Fry, Clark lead. PCM wrestlers at Southern Iowa Classic

FAIRFIELD — PCM’s smallest and largest wrestlers both won titles at the Southern Iowa Classic on Saturday. That led the Mustangs’ wrestling team to a third-place finish.

Host Fairfield won the tournament with 194 points, while runner-up Fort Madison was the runner-up with 176 points. PCM (153) edged Mount Pleasant (151.5) for third, and Burlington (131.5) finished fifth. The rest of the seven-team field included Washington (125) and Keokuk (19.5).

PCM entered 11 wrestlers in the tournament, which was two fewer than Fort Madison and three below Fairfield’s full lineup. The Mustangs were open at 106, 113 and 120.

Class 2A No. 11 (126) Kaliber Fry won the bracket title at 120 pounds. He was 4-0 with four pins.

Class 2A No. 5 Kaden Clark won the bracket title at 285. Clark was 4-0 with three pins and one technical fall.

Clark improved to 44-4 this winter, while Fry is now 33-9. The Mustangs continued to compete without 2A No. 9 Tucker Wheeler at 157.

Zach Richards, Harrison Brinegar and Jeffery McDanel placed second at 138, 150 and 165, respectively, while Bentlee Sloan (132) and Finn Wilson (175) both finished third.

Richards (22-12) was 3-1 with three first-period pins and McDanel (17-8) ended up 3-1 with two pins and one technical fall. Brinegar ended his day 3-1 with three pins.

Sloan (24-18) won three times by first-period pin but lost twice at 132. Wilson won twice and lost twice.

Sawyer Bouwkamp was 1-4 and placed fifth at 157, while Kaiden Valcore was 0-3 and finished fourth at 215. Easton Morris (144) and Abdulvakhid Mamasaliev (190) finished fifth but went 0-4.