Clark, Wheeler headline PCM’s day at Perry Invitational

PERRY — Kaden Clark and Tucker Wheeler both finished second at their weights and eight Mustang grapplers scored 91.5 points at the Perry Invitational on Saturday.

The PCM wrestling team finished eighth in the 15-team field, edging Carroll by 3.5 points and trailing Spencer by 14.

Wheeler and Clark were the only PCM wrestlers to finish in the top three. Bentlee Sloan and Zach Richards both finished fifth and Kaliber Fry was sixth in their brackets.

Class 2A No. 7 West Delaware won the tournament with 225.5 points. Class 2A No. 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (189) came in second and the rest of the top five featured 3A No. 3 Carlisle (176), 2A No. 8 West Marshall (166) and 3A No. 10 Dowling Catholic (164).

Greene County (127.5) led the next set of five in sixth and the rest of the top 10 included Spencer (105.5), PCM (91.5), Carroll (88) and Webster City (84).

Class 2A No. 8 Wheeler and Clark both were 2-1 for the day. Wheeler (33-6) placed second at 157 pounds after a 23-8 technical fall and a 9-2 decision. Clark was second at 285 following two first-period pins.

Class 2A No. 7 Clark (33-3) lost the championship match, 4-1, in SV-1 to 3A No. 3 Brady Hagan of Dowling Catholic.

Wheeler’s championship loss came by technical fall against 2A No. 3 Liam Weber of West Delaware.

Sloan (20-14) and Richards both were fifth and went 2-2 at 132 and 138, respectively. Sloan’s two wins came by pin and one of his losses came in the semifinals against 3A No. 11 Jayden Zachary of Dowling. Richards (19-12) won once by fall and once by technical fall and one of his losses came to West Marshall’s Kinnick Geers in the semifinals.

Kaliber Fry, who is ranked 11th in 2A at 120, was 1-3 at 126 and placed sixth. He lost to 3A No. 9 Kyler Simons of Dowling in the semifinals and medical forfeited his final two matches.

Harrison Brinegar and Kaiden Valcore both placed eighth and went 2-3 at their weights.

One of Brinegar’s losses at 150 came in the quarterfinals against 3A No. 11 Mason Lucas of Carlisle and one of Valcore’s defeats at 215 was in the quarterfinals against 2A No. 6 Jeryn Funke of West Delaware.

The eighth Mustang in the field was Finn Wilson, and he was 1-2 at 175.

Mustangs down pair of HOIAC foes at home triangular

MONROE — Seven Mustangs went 2-0 and PCM registered eight pins during a Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference home against South Hamilton and Greene County on Thursday.

PCM went undefeated in contested matches during a 65-12 win over the Hawks and edged the Rams 40-36 following three pins and three forfeit victories.

The Mustangs recorded five pins and one technical fall in a win over South Hamilton. PCM was 6-0 in contested matches and was 5-2 in forfeits.

Valcore (215), Clark (285), Brinegar (150), Wheeler (157) and Wilson (190) all won by fall, while Fry won 22-4 at 126 against the Hawks. The forfeits were accepted by Sloan (132), Charlie Sitzmann (138), Richards (144), Sawyer Bouwkamp (165) and Jeffery McDanel (175).

PCM was 4-3 in contested matches against Greene County, but the Rams had a 4-3 advantage in forfeits. Clark, Sloan and Brinegar accepted the forfeits, while Class 2A No. 11 Fry, Bouwkamp (175) and Wilson all won by fall and Sitzmann posted a 22-10 major decision.

None of Greene County’s contested wins came by fall. The Rams won once by decision, once by major decision and once by technical fall.

In a matchup of ranked wrestlers, 2A No. 9 Brent Dennhardt of Greene County defeated 2A No. 8 Wheeler 16-0.

Wilson was 2-0 with two pins, Sloan finished 2-0 with two forfeits and Clark, Fry, Sitzmann, Brinegar and Bouwkamp also were 2-0.

Notes: Greene County has four ranked wrestlers. The other three all took forfeits in the dual against PCM. … The Rams defeated South Hamilton 58-12 in the other dual.