Comet wrestlers fall to No. 10-ranked Go-Hawks, 65-12

By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com

CHARLES CITY — The Charles City wrestling team held its home-opener on Thursday.

But while hosting Northeast Iowa Conference foe Waverly-Shell Rock, the Comets had the door open for an inevitable Go-Hawks dual victory as they spotted them four open weight class forfeits.

Ranked No. 10 in Class 3A by The Predicament wrestling website and having four state-qualifiers back from last season, the Go-Hawks would have been tough to beat anyway, and they showed that by winning the first three varsity matches of the evening by fall.

It wasn’t until Comet 220-pound senior Josh Halligan pinned Darin Whiteside a half of minute into their bout where the home crowd got the lift they were waiting for.

Though the Go-Hawks would go on to win, 65-12, Charles City finished the meet on a positive note with the best match of the night — the 160-pound battle between WSR junior Jacob Herrmann and Charles City’s lone returning state qualifier Dylan Koresh.

Herrmann opened the scoring with a takedown before a reversal by Koresh tied the match at 2 going into the second period. Koresh then went up 4-2 with a takedown before Herrmann escaped to pull within 1.

The matched remained close in the third period with both wrestlers in the standing position and Koresh nursing a 6-5 lead. Koresh recorded his third takedown of the match with 30 remaining in regulation and managed to ride Herrmann out for a 8-5 decision.

Charles City sophomore Bronson Forsyth decisioned Brady Benning 4-1 in their 113-pound match.

Most of the Go-Hawks’ victories came way of fall.

Junior Dylan Albrecht, who placed sixth last year at state, stopped Comet freshman Alec Staudt 3:17 into their 120-pound match.

Dalton Woodyard, another returning WSR state qualifier, pinned Comet sophomore Elliott Sinnwell 1:15 into their 152-pound match.

Go-Hawk 170-pounder Gavin Wedemeier started the varsity meet by pinning Ciana Sonberg in 5:39.

Other WSR fall victories included Andrew Snyder over Tylor Zuspan (HWT. 2:23), Brayden Wolf over Sam Niichel (195 3:37), and Bryson Hervol over Jack Sindlinger (182 3:31).

One of those “It ain’t over until it’s over” parables nearly played out in the 145-pound bout that pitted Go-Hawk Dalton Rinnels against Comet freshman Roush Jaeger.

With the score tied at 2 after the first period, Rinnels began to take control while compiling back points for a 12-2 lead after two.

But in the third period with Rinnels starting in the down position, Jaeger was able to turn his shoulders for a near-fall … which you can say is always a near-victory.

Rinnels was able to recover and eventually earned a 19-4 technical fall win.

WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK 65,

CHARLES CITY 12

106: Ethyn Chestnut (WVSR) over   (CHCI) (For.) 113: Bronson Forsyth (CHCI) over Brady Benning (WVSR) (Dec 4-1) 120: Dylan  Albrecht (WVSR) over Alec Staudt (CHCI) (Fall 3:17) 126: Evan Yant (WVSR) over   (CHCI) (For.) 132: Ian Heise (WVSR) over   (CHCI) (For.) 138: Andrew Schwab (WVSR) over   (CHCI) (For.) 145: Dalton Rinnels (WVSR) over Roush Jaeger (CHCI) (TF 19-4 5:28) 152: Dalton Woodyard (WVSR) over Elliott Sinnwell (CHCI) (Fall 1:15) 160: Dylan Koresh (CHCI) over Jacob Herrmann (WVSR) (Dec 8-5) 170: Gavin Wedemeier (WVSR) over Ciana Sonberg (CHCI) (Fall 5:39) 182: Bryson Hervol (WVSR) over Jack Sindlinger (CHCI) (Fall 3:31) 195: Brayden Wolf (WVSR) over Sam Niichel (CHCI) (Fall 3:27) 220: Josh Halligan (CHCI) over darin whiteside (WVSR) (Fall 0:30) 285: Andrew Snyder (WVSR) over Tylor Zuspan (CHCI) (Fall 2:33)

WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK 12,

CHARLES CITY 9 (JV)

145: branden cox (WVSR) over Cade Williams (CHCI) (Fall 0:45) 145: logan buseman (WVSR) over Ryan Hallett (CHCI) (Fall 1:54) 145: Caden Collins (CHCI) over jack kramer (WVSR) (Dec 8-3) 195: William Wilson (CHCI) over jaden johnson (WVSR) (Fall 4:14)