Bloodhounds miss top 10 finish by 3.5 points
BY PCC STAFF
URBANDALE - Fort Madison finished 12th in a heavy field at this weekend's Ed Winger Classic in Urbandale. The Bloodhounds just missed placing in the top 10 by 3.5 points.
Senior Jakob McGowan led the way with a 5th place finish overall at 182 lbs. The Hounds placed seven out of 11 wrestlers in the top eight in their respective brackets.
McGowan started with weekend with a decision of Norwalk's Grant Kimball 10-2 and then lost by pin in the quarterfinals to Class 3A No. 7 Harrison Gibson (15-2) of Southeast Polk. Wrestling back through consolations, McGowan pinned Noble Hoyt of Greene County in just :34 seconds and then ran up against the No. 8 Class 3A wrestler in Blake Hauck of Waukee.
McGowan led 3-1 after the first period and then scored a couple escapes in the second period for a 5-3 lead going into the final regulation period. Hauck scored an escape starting on the bottom and converted that to a takedown at the 1:15 mark of the final period. McGowan escaped three seconds later to tie it up at 6, but was penalized with :39 left in regulation for stalling, giving Hauck a 7-6 lead.
Hauck received a warning for stalling just prior to the end of the period, but was not penalized.
McGowan, who faced three top-10 Class 3A wrestlers in the tournament, scored a 7-5 decision over No. 10 Connor Pertzsch (20-10) of Dallas Center-Grimes in the 5th-place match.
McGowan led 4-2 after the first two periods and deferred to the bottom position to start the 3rd period. Pertzsch received two cautions at :50 left in the match before McGowan scored a reversal to go up 6-2. Pertzsch was able to escape the reversal 10 seconds later and then scored a takedown with 16 seconds left to make it 6-5, but McGowan got out of the move right away for another point and a 7-5 win.
Gavin Wiseman and Nolan Riddle both placed 6th in their respective brackets.
Wiseman, ranked 9th in the state in 3A at 152 lbs, scored a pin over No. 12 Dominic Tigner at 3:49 to reach the quarterfinals. There he banged into the No. 2 wrestler in the state in Carter Martinson of Southeast Polk (24-2). Wiseman fell by major decision at 11-3 with all three points coming off escapes.
The senior then scored a 10-8 decision over Yoan Camejo of Blair to move up to the consolation bracket where Class 1A No. 6 Jace Nelson-Brown scored a 9-0 win over the Bloodhound to send him to the 5th place match with Bettendorf's Elijah Mendoza, who recorded a fall with 15 seconds left in the first period, leading 4-1.
Riddle, a sophomore, took down Hayden Kramer (20-13) of Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson by fall at 3:28 to advance in the championship bracket. There No. 9 Donovan Card scored a fall right at the end of the first period of the quarters to send Riddle to the consolation bracket. Riddle scored a 6-0 decision over Ryan King of Johnston moving into a match with No. 6 Cooper Hanson (22-10). Hanson scored a fall at :21 moving Riddle into the 5th place match where suffered another pin to Card at 2:45.
Logan Pennock, Aidan Pennock, and Daniel Sokolik all scored 8th place finishes for Fort Madison.
Complete results of the event are listed below:
120: Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) - 8th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) over Nic Lowe (Emmetsburg) (Fall 1:11)
Varsity - Quarterfinals - Carter Freeman (Waukee Northwest) over Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) (Fall 0:21)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - John King (Dowling Catholic) over Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) (Fall 2:56)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) over Will Buckholdt (Underwood) (Dec 9-8)
Varsity - 7th Place Match - Jacob McKenzie (Norwalk) over Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) (Inj.)
126: Emmett Kruse (Fort Madison) - DNP
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Trenton Harper (Norwalk) over Emmett Kruse (Fort Madison) (MD 16-5)
Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Emmett Kruse (Fort Madison) over Drew Metcalf (North Scott) (Dec 7-3)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Carson Springer (Dallas Center-Grimes) over Emmett Kruse (Fort Madison) (Dec 4-0)
132: Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) - 6th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) over Hayden Kramer (Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson) (Fall 3:28)
Varsity - Quarterfinals - Donovan Card (Norwalk) over Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) (Fall 2:00)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) over Ryan King (Johnston) (SV-1 6-0)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Cooper Hanson (Southeast Polk) over Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) (Fall 0:21)
Varsity - 5th Place Match - Donovan Card (Norwalk) over Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) (Fall 2:45)
138: Henry Wiseman (Fort Madison) - DNP
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Luke Elgin (North Scott) over Henry Wiseman (Fort Madison) (TF 16-0 3:44)
Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Jackson Edwards (Lewis Central) over Henry Wiseman (Fort Madison) (Dec 6-0)
145: Aidan Pennock (Fort Madison) - 8th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Cinsere Clark (Valley, West Des Moines) over Aidan Pennock (Fort Madison) (MD 8-0)
Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Aidan Pennock (Fort Madison) over Luke Benson (Dallas Center-Grimes) (Fall 1:36)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Aidan Pennock (Fort Madison) over Jackson Kluesner (Urbandale) (Fall 2:31)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Aidan Pennock (Fort Madison) over Ryan Brennan (Emmetsburg) (M. For.)
Varsity - 7th Place Match - Aydan Cary (North Scott) over Aidan Pennock (Fort Madison) (Fall 0:44)
152: Gavin Wiseman (Fort Madison) - 6th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Gavin Wiseman (Fort Madison) over Dominic Tigner (Norwalk) (Fall 3:49)
Varsity - Quarterfinals - Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) over Gavin Wiseman (Fort Madison) (MD 11-3)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Gavin Wiseman (Fort Madison) over Yoan Camejo (Blair) (Dec 10-8)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Jace Nelson-Brown (Emmetsburg) over Gavin Wiseman (Fort Madison) (MD 9-0)
Varsity - 5th Place Match - Elijah Mendoza (Bettendorf) over Gavin Wiseman (Fort Madison) (Fall 1:45)
160: Teague Smith (Fort Madison) - 8th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Teague Smith (Fort Madison) over Kayden Fleek (Underwood) (Fall 0:47)
Varsity - Quarterfinals - Andrew Price (Valley, West Des Moines) over Teague Smith (Fort Madison) (Dec 4-3)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Charlie Powers (Blair) over Teague Smith (Fort Madison) (MD 11-1)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Teague Smith (Fort Madison) over Gerald Norton (Cedar Falls) (Fall 1:08)
Varsity - 7th Place Match - Dylan Marti (North Scott) over Teague Smith (Fort Madison) (Dec 7-4)
170: Brandt Booten (Fort Madison) - DNP
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Zach English (Ankeny Centennial) over Brandt Booten (Fort Madison) (Fall 5:08)
Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Nolan Weakley (Waukee Northwest) over Brandt Booten (Fort Madison) (Fall 0:50)
182: Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) - 5th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) over Grant Kimball (Norwalk) (MD 10-2)
Varsity - Quarterfinals - Harrison Gibson (Southeast Polk) over Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) (Fall 3:54)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) over Noble Hoyt (Greene County) (Fall 0:34)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Blake Hauck (Waukee) over Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) (Dec 7-6)
Varsity - 5th Place Match - Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) over Connor Pertzsch (Dallas Center-Grimes) (Dec 7-5)
195: Isaac Thacher (Fort Madison) - DNP
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Isaac Thacher (Fort Madison) over Drew M. Campbell (Cedar Falls) (MD 15-6)
Varsity - Quarterfinals - Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) over Isaac Thacher (Fort Madison) (M. For.)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - AJ Petersen (North Scott) over Isaac Thacher (Fort Madison) (M. For.)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Mason Wray (Valley, West Des Moines) over Isaac Thacher (Fort Madison) (M. For.)
220: Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) - 8th
Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Hunter Waldstein (Lewis Central) over Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) (Fall 3:49)
Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) over Drew Campbell (Cedar Falls) (Fall 1:12)
Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) over Nate Schneckloth (North Scott) (Fall 0:22)
Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) over Cuin Cullen (Dallas Center-Grimes) (Dec 8-4)
Varsity - 7th Place Match - Greyson Else (Urbandale) over Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) (Fall 1:39)
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