The Perry Bluejay wrestling team placed 13th out of 17 teams Saturday at the Jack Mendenhall Invite in Ames. Below are the individual summaries.
TeamSeason TeamAbbr CountPoints
1. Prairie Cedar Rapids, IA Prairie, Cedar Rapids, IA (GET)CRP17206.02. Valley, West Des Moines, IA Valley , West Des Moines, IA (GET)Val14199.53. Clarion Goldfield, IA Clarion-Goldfield, IA (GET)C-GF13163.54. Waverly Shell Rock, IA Waverly-Shell Rock, IA (GET)WSR11150.55. Ballard, IA Ballard, IA (GET)Bal14136.56. Ames, IA Ames, IA (GET)Ames15134.07. Dowling, IA Dowling Catholic, IA (GET)Dow14112.08. Indianola, IA Indianola, IA (GET)Ind12105.09. Seargent Bluff Lutton, IA Sergeant Bluff-Luton, IA (GET)SBL10102.010. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, IA Cedar Rapids Kennedy, IA (GET)CRK1088.011. OABCIG, IA OA-BCIG, IA (GET)OA1279.012. Applington Parkersburg, IA Aplington-Parkersburg, IA (GET)AP1270.513. Perry, IA Perry, IA (GET)Per843.514. Carroll, IA Carroll, IA (GET)Car1134.015. Boone, IA Boone, IA (GET)Boo1033.516. Council Bluffs St. Albert, IA St. Albert, IA (GET)CBSA811.017. Nevada, IA Nevada, IA (GET)Nev58.0
Mendenhall Invitational Results for Perry
106 – Zach Thompson (23-8) placed 5th and scored 14.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Zach Thompson (Perry) 23-8 won by fall over Lucus Holloway (Ames) 2-15 (Fall 3:35)
Quarterfinal – Zach Thompson (Perry) 23-8 won by major decision over Kurtis Krager (OABCIG) 16-8 (MD 13-5)
Semifinal – Justin Portillo (Clarion Goldfield) 23-1 won by fall over Zach Thompson (Perry) 23-8 (Fall 1:31)
Cons. Round 3 – Sergio Orozco (Dowling) 13-11 won by decision over Zach Thompson (Perry) 23-8 (Dec 8-2)
5th Place Match – Zach Thompson (Perry) 23-8 won by fall over Kurtis Krager (OABCIG) 16-8 (Fall 0:25)
120 – Kade VanKirk (22-9) placed 6th and scored 9.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kade VanKirk (Perry) 22-9 won by tech fall over Andy McDaniel (Carroll) 0-2 (TF-1.5 0:00 (15-0))
Quarterfinal – Nolan Hromidko (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 11-4 won by decision over Kade VanKirk (Perry) 22-9 (Dec 10-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Kade VanKirk (Perry) 22-9 won by fall over Dylan Kleinschmidt (Prairie Cedar Rapids) 16-11 (Fall 3:56)
Cons. Round 3 – Grant Stotts (Valley, West Des Moines) 17-4 won by decision over Kade VanKirk (Perry) 22-9 (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match – Jake Waters (Dowling) 17-10 won by decision over Kade VanKirk (Perry) 22-9 (Dec 2-0)
126 – Gisaveri Niyibizi (17-8) placed 6th and scored 8.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Gisaveri Niyibizi (Perry) 17-8 won by fall over Lucas Lienemann (Clarion Goldfield) 13-13 (Fall 2:58)
Quarterfinal – Logan Johnson (Applington Parkersburg) 12-6 won by decision over Gisaveri Niyibizi (Perry) 17-8 (Dec 11-10)
Cons. Round 2 – Gisaveri Niyibizi (Perry) 17-8 won by decision over Dylan Feauto (Carroll) 10-5 (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Joel Shapiro (Valley, West Des Moines) 19-4 won by decision over Gisaveri Niyibizi (Perry) 17-8 (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match – Logan Johnson (Applington Parkersburg) 12-6 won by fall over Gisaveri Niyibizi (Perry) 17-8 (Fall 4:36)
132 – Ivan Garcia (12-12) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Tanner Abbas (Clarion Goldfield) 22-7 won by fall over Ivan Garcia (Perry) 12-12 (Fall 5:19)
Cons. Round 1 – Ivan Garcia (Perry) 12-12 won by decision over Cain Blenderman (Seargent Bluff Lutton) 20-14 (Dec 11-8)
Cons. Round 2 – James Dirkx (Carroll) 17-7 won by decision over Ivan Garcia (Perry) 12-12 (Dec 3-2)
138 – Troy Janke (6-12) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Joel Haberman (Clarion Goldfield) 20-7 won by tech fall over Troy Janke (Perry) 6-12 (TF-1.5 5:12 (23-5))
Cons. Round 1 – Troy Janke (Perry) 6-12 won by decision over Logan Hovenga (Applington Parkersburg) 10-11 (Dec 11-6)
Cons. Round 2 – Evan Dreessen (Carroll) 5-4 won by decision over Troy Janke (Perry) 6-12 (Dec 6-5)
145 – Jacob Thompson (12-9) placed 6th and scored 8.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jacob Thompson (Perry) 12-9 won by decision over Rachel Watters (Ballard) 10-16 (Dec 1-0)
Quarterfinal – Jack Koethe (Valley, West Des Moines) 16-5 won by fall over Jacob Thompson (Perry) 12-9 (Fall 0:41)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob Thompson (Perry) 12-9 won by fall over Kent Krager (OABCIG) 16-9 (Fall 1:06)
Cons. Round 3 – zack wagenhoffer (Waverly Shell Rock) 24-9 won by decision over Jacob Thompson (Perry) 12-9 (Dec 6-2)
5th Place Match – Brycen Carney (Ames) 4-3 won by fall over Jacob Thompson (Perry) 12-9 (Fall 1:18)
160 – Austin Hay (10-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kyle Benson (Seargent Bluff Lutton) 24-9 won by fall over Austin Hay (Perry) 10-12 (Fall 1:12)
Cons. Round 1 – Angel Peralta (Prairie Cedar Rapids) 6-7 won by fall over Austin Hay (Perry) 10-12 (Fall 5:16)
195 – Augusto Jata (7-8) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Zach Pogge (Clarion Goldfield) 8-13 won by decision over Augusto Jata (Perry) 7-8 (Dec 8-7)
Cons. Round 1 – Augusto Jata (Perry) 7-8 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Augusto Jata (Perry) 7-8 won by decision over Jacob Rains (Ames) 0-5 (Dec 7-6)
Cons. Round 3 – William Hayes (Ames) 6-4 won by fall over Augusto Jata (Perry) 7-8 (Fall 3:15)

