~courtesy of The Scranton Journal
The Greene County wrestling team won the championship at the Class 2A District 14 sectional in Woodward Saturday, Feb. 6. The Rams accumulated 220 points with six champions and two runners-up advancing to district action in Adel Saturday.
“I am really proud of this team for everything they have had to endure this season,” stated coach Zach Beekman. “We could not be more excited to be wrestling in a regional dual on Tuesday and to have eight guys qualify for the district tournament.”
The team win gives the Rams an opportunity to compete in regional dual action. They competed Tuesday in Winterset against #11 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows. That winner faced #6 Winterset for a trip to the State Dual Team Tournament on Feb. 17 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Greene County had 12 wrestlers competing Saturday with each placing in the tournament. Champions in their weight classes were McKinley Robbins, Brady Stauffer, Gavin Scheuermann, Nathan Black, Broc Harmann and Sawyer Schiltz. Runners-up were John Sprague and Noble Hoyt. Brenner Gallagher and Michael Rumley finished third, Jackson Turner fourth and Isaac Louk fifth.
Robbins, ranked first at 120-pounds, faced off against #8 Cole Nelson of Perry in the finals. Robbins took the match by a 4-3 decision. Both wrestlers were state tournament place winners last year with Robbins second at 106-pounds and Nelson sixth at 113. Robbins posted the fastest pin, taking down Evan Vanorny of ADM in 10 seconds. He goes into the districts with a 27-0 record.
- 113 – Brenner Gallagher (11-8) bye; lost by decision to Payton Harger (Van Meter-Earlham) 1-8; pinned Connor Clark (Gilbert) :51; lost by decision to #9 Peyton Nixon (Woodward-Granger) 7-12, third place
- 120 – McKinley Robbins (27-0) bye; pinned Evan Vanorny (ADM, Adel) :10; won by decision over #8 Cole Nelson (Perry) 4-3, first place
- 126 – John Sprague (15-7) bye; pinned Mason Drake (Van Meter-Earlham) 1:24; lost by major decision to Cael Ihle (Gilbert) 4-16, second place
- 130 – Jackson Turner (10-13) pinned Kyle Hernandez (Perry) 1:29; lost by fall to Riece Graham (Woodward-Granger) 2:29; lost by fall to Tristan Drake (Van Meter-Earlham) 1:47, fourth place
- 138 – Brady Stauffer (25-4) bye; pinned Ryan Stiles (Van Meter-Earlham) 4:48; pinned Kadin O’Connor (ADM, Adel) 1:52, first place
- 145 – Gavin Scheuermann (16-7) bye; pinned Chris Simmons (ADM, Adel) 2:38; won by decision over Jackson Boese (Van Meter-Earlham) 5-0, first place
- 152 – Isaac Louk (1-1) lost by fall to Gage Davis (ADM, Adel) 3:37; bye; pinned Anthony Tlaceca (Perry) 1:24, fifth place
- 160 – Nathan Black (26-4) pinned Keegan Snyder (Perry) 4:21; won by decision over Dustin Harney (Woodward-Granger) 6-3; won by decision over Kruz Pierce (Gilbert) 9-4, first place
- 170 – Noble Hoyt (13-12) bye; pinned Nathan Tapken (ADM, Adel); 4:26; lost by technical fall to Jon McKeever (Woodward-Granger) 2-18, second place
- 195 – Michael Rumley (7-6) bye; pinned Gabe Heitz (ADM, Adel) 5:16; lost by fall to #10 Joe Larimore (Gilbert) 4:20; lost by fall to Devan Brown; bye; pinned Kolby Fogarty (Woodward-Granger) 2:31; pinned Nic Romero (Gilbert) 1:04, third place
- 285 – Sawyer Schiltz (22-9) bye; pinned Alan Gomez (Perry) 2:48; won by decision over Alex Evans (Woodward-Granger) 6-3, first place
Team Standings: 1) Greene County 220; 2) Woodward-Granger 182; 3) ADM, Adel 177.5; 4) Gilbert 177; 5) Van Meter/Earlham 163; 6) Perry 86
