C-M girls finish sixth at Ballard dual tournament

HUXLEY — Lily Webster and Emma Cook both finished 3-0 for the night  and four other Tigerhawks won two matches to help the Colfax-Mingo girls wrestling team at the Ballard Dual tournament on Nov. 21.

The Tigerhawks defeated Winterset 48-36 after losing to Carlisle by the same score and then ended their day with a 57-24 loss to Southeast Polk in the fifth-place match.

Class 1A No. 9 Webster (9-1) won twice by fall at 100 pounds, 1A No. 7 Cook (8-0) accepted two forfeits at 235 and Devan Chadwick, Brianna Freerksen and Hadley Millang all went 2-1. Alauna Wells won both of her matches at 145.

Chadwick (6-3) won by fall at 115 against Carlisle and took a forfeit at 110 in the win over Winterset. Both of Freerksen’s wins came by fall.

Millang (7-3) scored a pair of first-period pins at 155. Her only loss came against 2A No. 2 Skylar Slade of Southeast Polk.

The Tigerhawks were 6-5 in contested matches against Carlisle. The Wildcats defeated C-M because it was given three forfeits. Webster, Chadwick, Millang, Cook, Wells and Cadence Linn (140) all won by fall.

Colfax-Mingo was 4-3 in contested matches and had a 4-3 advantage in forfeits against Winterset. Millang, Freerksen, Lillie Jones (170) and Kaydence Andersen (190) all won by fall, while Webster, Chadwick, Cook and Allison Minteer (115) each accepted forfeits.

Southeast Polk was 7-2 in contested matches against Colfax-Mingo. The Rams also had a 3-2 advantage in forfeits.

Webster and Freerksen both won their matches against Southeast Polk by fall and Wells and Cook were given forfeits.

Carlisle defeated Ames in the championship dual to win the tournament. Ankeny downed Iowa Falls-Alden in the third-place match. IF-A was the only program in the field smaller than Colfax-Mingo.