Mid-Prairie girls get own meet

WELLMAN - It has been a busy couple of days for wrestling at Mid-Prairie High School with Saturday being a boys tournament and Monday a combination junior varsity and girls tourney.

'It was great to see so many girls competing in our home gym,” Mid-Prairie head coach Justin Garvey said. 'The competition level was tough, to say the least.”

The school also has started a tournament in memory of Colton Allen, who died in the summer of 2019. Saturday was the second annual Colton Allen Memorial Tournament.

Last year Mid-Prairie finished second as a team and were the champions this year.

'I know this day means a lot to our upperclassmen who were friends and teammates with Colton,” Garvey said. 'This year we did not have a big commemoration like we did last year. The only thing that I did was ask Colton's twin brother, Cory, to hand out the awards at the end of the meet,”

The Golden Hawks have been a leader in getting girls on the mat. This season is the second year the Golden Hawks have had a girls wrestling team. Last year, there were five girls on the team and the number has grown to eight this year. The girls practice everyday with the boys team.

'We do our best to treat every wrestler on our team equal,” Garvey said. 'Everyone does the same sprints and other various workouts together as a team.” Several of the teams in attendance Monday had very talented girls squads, Garvey said while also pointing out that the sport is new for the females so like most girls teams, Mid-Prairie's girls are a little green to the sport.

'Half of our girls have less than one month of experience and the rest have just one season of competition,” Garvey said. 'Sarah Meader was the star of the team Monday night.”

Meader won her weight class with a pin and a decision.

'Sarah has come a long way from this time last year,” Garvey said. 'She has learned how to be aggressive on the mat and score critical points. Another thing from Monday night was Madison Kelly, who picked up her first win of the night by fall.”

Mid-Prairie finishes

Girls 113-120

Emil Harmston was fourth and has scored four team points.

Round 1 - Adison Musser (North Cedar, Stanwood) won by fall over Emil Harmston (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:18)

Round 2 - Starr Kirk (Anamosa) won by fall over Emil Harmston (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 1:37)

Round 3 - Teagan Schreiber (Clear Creek-Amana) won by fall over Emil Harmston (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:37)

Girls 119-120

Bronwyn Brenneman's place is third and scored nine team points.

Round 1 - Hannah Rogers (Wilton) won by fall over Bronwyn Brenneman (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 1:42)

Round 2 - Ashlynn Miller (North Cedar, Stanwood) won by fall over Bronwyn Brenneman (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 3:53)

Round 3 - Bronwyn Brenneman (Mid-Prairie) won by fall over Jaycee Jurgens (Clear Creek-Amana) (Fall 0:19)

Girls 120-129

Ellie Brenneman's place is fourth and has scored four team points.

Round 1 - Ava Scranton (Anamosa) won by fall over Ellie Brenneman (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 1:05)

Round 2 - Stormy Bauwens (Clear Creek-Amana) won by fall over Ellie Brenneman (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:52)

Round 3 - Maggie Wagner (Anamosa) won by fall over Ellie Brenneman (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 1:05)

Girls 126-138

Brittney Pfeifer's place is fourth and has scored four team points.

Round 1 - Ellie Fuller-Long (Durant) won by fall over Brittney Pfeifer (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:50)

Round 2 - Grace Bedford (Clear Creek-Amana) won by fall over Brittney Pfeifer (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:16)

Round 3 - Maddie Meeker (Anamosa) won by fall over Brittney Pfeifer (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:41)

Girls 131-138

Caitlyn Busch's place is fourth and has scored four team points.

Round 1 - Emily Watters (Anamosa) won by tech fall over Caitlyn Busch (Mid-Prairie) (TF 18-3)

Round 2 - Emma Mathis (Clear Creek-Amana) won by decision over Caitlyn Busch (Mid-Prairie) (Dec 10-7)

Round 3 - Mea Burkle (Wilton) won by fall over Caitlyn Busch (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 0:40)

Girls 143-156

Madison Kelly's place is second and has scored four team points.

Round 1 - Michaela Scranton (Anamosa) won by fall over Madison Kelly (Mid-Prairie) (Fall 1:11)

Round 2 - Madison Kelly (Mid-Prairie) won by fall over Lily Mosier (Clear Creek-Amana) (Fall 0:12)

Girls 160-170

Sarah Meader's place is first and has scored seven team points.

Round 2 - Sarah Meader (Mid-Prairie) won by fall over Maddy Fischer (Anamosa) (Fall 0:55)

Round 3 - Sarah Meader (Mid-Prairie) won by decision over Virginia Cacho (Muscatine) (Dec 9-5)