November 18, 2024

Cardinal wrestlers finish middle of the pack

By Jocelyn Sheets

Newton High junior Gage Linahon, right, seen here wrestling a ranked opponent from Norwalk earlier this season, took on a strong field of competitors in the 220-pound division of the 2019 Bettendorf Midwest Shootout over the weekend in Bettendorf. He finished second while the Cardinals took ninth in a field of 17 teams. (Jocelyn Sheets)

BETTENDORF — Taking on tough competition is what Newton High wrestling head coach Andy Swedenhjelm wants for his Cardinal team. Less than a month out of Class 3A district tournament action, the Cardinals did just that in the 2019 Bettendorf Midwest Shootout.

Wrestlers from 12 Class 3A and 2A Iowa high school teams, four Illinois team and Missouri’s Class 4A top-ranked Liberty High competed in the two-day event — Friday and Saturday — hosted by Bettendorf. The Cardinals faced ranked individual wrestlers on the mats from all three states.

Newton finished in the middle of the 17-team field. The Cardinals amassed 122.5 points for ninth.

Junior Gage Linahon was Newton’s top finisher. He pinned Iowa City West’s Landon Green, who is ranked No. 7 in 3A 195, in the quarterfinals of the 220-pound division. Linahon defeated a ranked wrestler from Plainfield East, Ill., 7-2 in the semifinal.

Linahon squared off against Davenport Assumption’s Seth Adrian, who is 35-2 and ranked No. 4 in Iowa 2A at 220, in Saturday’s championship match. Linahon scored on a takedown in the third period to tie it up 7-all but Adrian was able to escape to gain an 8-7 lead and won the match.

Linahon improved to 24-6 for the season. He pushed his three-year varsity mark to 59-17.

Liberty won the team championship with 313.5 points and Iowa’s Class 3A No. 3 Waverly-Shell Rock in second with 284 points. Bettendorf, ranked No. 7 in 3A, and 3A fourth-ranked Waukee finished third and fourth, respectively, with 220 and 195.5 points.

Iowa Class 2A seventh-ranked Assumption was fifth with 163.6 points and 3A No. 10 Johnston was sixth with 156 points. Camanche had 126 points for eighth and Oswego, Ill, was 10th with 120.5 points.

Iowa City West was 11th with 115 points followed bu Antioch, Ill, with 114, Pleasant Valley with 98 points, Urbandale with 68 points, Burlington with 55 points, Sterling, Ill, with 53 points and Davenport West.

Newton freshman Brennan Amos finished fourth in the 113-pound division. He lost by a 20-4 technical fall to 3A fourth-ranked Bailey Roybal of Waverly-Shell Rock in the semifinals.

Amos went 3-0 on Friday and won a quarterfinal match on Saturday. After losing the semifinal, Amos beat Kaleb German of Urbandale to reach the third-place match, which he lost 8-3 to Plainfield East’s Lugman Masud.

Junior Destin Schroder, who is ranked No. 5 in Class 3A at 182, finished fourth in his bracket. He was 3-0 on Friday and reached the semifinals where he dropped a 4-3 decision to 3A No. 4 Will Hoeft of Iowa City West.

Schroder posted a 12-5 decision against Pleasant Valley’s Scott Wendell to move into the third-place match. He lost to Missouri Class 4A fifth-ranked Jackson White of Liberty, 3-1.

The Cardinals’ senior Blake Cockerton was sixth at 126 pounds an sophomore Anthony Bestell took seventh at 106. Sophomore Gabe Abrams finished eighth at 285 pounds.

Jaise Gulling, Newton’s senior 195-pounder, was ninth beating Brett Pelfrey of Iowa City West 10-1 in the ninth-place match after being pinned by Pelfrey in the second round on Friday. Junior Canaan Terpstra placed 10th at 145 pounds.

Placing 13th in their divisions were junior Zane Kohlmeyer (152), senior Reece Caves (160), senior Thomas Cox (170) and junior Gabriel Hoen at 220.

Newton’s final home dual of the season is Thursday, when the Cardinals host Grinnell in Little Hawkeye Conference action. Junior varsity matches begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by the varsity dual.

The Cardinals continue to work toward the Class 3A District 6 tournament hosted by Johnston on Feb. 9.

2019 Bettendorf Midwest Shootout

106: Anthony Bestell (19-9), 7th

Rd 1 - Bestell won by dec. over Jaxon Bussa (Camanche) (Dec 7-2)

Rd 2 - Bestell pinned Jack Stotts (Urbandale) (Fall 1:42)

Rd 3 - Easton Hilton (Liberty, Mo.) pinned Bestell (Fall 3:41)

Quarterfinal - Rheiner Stahlbaum (Johnston) won by maj. decision over Bestell (MD 12-2)

Cons. Rd 1 - Grant O`Dell (Iowa City West) won by maj. decision over Bestell (MD 11-0)

7th Place Match - Bestell received a bye

113: Brennan Amos (21-9), 4th

Rd 1 - Amoswon by dec. over Kaleb German (Urbandale) (Dec 5-2)

Rd 2 - Amospinned Sidi Sharma (Pleasant Valley) (Fall 2:27)

Rd 3 - Amos pinned Nick Duong (Liberty, Mo.) (Fall 2:35)

Quarterfinal - Amos won by dec. over Logan Guerrero (Oswego, Ill.) (Dec 5-4)

Semifinal - Bailey Roybal (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by 20-4 tech fall over Amos (5:43)

Cons. Semi - Amos pinned Kaleb German (Urbandale) (Fall 3:21)

3rd Place Match - Luqman Masud (Plainfield East, Ill.) won by dec. over Amos (Dec 8-3)

126: Blake Cockerton (15-9) 6th

Rd 1 - Cockerton won by dec. over Noah Gonzalez (Assumption) (Dec 6-4)

Rd 2 - Thomas Edwards (Johnston) pinned Cockerton (Fall 4:55)

Rd 3 - Cockerton pinned Justin Boyles (Urbandale) (Fall 2:41)

Quarterfinal - Cockerton pinned Danny McPherson (Antioch, Ill.) (Fall 4:00)

Semifinal - Dylan Albrecht (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by dec. over Cockerton (Dec 7-6)

Cons. Semi - Josh Pelzer (Pleasant Valley) pinned Cockerton (Fall 3:00)

5th Place Match - Eric Kinkaid (Camanche) won by maj. dec. over Cockerton (MD 11-1)

145: Canaan Terpstra (19-11) 10th

Rd 1 - Cayden Langreck (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by maj. dec. over Terpstra (MD 9-1)

Rd 2 - Terpstra pinned Peter Erickson (Johnston) (Fall 2:26)

Rd 3 - Jackie Sistrunk (Antioch, Ill.) pinned Terpstra (Fall 4:21)

Quarterfinal - Terpstra pinned Collin Leavy (Iowa City West) (Fall 2:22)

Semifinal - Terpstra won by dec. over Spencer Daves (Urbandale) (Dec 11-5)

9th Place Match - Jermaine Sammler (Waukee) pinned Terpstra (Fall 5:57)

152: Zane Kohlmeyer (17-14) 13th

Rd 1 - Kohlmeyer pinned Tommy Mannetti (Plainfield East, Ill.) (Fall 4:35)

Rd 2 - Bryson Hervol (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by 15-0 tech fall over Kohlmeyer (2:00)

Rd 3 - Austin Swanson (Oswego, Ill.) pinned Kohlmeyer (Fall 3:03)

Quarterfinal - Evan Forker (Assumption) pinned Kohlmeyer (Fall 0:57)

Cons. Rd 1 - Kohlmeyer won by 19-2 tech fall over Kyle Miller (Antioch, Ill.) (3:39)

Cons. Semi - Mason Applegate (Iowa City West) pinned Kohlmeyer (Fall 1:11)

13th Place Match - Kohlmeyer pinned Jaiden Speer (Oswego, Ill.) (Fall 0:56)

160: Reece Caves (7-23) 13th

Rd 1 - Voyen Adamson (Bettendorf) pinned Caves (Fall 3:09)

Rd 2 - Wentric Williams III (Liberty, Mo.) pinned Caves (Fall 2:57)

Rd 3 - Tanner Spyksma (Waukee) pinned Caves (Fall 3:06)

Quarterfinal - Cole Pradel (Oswego, Ill.) pinned Caves (Fall 3:24)

Cons. Rd 1 - Caves won in sudden victory - 1 over TJ Brown (Pleasant Valley) (SV-1 7-5)

Cons. Semi - Bryce Angle (Burlington) won by dec. over Caves (Dec 17-11)

13th Place Match - Caves won by medical forfeit over Nick Simester (Sterling, Ill.) (M. For.)

170: Thomas Cox (7-15) 13th

Rd 1 - Anthony Zach (Waukee) 31-3 pinned Cox (Fall 0:44)

Rd 2 - Landon Wynn (Burlington) 22-9 pinned Cox (Fall 1:44)

Rd 3 - Logan Schimanski (Assumption) pinned Cox (Fall 3:25)

Quarterfinal - Ethan Edmondson (Sterling, Ill.) pinned Cox (Fall 4:51)

Cons. Rd 1 - Cox received a bye

Cons. Semi - Alexandros Alexiades (Oswego, Ill.) pinned Cox (Fall 1:27)

13th Place Match - Cox won by medical forfeit over Max Nielsen (Johnston) (M. For.)

182: Destin Schroder (27-4) 4th

Rd 1 - Schroderpinned Drake Bailey (Burlington) (Fall 1:02)

Rd 2 - Schroderpinned Tyler Christensen (Johnston) (Fall 3:11)

Rd 3 - Schroderpinned Logan Waltz (Camanche) 23-9 (Fall 3:40)

Quarterfinal - Schroder won by dec. over Jake Duncan (Oswego, Ill.) (Dec 3-2)

Semifinal - Will Hoeft (Iowa City West) won by dec. over Schroder (Dec 4-3)

Cons. Semi - Schroder won by dec. over Scott Wendel (Pleasant Valley) (Dec 12-5)

3rd Place Match - Jackson White (Liberty, Mo.) won by dec. over Schroder (Dec 3-1)

195: Jaise Gulling (21-7) 9th

Rd 1 - Gabe Gammell (Waukee) won by dec. over Gulling (Dec 1-0)

Rd 2 - Brett Pelfrey (Iowa City West) pinned Gulling (Fall 1:52)

Rd 3 - Kane Schmidt (Bettendorf) won by dec. over Gulling (Dec 5-2)

Quarterfinal - Gulling won by dec. over Jamar Bailey (Plainfield East, Ill.)(Dec 10-8)

Semifinal - Gulling won by dec. over Eli Karnavas (Bettendorf) (Dec 10-3)

9th Place Match - Gulling won by major decision over Brett Pelfrey (Iowa City West) (MD 10-1)

220: Gage Linahon (24-6) 2nd

Rd 1 - Linahon pinned Nash Garlow (Burlington) (Fall 1:22)

Rd 2 - Linahon pinned Tanner Rowland (Johnston) (Fall 1:47)

Rd 3 - Linahon pinned Jason Farnham Jr. (Sterling, Ill.) (Fall 5:03)

Quarterfinal - Linahon pinned Landon Green (Iowa City West) (Fall 3:11)

Semifinal - Linahonwon by dec. over Kyle Easley (Plainfield East, Ill.) (Dec 7-2)

1st Place Match - Seth Adrian (Assumption) won by dec. over Linahon (Dec 8-7)

220: Gabriel Hoen (11-15) 13th

Rd 1 - Cael Thorson (Waukee) won by dec. over Hoen (Dec 7-1)

Rd 2 - Landon Green (Iowa City West) won by 19-4 tech fall over Hoen (3:48)

Rd 3 - Zeke Baer-Deffebaugh (Johnston) won by dec. over Hoen (Dec 5-2)

Quarterfinal - Hoen pinned Tanner Rowland (Johnston) (Fall 3:34)

Semifinal - Callum Trester (Liberty, Mo.) won by dec. over Hoen (Dec 8-1)

Cons. Semi - Max O`Brien (Pleasant Valley) pinned Hoen (Fall 1:58)

13th Place Match - Hoen pinned Max Ness (Antioch, Ill.) (Fall 0:36)

285: Gabe Abrams (14-8) 8th

Rd 1 - Abrams pinned Nick Biesemeyer (Liberty, Mo.) (Fall 1:30)

Rd 2 - Abrams pinned Jerry Kelly (Iowa City West) (Fall 0:56)

Rd 3 - Evan Kilstrom (Pleasant Valley) pinned Abrams (Fall 0:57)

Quarterfinal - Xavier Sanchez (Antioch, Ill.) pinned Abrams (Fall 2:16)

Cons. Rd 1 - Connor Arndt (Waukee) pinned Gabe Abrams (Fall 4:45)

7th Place Match - Maverick White (Davenport West) won by dec. over Abrams (Dec 11-6)

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at
641-792-3121 ext. 6535
or jsheets@newtondailynews.com