Baxter’s Anderson wins 138-pound bracket at North Tama

TRAER — Jack Anderson won all three of his matches at 138 pounds and claimed the bracket championship after a narrow win over a state-ranked opponent at the North Tama Redhawk Invitational on Saturday.

The Bolts’ three wrestlers scored 37.5 points and finished 11th in the 13-team field. The only other team with three grapplers or less was 13th-place Tripoli.

Riceville won the team tournament with 167.5 points. Sigourney/Keota (161.5) and Hudson (159.5) were close behind in second and third, respectively, and host North Tama (143.5) and Beckman Catholic (127) completed the top five.

BGM (84), HLV (83), Mid-Prairie (64), Janesville (49.5) and Springville (49.5) finalized the top 10. Columbus Catholic (14.5) and Tripoli (7) were the other two teams in the field.

Anderson (29-6) was 3-0 for the day. He advanced to the 138 final after two first-period pins. He defeated Riceville’s Chance Christensen, 4-1, in the championship bout. Christensen (18-5) is ranked 11th in Class 1A at 138.

Alex Dille (14-12) and Derek Rominger also were in the tournament for the Bolts. They each won one match by the same 14-5 score at 113 and 126, respectively. Dille placed fifth, while Rominger was sixth.