 145. Josh Glendening won at 152. Currey Jacobs had two pins in two matches to win at 195.

Highland had two wrestlers take second with Easton Schlabaugh at 106 and Bryce Thompson at 120.

Highland was back on the mat for just the second time this season after only six practices due to virtual learning. It wrestled two duals Thursday and then the Saturday tourney.

'I thought we wrestled well Thursday,” Highland head coach Derick Ball said. 'We attacked and you could see individuals using technique that we worked on in practice.”

Some wrestlers were struggling with getting to the weight they want to compete at and with conditioning.

'Saturday we looked like a team that didn't have much practice,” Ball said. 'It was a frustrating day. We preach being ready in February. We have a lot of work to do.”

TEAM SCORES - 1. Solon 195, 2. Wilton 186, 3. New London 168.5, 4. North Linn 146.5, 5. Belle Plaine 101, 6. Durant 70.5, 7. North Cedar 63, 8. Highland 54.5, 9. Central City 34, 10. Montezuma 20

SK hosts round robin

SIGOURNEY - Sigourney-Keota hosted the round-Robin Invitational Saturday

At 160, Jack Clarahan was a three-time victor with a major decision and two pins and lost a decision. At 120 pounds DJ Hammes went 2-3 with two pins. At 138 Talan Zickefoose went 2-3 on the day. Jacob Moore was 1-4 at 145. At 182 Aidan Schuster went 2-2 with two pins. At 220, Cade Streigle went 1-2, winning with a pin.

Pekin travels for meet

OAKLAND - The Panthers put in a lengthy trip west to compete at the Riverside Invitational, where Pekin finished 10th with 64 points among 17 teams. Logan-Magnolia won the meet with 223 points.

The Panthers highest finisher was Mason Juhl wrestling at 182. Juhl (9-1) was second after getting two pins in 1:31 and 5:08. He lost for the first time this season, dropping a 4-2 decision. At 152, Cael Baker (8-1) took third with two pins (1:23 and 1:04), a loss (Dec. 5-3) and a win (Dec. 13-6). Michael Jones (11-2) was fourth at 138.