It’s the third and final day of wrestling at the Iowa State Tournament inside Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Raccoon Valley Radio Sports Network has followed 13 place winners today. That contingent is led by three finalists including two who will meet each other for a State title. Juniors Cody Fisher, representing Woodward-Granger, and ADM’s Kaden Sutton, will face off at 220 lbs. in Class 2A tonight with a State Championship on the line. It’s Fisher’s third straight trip to the finals and he’s seeking title number one. Sutton was a State qualifier last year and is in his first final.
We’ll have play-by-play of the two championship matches tonight on the Raccoon Valley Radio stations and wwwraccoonvalleyradio.com.
Bryce Hatten of Winterset, also a junior, is in the 2A title match at 126 lbs. He’ll go up against Solon freshman Hayden Taylor, who knocked off 2018 State Champion and number one seed Andrew Flora in Friday night’s semifinals by a 15-0 technical fall to hand Flora his first loss of the season. Hatten was a State qualifier last season and is in the finals for the first time.
The listening area had third place finishes from a pair of Class 2A wrestlers in Andrew Flora of ADM and Perry’s Kaleb Olejniczak. Winterset’s Jack West and ADM’s Nolan Harsh finished in fourth place. Kruise Kiburz of Winterset was fifth, with Caleb Swalla of Van Meter/Earlham placing seventh, all in 2A.
In 1A. Blaine Beeler of ACGC was sixth and the Chargers’ Easton Benson was eighth. Carson Wadle of West Central Valley finished in seventh place
Luke Fistler of Dallas Center-Grimes was sixth in 3A at 160 lbs.
Complete results of Saturday’s daytime matches are below.
Consolation semifinals:
3A 160 Luke Fistler, Dallas Center-Grimes lost by fall 6:51 in tie breaker 2 vs. Hayden Friedrichsen, Urbandale
1A 120 Blaine Beeler, ACGC lost 5-0 to Trey Lashbrook, AGWSR (Ackley)
2A 126 Andrew Flora, ADM won 9-8 in overtime (tiebreaker 2)
132 Kruise Kiburz, Winterset lost 8-3 to Ryan Phillips, West Delaware
138 Kaleb Olejniczak, Perry won 12-4 major decision over Luke Radeke, Vinton-Shellsburg
145 Jack West, Winterset won by fall 4:51 over Keaton Wilson, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
182 Nolan Harsh, ADM won 7-6 over Lucas Roland, PCM (Monroe)
Placing matches:
3A 160 Fistler DC-G lost 8-6 to Preston Terry, Burlington; 6th place
1A 120 Beeler, ACGC lost by fall 1:22 to Jacob Moore, Denver; 6th place
138 Easton Benson, ACGC lost 18-3 technical fall to Lawson Losee, Riceville; 8th place
195 Carson Wadle, West Central Valley won 4-3 over Ethan Allie, Belle Plaine; 7th place.
2A 126 Flora, ADM won by fall 1:23 over Eric Kincaid, Comanche; 3rd place.
132 Kiburz, Winterset won 6-5 over Zeb Gnida, Solon; 5th place
138 Olejniczak, Perry won 12-1 major decision over Jayden Peyton, W. Delaware; 3rd place
145 West, Winterset lost 3-2 to Chase Luensman, Monticello; 4th place.
160 Caleb Swalla, Van Meter/Earlham won 5-1 over Austin Beaver, West Liberty; 7th place
182 Harsh, ADM lost by fall 2:00 to Luke Jenness, Sheldton-South O’Brien; 4th place
All three Raccoon Valley Radio stations and www.raccoonvalleyradio.com will have play-by-play tonight of the two area championship matches.