L-S places eighth, Baxter 11th at North Mahaska Invitational

NEW SHARON — Kimball Elliott and Matthew Mintle both won three times, Jett Kramer won twice and joined Mintle as the runner-up of his weight class and the short-handed Lynnville-Sully wrestling team placed eighth at the North Mahaska Invitational on Saturday.

Baxter also participated in the weekend tournament, and its four wrestlers scored 33.5 points in 11th of the 12-team field.

Solon won the tournament with 245.5 points and Class 2A No. 5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont was the runner-up with 222 points. The rest of the top five included host North Mahaska (160.5), Oskaloosa (149) and Grinnell (127).

Kramer and Mintle led the Hawks with runner-up finishes at 113 and 132 pounds, respectively. Elliott lost for the first time this season and placed third at 126.

Mintle (19-2) was 3-1 with two pins and one technical fall at 132, Kramer (17-3) was 2-1 with one pin and one technical fall at 113 and Elliott (12-1) won three times by pin at 126.

The rest of the Hawks’ lineup featured Burt Johnson (13-8) at 138, Wyatt Mathis at 165 and Chase Deal at 190. Johnson was 2-2 for the day.

Maddox Peters (14-9) and Jack Anderson (19-5) both were fifth at their weights to lead Baxter.

Peters was 3-2 with two pins at 150 and Anderson was 4-2 with two pins and one technical fall at 138.

Alex Dille (12-9) was 1-2 at 113 and Derek Rominger also competed at 126.

Both Dille and Kramer lost by fall to EBF’s Simon Bettis, who is ranked seventh in 2A at 120.

Elliott’s loss came by fall against 1A No. 5 Brock Shaha of Mount Ayr and Mintle lost 2-0 to EBF’s Brett Johnson.

Baxter girls finish ninth at North Mahaska

Johnelle Gliem and Malayla Hurd both placed third and Zoey Gliem was fourth during the North Mahaska Girls Invitational on Saturday.

The Bolts scored 29 points with their three wrestlers. Cardinal won the tournament with 130, while the rest of the top five included LeMars (114.5), North Tama (98), North Mahaska (94.5) and Fairfield (80).

Johnelle Gliem (11-8) was 2-2 with two pins at 145 and Zoey Gliem (10-9) was 1-3 at 140. Hurd placed third at 235 but went 0-2 for the day.