Perry, Greene County, and Woodward-Granger all have qualified wrestlers for the Feb. 18-20 state meet at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines from the Webster City district on Saturday.
The most stunning development of the afternoon involved Greene County sophomore Kane Borgeson at 113 lbs. He was injured in the third period of the second place wrestle back match due to an illegal hold from number one rated Drake Doolittle of Webster City. Borgeson trailed 15-2 with 1:28 remaining in the third period when what’s referred to as a slam injured the Ram and he was unable to continue; thus the victory by injury disqualification and a second place finish in the district as well as state meet qualification. Borgeson was taken to a medical facility on a stretcher.
Perry had three district champions and two second place finishers, while Greene County had one of each, and W-G had a pair of runners-up. Qualifying for the Blue Jays were champions Kaleb Olejniczak (106), Gisaveri Niyibizi (126), and Kade Van Kirk (132). Zach Thompson (120) and Eli Saemisch (170) were Perry’s second place finishers. Race Brant (152) and Tanner Vermass (182) were both second from W-G. Tommy Bradshaw (152) was Greene County’s champion and Borgeson (113) was second.
There are four wrestlers in each weight class with the first and second place finishers advancing to the Feb. 18-20 state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Raccoon Valley Radio will have play-by-play of the state tournament matches involving area wrestlers in 1A and 2A all three days.
Individual match results from Feb. 13 involving wrestlers from Perry, Greene County, and Woodward-Granger.
106 Kaleb Olejniczak, Perry won by 18-3 technical fall over Cameron Peterson, Alg.; won 11-5 over Connor Johnson, CGD; first place.
113 Kane Borgeson, Gr. Co. lost by fall 1:25 to Justin Portillo, CGD; won 6-4 overtime over Ty Turner, W-G; won by injury disqualification over Drew Doolittle, WC. Illegal hold (slam) by Doolittle with 1:28 remaining in the third period. Was trailing 15-2 at the time. Second place.
113 Ty Turner, W-G lost by fall 5:51 to Drake Doolittle, WC; lost 6-4 overtime to Kane Borgeson, Gr. Co.; fourth place.
120 Zach Thompson, Per. won 13-5 major decision over Carson Hartnett, WC; forfeited to Josh Portillo, CGD; won 10-6 over Sinjin Briggs, Gil.; second place.
126 Gisaveri Niyibizi, Per. won 10-4 over Lucas Lienemann, CGD; won 2-1 over Cole Nokes, WC; first place.
132 Kade VanKirk, Per. won 9-1 major decision over Calen Rosenbaum, CGD; 4-0 over Joey Busse, Hum.; first place.
138 Zach Stewart, Per. lost technical fall 22-7 to Tanner Abbas, CGD; lost 6-2 to Gage Sadler, WC; fourth place.
145 Jacob Thompson, Per. lost 15-4 major decision to Brady Brott, CGD; won by fall 3:06 over Zak Hulsing, Kue.; will wrestle later for second place vs. Pierce Gelhaus, FC.
152 Tommy Bradshaw, Gr. Co. won 8-0 major decision over Zane Williams, WC; won 6-3 over Race Brant, W-G; first place.
152 Race Brant, W-G won 4-3 double overtime over Dakota Hennigar, CGD; lost 6-3 to Tommy Bradshaw, Gr. Co.; won by fall 2:00 over Zane Williams, WC; second place.
160 Isaiah Yoder, Gr. Co. lost by fall :46 to Ryan Ferrari, WC; lost 12-7 to Josh Strohman, Alg.; fourth place.
170 Eli Saemisch, Per. won 12-6 over Mason Carpenter, CGD; lost by fall 1:19 to Conner Shaw, GHV; no wrestle back; second place.
182 Adan Medina, Per. lost by fall 1:11 to Cade Baker, GHV; lost by fall 4:49 to Nate Kollmorgan, Hum.; fourth place.
182 Tanner Vermaas, W-G 8-2 over Nate Kollmorgan, Hum.; lost 5-3 overtime to Cade Baker, GHV; no wrestle back; second place.
Championship match winners advance to the state tournament as district champions while losers of the championship match will advance as runners-up if the consolation winner is someone they defeated in the opening round. If those two did not meet in the first round, then a second place wrestle back match will be held to determine the district second place finisher.