C-M girls finish seventh, Newton 15th at loaded Ogden tournament

OGDEN — The Ogden Girls Wrestling Tournament is easily one of the toughest tournaments that Newton and Colfax-Mingo will compete in this season.

With 44 ranked wrestlers in the field, Colfax-Mingo’s nine wrestlers placed seventh and Newton’s eight grapplers were 15th in the 27-team field on Saturday.

There were no individual champions from the area, but Colfax-Mingo’s Devan Chadwick and Emma Cook were second at their weights, while Newton’s Kylee Adams and Colfax-Mingo’s Lily Webster and Emmalyn Buchman placed third.

All five area grapplers faced at least one ranked wrestler along the way though.

Class 1A No. 2 Osage won the tournament with 231.5 points. Class 2A No. 3 Ankeny was the runner-up with 209.5. The rest of the top five featured 2A No. 7 South Tama County (167), 2A No. 9 Spencer (144) and Algona (139). Every team in the top five entered at least 10 wrestlers in the tournament.

The next five finishing teams were Ridge View (128.5), Colfax-Mingo (103), Dallas Center-Grimes (99), Perry (87) and Nevada (68).

Colfax-Mingo’s Cook and Webster may have had the toughest brackets.

Class 1A No. 6 Cook (28-4) was the runner-up at 235 pounds after a 2-1 day. She defeated 1A No. 4 Brooklyn Robinson of Humboldt by fall and downed Manson-NW Webster’s Ellisa Anderson 1-0.

Cook’s only loss came to 2A No. 2 Mackenzie Arends of Nevada and the 235 bracket featured five ranked grapplers.

The 100-pound bracket included six ranked wrestlers. Class 1A No. 5 Webster (29-3) was 3-1 for the day. She lost 9-0 to 1A No. 2 Ainsley Hemann of Osage in the semifinals. But defeated 1A No. 12 Harper Peterson of Perry in the third-place match. Webster posted one pin, one technical fall and one major decision on her way to third.

Chadwick (29-8) placed second at 110 after a 3-1 day. She lost to 1A No. 1 Gable Hemann of Osage in the finals but defeated 1A No. 12 Amelie Canales of Perry by fall in the semifinals. Chadwick’s day featured two pins and one technical fall.

Class 2A No. 2 Adams (19-2) was 4-1 and finished third at 105. Her day featured a win by pin and two major decisions.

The 105 bracket featured four ranked wrestlers. Adams lost in the semifinals to 2A No. 5 Lauren Watson of Ankeny but defeated 2A No. 3 Poppy Malone of Boone, 16-8.

C-M’s Buchman and Newton’s Ashlyn Van Manen were in the same bracket and faced each other in the quarterfinals at 190 and then again in the third-place match.

Class 2A No. 10 Van Manen (17-8) pinned Buchman in the third period of the quarterfinals, but Buchman (11-4) avenged that loss with a second-period pin in the third-place match.

Buchman was 5-1 with four pins for the day, while Van Manen was 2-2. Van Manen’s other loss came to 2A No. 1 Hailey Beaudet of DCG. She also defeated 2A No. 3 Cadence Heggen of Boone.

The next best finish came from C-M’s Hadley Millang, who was seventh at 145. Millang (30-10) was 2-2 for the day with two first-period pins.

Newton’s Stella Cupples (20-7) was 1-2 at 115 and one of her losses came against 1A No. 8 Lauren Stohr of Algona.

Newton’s Julianna Maldonado-Hidalgo (12-8) was 2-2 with two first-period pins at 120.

Colfax-Mingo’s Karmylia Snyder and Newton’s Alivia Conley were 1-2 at 125 and C-M’s Brianna Freerksen (18-15) was 1-2 at 130.

Newton’s Johana Cerna (13-8) and C-M’s Jozlyn Wells (15-7) both were 1-2 at 135. Wells’ win came against Cerna in the opening round.

Tigerhawks down Marshalltown, Johnston in road triangular

JOHNSTON — A dominating night on the mat led to a pair of dual wins for the Tigerhawks on Thursday.

Colfax-Mingo went 15-1 in contested matches and held a 6-1 advantage in forfeits against host Johnston during a 63-18 win over Marshalltown and a 57-12 victory over the Dragons.

The Tigerhawks were 11-0 with nine pins in contested matches against Marshalltown. Freerksen (130), Wells (135), Lily Brenner (140), Millang (145), Lillie Jones (155), Emma Beyer (170), Buchman (190), Cook (235) and Chadwick (110) all won by fall, while Webster scored a 20-1 technical fall win at 100 and Snyder won 16-6 at 120.

All 18 of Marshalltown’s points came on three forfeits. Freerksen, Wells, Brenner, Millang, Buchman and Cook took forfeits against Johnston.

The Tigerhawks were 4-1 in contested matches against the Dragons with Jones, Webster and Snyder all winning by fall. Chadwick also won her match 8-6.

Jones was 2-0 with two pins for the night, while Freerksen, Wells, Brenner, Millang, Buchman, Cook, Webster, Chadwick and Snyder also finished 2-0. It was the first varsity wins for Snyder.