Comets take 3rd at Girls State Wrestling Meet

By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com

OSAGE — If anyone earned a weekend night out on the town to celebrate, it was the Charles City girl wrestlers.

They had just taken third place out of a field of 50 teams at the inaugural 2019 Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Interscholastic Girls State Meet, Saturday at Waverly-Shell Rock.

But if Saturday morning and afternoon are alright for fighting, there’s no reason that it shouldn’t spill into the evening.

Before the annual Saturday night dual meet between the Comets and the hosting Osage Green Devils, participants from Charles City’s state team engaged in a series of exhibition matches and went on the prove that their high placing wasn’t a fluke.

One-hundred-and-six-pounder Marissa Bengston; 126-pounders Marley Hagarty, Emma Perez and Toni Maloy; 132-pounder Emma Grimm and 152-pounder Allie Cross all recorded fall victories — Grimm had two pins — against Osage’s girls team, which placed fifth at the meet.

All the aforementioned Comet wrestlers, as well as 195-pounder Sydney Peterson, placed and/or scored points for the Comets, who compiled 73 team points.

The hosting Go-Hawks, who boasted the 132-pound champion with Annika Behrends, placed first with 144 points. Colfax-Mingo placed second, 5 points ahead of the Comets.

Nashua-Plainfield, which placed 12th, was led by 152-pound state champion Toyia Griffin.

The subsequent Comets-at-Green Devils boys dual was — as usual — highly competitive and entertaining with a bevy of close matches illuminated by an overhead flood-light main event boxing style.

With Charles City giving away the 138-pound bout to forfeit, Osage won the dual, 39-26, while improving its dual record to 12-1.

In the first match of the varsity dual, heavyweights Chase Crooks (freshman, Charles City) and Conner Smith (junior, Osage) set the tone as a second-period escape by Crooks proved to be the difference in a 1-0 decision final.

Later, Charles City two-time state qualifier senior Dylan Koresh edged sophomore Spencer Mooberry — who is ranked No. 5 among Class 2A 170-pounders by IAwrestle — 4-3.

Other close victories for the Comets included sophomore Bronson Forsyth’s 6-5 win over Ryan Adams in the 132-pound match; Carter Proffitt’s 5-4 decision over Colin Muller in the 152-pound match; and Roush Jaeger’s 5-3 win over Noah O’Malley after scoring a match-winning takedown with 8 seconds remaining in their 145-pound bout.

Charles City had a couple of bonus-point victories. Returning state podium-placer Jack Sindlinger pinned Keaton Muller 2:22 into their 195-pound match, and in the 182-pound match before, Caden Collins earned a 17-0 technical fall win over Owen Mullen after being awarded a 3-point nearfall at the end of the second period.

2019 IWCOA Girls State Meet

Jan. 19

AT WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK

Team Placings

Team Pts.

1. Waverly-Shell Rock 144.0

2. Colfax-Mingo 78.0

3. Charles City 73.0

4. Waukon 64.0

5. Osage 59.0

6. Denver 46.0

7. LeMars 39.0

8. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 31.0

9. Davenport Central 30.0

9. Pleasantville 30.0

11. AGWSR 26.0

12. Nashua-Plainfield 25.5

13. Logan-Magnolia 23.0

14. Bettendorf 22.0

14. Davenport North 22.0

14. Iowa Valley 22.0

14. Missouri Valley 22.0

18. Central City 17.0

18. North Cedar 17.0

20. Riverside, Oakland 16.0

21. Boone 15.0

21. Starmont 15.0

21. Union 15.0

24. Hinton 13.0

25. Mid-Prairie 12.0

26. Waukee 11.0

27. Waterloo, West 9.0

28. West Liberty 7.0

29. Kingsley-Pierson 5.0

29. NH/TV 5.0

31. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 3.0

Cedar Falls, Chariton, Clarke, Clayton Ridge, Council Bluff-Abraham Lincoln, Des Moines-Roosevelt, Dubuque Hempstead, English Valleys-Tri-County, Iowa City-Liberty, Mount Pleasant, Pekin, Pleasant Valley, Ridge View, Sioux Central, Sioux City East, South Tama County, Valley-West Des Moines, Van Buren, Wilton and Woodbine all tied for 32nd with 0.0 points

Results for Charles City

106

Marissa Bengston (9-8) scored 6.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Sayde Mull (Pleasantville) 8-7 won by fall over Marissa Bengston (Charles City) 9-8 (Fall 1:53)

Cons. Round 1 – Marissa Bengston (Charles City) 9-8 won by fall over Grace Beck (Denver) 0-4 (Fall 1:00)

Cons. Round 2 – Marissa Bengston (Charles City) 9-8 won by fall over Alexis Partida (West Liberty) 1-3 (Fall 3:45)

Cons. Semi – Karley Havener (Hinton) 5-3 won by fall over Marissa Bengston (Charles City) 9-8 (Fall 1:24)

126

Marley Hagarty (12-2) placed 3rd and scored 15.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Marley Hagarty (Charles City) 12-2 won by fall over Ali Anderson (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 1-4 (Fall 0:30)

Quarterfinal – Marley Hagarty (Charles City) 12-2 won by decision over Sophie Adams (NH/TV) 9-5 (Dec 6-1)

Semifinal – Regan Griffith (Waukon) 3-1 won by fall over Marley Hagarty (Charles City) 12-2 (Fall 2:38)

3rd Place Match – Marley Hagarty (Charles City) 12-2 won in sudden victory – 1 over Toni Maloy (Charles City) 9-5 (SV-1 3-1)

126

Emma Perez (10-12)
scored 3.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Mariah Webster (Colfax-Mingo) 7-3 won by fall over Emma Perez (Charles City) 10-12 (Fall 5:26)

Cons. Round 1 – Emma Perez (Charles City) 10-12 won by fall over Olivia Decker (Denver) 0-6 (Fall 2:48)

Cons. Round 2 – Sophie Adams (NH/TV) 9-5 won by decision over Emma Perez (Charles City) 10-12 (Dec 11-10)

126

Toni Maloy (9-5) placed 4th
and scored 14.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Toni Maloy (Charles City) 9-5 won by fall over Sadie Clayton (Osage) 0-2 (Fall 1:32)

Quarterfinal – Toni Maloy (Charles City) 9-5 won by major decision over Gabby Guenther (Cedar Rapids Jefferson) 4-5 (MD 11-2)

Semifinal – Sydney Park (Davenport Central) 6-1 won by fall over Toni Maloy (Charles City) 9-5 (Fall 1:24)

3rd Place Match – Marley Hagarty (Charles City) 12-2 won in sudden victory – 1 over Toni Maloy (Charles City) 9-5 (SV-1 3-1)

132

Emma Grimm (13-5) placed 6th and scored 13.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Emma Grimm (Charles City) 13-5 won by fall over Lauren Voaklander (Osage) 0-2 (Fall 1:28)

Quarterfinal – Evah Owens (Central City) 15-24 won by fall over Emma Grimm (Charles City) 13-5 (Fall 3:09)

Cons. Round 2 – Emma Grimm (Charles City) 13-5 won by fall over Maegan Krebsbach (Osage) 0-2 (Fall 1:07)

Cons. Semi – Emma Grimm (Charles City) 13-5 won by fall over Grace Golly (Waverly-Shell Rock) 0-6 (Fall 1:03)

5th Place Match – Rylee Vercande (Mid-Prairie) 6-2 won by major decision over Emma Grimm (Charles City) 13-5 (MD 14-3)

152

Allie Cross (12-6) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Allie Cross (Charles City) 12-6 won by fall over Bella Laures (Denver) 0-4 (Fall 0:57)

Semifinal – Hedda Kveum (Waverly-Shell Rock) 8-2 won by fall over Allie Cross (Charles City) 12-6 (Fall 5:51)

3rd Place Match – Haley Eckerman (Waverly-Shell Rock) 5-1 won by decision over Allie Cross (Charles City) 12-6 (Dec 10-6)

195

Sydney Peterson (1-3) placed 3rd and scored 11.0 team points.

Semifinal – Millie Peach (Iowa Valley) 3-0 won by fall over Sydney Peterson (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 0:27)

3rd Place Match – Sydney Peterson (Charles City) 1-3 won by fall over Claire Ohlrichs (LeMars) 0-4 (Fall 1:53)

OSAGE 39, CHARLES CITY 26

106: Spencer Adams (OSAG) over Jacob Vais (CHCI) (Fall 1:03) 113: Joe Jacobs (OSAG) over Justin Shelton (CHCI) (Fall 1:26) 120: Joe Sullivan (OSAG) over Jacob Sindlinger (CHCI) (Fall 1:37) 126: Averee Abben (OSAG) over Alec Staudt (CHCI) (Fall 1:31) 132: Bronson Forsyth (CHCI) over Ryan Adams (OSAG) (Dec 6-5) 138: Brody Roll (OSAG) over   (CHCI) (For.) 145: Roush Jaeger (CHCI) over Noah O`Malley (OSAG) (Dec 5-3) 152: Carter Proffitt (CHCI) over Colin Muller (OSAG) (Dec 5-4) 160: Zach Williams (OSAG) over Elliott Sinnwell (CHCI) (Fall 3:32) 170: Dylan Koresh (CHCI) over Spencer Mooberry (OSAG) (Dec 4-3) 182: Caden Collins (CHCI) over Owen Muller (OSAG) (TF 17-0 4:00) 195: Jack Sindlinger (CHCI) over Keaton Muller (OSAG) (Fall 2:22) 220: Jett Nehls (OSAG) over Ryan Zuspan (CHCI) (Dec 15-11) 285: Chase Crooks (CHCI) over Conner Smith (OSAG) (Dec 1-0)