C-M boys can’t find win column at road triangular

MARENGO — Cason Fitch won both of his matches at 126 pounds, but the Colfax-Mingo wrestling team couldn’t overcome nine combined forfeits in a road triangular on Thursday.

The Tigerhawks had an advantage in contested matches against Ogden but lost to the Bulldogs, 54-30.

Host Iowa Valley controlled its nine contested matches against C-M and cruised to a 69-6 victory of its South Iowa Cedar League foe.

Class 1A No. 11 Fitch produced a pair of first-period pins in his two matches. Colfax-Mingo was 5-4 in contested matches against Ogden but gave up all five forfeits.

Caden Sykes (175), Alex Hartson (190), Nathan Endersbe (215), Jayden Cherveny (120) and Fitch (126) all won by fall to give the Tigerhawks a 30-18 lead.

The Bulldogs rallied with three forfeits and two pins in the final five weights at 132, 138, 144, 150 and 157.

Fitch had the only win for C-M in the Iowa Valley dual. The Tigers were 8-1 in contested matches and took all four forfeits.

Sykes lost his match at 175, 5-3, against 1A No. 11 Nolan Kriegel. Iowa Valley also has Chance Hoyt, who is ranked eighth at 150.

The Tigerhawks did not have the services of 1A No. 12 Teagan Dybevik at 285.

Tigerhawks down CAM at road quadrangular

PANORA — Sykes, Hartson and Dybevik combined to go 9-0 with two pins and two technical falls, and the Tigerhawks left a road quadrangular with a 48-18 victory over CAM on Tuesday.

Colfax-Mingo also lost to host Panorama and Harlan. The Tigerhawks were 7-12 in contested matches for the night.

The Tigerhawks were 3-2 in contested matches in the win over CAM. Logan Roam scored a first-period pin at 106, Fitch registered a 32-second pin at 126 and Hartson earned a win by fall at 215. C-M had a 4-2 advantage in forfeits with Cherveny, Xavier Cross, Sykes and Dybevik accepting them.

Panorama defeated the Tigerhawks 47-36 after losing the forfeit battle 5-3. The two teams were 3-3 in contested matches.

Cherveny, Fitch and Dybevik all won by fall and the forfeits were accepted by Sykes, Hartson and Endersbe.

Colfax-Mingo struggled to keep up against 2A Harlan. The Cyclones were 6-2 in contested matches and 4-1 in forfeits in the 57-16 win.

Sykes and Dybevik both won by technical fall and Hartson accepted a forfeit. Class 1A No. 11 Fitch lost his match by major decision to 2A No. 5 Jesse Jens.

Dybevik was 3-0, Sykes and Hartson finished 3-0 with two forfeits and Fitch and Cherveny both were 2-1. Both of Fitch’s wins came by fall.