Pennock takes 132 lb. title at Wentzville

WENTZVILLE, Mo. – A short-handed Fort Madison boys wrestling team still managed to get a top-5 finish at the Liberty Invitational near St. Louis Saturday.
Logan Pennock led the way for the Hounds with a title at 132 lbs. Pennock recorded four pins on the way to the title. He knocked off Conner Roach of Sullivan half-way through the first period of the championship match.
The junior only went into the second period one time on the day when he pinned Warrenton’s Joshua Kassing in 2:13. All of his other pins came in the first period as he rolled to the title and stands now at 12-2 on the year. Pennock’s title gave the Hounds 28 points.
The Bloodhounds finished the event with 97.5 points good enough for fifth. Centralia won the event with 226 points.  Sullivan was fourth with 103.5 points.
Joe Hartman gave Fort Madison its only runner-up winner with a second-place finish at 175 lbs. Hartman was pinned by Centralia’s Wyatt Adkisson, the top seed in the tournament by fall at 2:28. Hartman entered the bracket seeded 6th and scored pins over Holt’s Gavin Moore, Festus’ Lucas Mercurio and then pinned Frances Howell Central’s Andrew Martin in just :51 to move into the title match.
Hartman trailed 7-2 before Adkisson scored a reversal 13 seconds into the 2nd period and then turned that into a pin 15 seconds later for the title. Hartman’s finish earned the Hounds 22 points.
Fort Madison’s Aarron Warner wrestling at 215 lbs. and Nolan Riddle at 157 lbs, both had 3rd-place finishes.
Warner went 4-0 through pool wrestling getting two byes and two pins to get into the Championship bracket where he lost to Pattonville’s Daniel Davis by pin in the 3rd period.  The match with Davis was scoreless through the first period, but Davis picked up five points in the second period highlighted by a nearfall toward the period. Warner did rack up a couple escape points for a 5-2 deficit at the end of the period. Warner got a 2-point take down to open the third, but Davis escaped and turned the tables for the pin.
Riddle went 2-0 in pool wrestling and was seeded 6th going into the championship bracket. He won his first match in the quarterfinals with fall over Lindbergh’s Wassilak Rodriguez half way through the first period. He wold then suffer a pin right at the horn in the first period to Centralia’s Rex Bryson to send him to the 3rd place match where he pinned Palmyra’s Brayden Pillars 10 seconds into the second period for 17 points.
Complete results from Saturday’s event are below.
126 lbs. - Noah Swigart (6-9) placed 10th and scored 5.0 team points. Round 1 - Heyden Pfieffer (Liberty) 2-3 won by fall over Noah Swigart (Fort Madison) 6-9 (Fall 2:51). Round 2 - Noah Swigart (Fort Madison) 6-9 won by fall over Matthew Pfeifer (Fulton) 2-6 (Fall 1:59). Round 3 - Justin Schutter (Kirksville) 7-1 won by fall over Noah Swigart (Fort Madison) 6-9 (Fall 0:52). Consolation Bracket - Noah Swigart (Fort Madison) 6-9 won by fall over Ethan Doerrer (Pattonville) 1-3 (Fall 0:39). 9th Place Match - Camden Brown (St. Charles) 3-2 won by decision over Noah Swigart (Fort Madison) 6-9 (Dec 6-1).
132 lbs - Logan Pennock (12-2) placed 1st and scored 28.0 team points. Round 1 - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) 12-2 received a bye () (Bye). Round 3 - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) 12-2 won by fall over Aiden Bonin (Holt) 1-2 (Fall 0:58). Quarterfinal - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) 12-2 won by fall over Ty Mortimer (Francis Howell Central) 4-5 (Fall 1:35). Semifinal - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) 12-2 won by fall over Joshua Kassing (Warrenton) 7-3 (Fall 2:13). 1st Place Match - Logan Pennock (Fort Madison) 12-2 won by fall over Conner Roach (Sullivan) 4-1 (Fall 1:04)
144 lbs. - Tateum Schelich (3-10) placed 14th and scored 2.5 team points. Round 1 - Gage Baker (Fulton) 3-1 won by fall over Tateum Schelich (Fort Madison) 3-10 (Fall 2:56). Round 2 - Owen McCracken (Francis Howell Central) 10-3 won by fall over Tateum Schelich (Fort Madison) 3-10 (Fall 1:51). Round 3 - Dominic Ransom (Sullivan) 3-2 won by fall over Tateum Schelich (Fort Madison) 3-10 (Fall 2:48). Consolation Bracket - Tateum Schelich (Fort Madison) 3-10 won by fall over Reece Fredenburg (Battle) 0-4 (Fall 2:05).
157 lbs - Nolan Riddle (10-4) placed 3rd and scored 17.0 team points. Round 1 - Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) 10-4 received a bye () (Bye). Round 3 - Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) 10-4 won by fall over Enzo Hernandez (Francis Howell Central) 2-7 (Fall 1:14). Quarterfinal - Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) 10-4 won by fall over Miguel Wassilak Rodriguez (Lindbergh) 2-3 (Fall 0:51). Semifinal - Rex Bryson (Centralia) 9-0 won by fall over Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) 10-4 (Fall 1:59). 3rd Place Match - Nolan Riddle (Fort Madison) 10-4 won by fall over Brayden Pillars (Palmyra) 8-2 (Fall 2:10).
165 lbs. - Joe Hartman (8-6) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points. Round 1 - Joe Hartman (Fort Madison) 8-6 received a bye () (Bye). Round 3 - Joe Hartman (Fort Madison) 8-6 won by fall over Gavin Moore (Holt) 1-1 (Fall 0:23). Quarterfinal - Joe Hartman (Fort Madison) 8-6 won by fall over Lucas Mercurio (Festus) 9-2 (Fall 2:57). Semifinal - Joe Hartman (Fort Madison) 8-6 won by fall over Andrew Martin (Francis Howell Central) 3-3 (Fall 0:51). 1st Place Match - Wyatt Adkisson (Centralia) 9-0 won by fall over Joe Hartman (Fort Madison) 8-6 (Fall 2:28).
175 lbs. - Gavin Callahan (6-7) placed 6th and scored 8.0 team points. Round 2 - Gavin Callahan (Fort Madison) 6-7 received a bye () (Bye). Round 3 - Gavin Callahan (Fort Madison) 6-7 won by fall over Kerrick Lewis (Lutheran St. Charles) 3-4 (Fall 0:26). Quarterfinal - Dirk Rivera (Ft. Zumwalt East) 5-2 won by fall over Gavin Callahan (Fort Madison) 6-7 (Fall 0:49). Cons. Round 2 - Gavin Callahan (Fort Madison) 6-7 won by fall over Jeffery Johnson (Ritenour) 5-3 (Fall 2:13). 5th Place Match - Mason Adkisson (Centralia) 5-2 won by fall over Gavin Callahan (Fort Madison) 6-7 (Fall 2:08).
215 lbs. - Aaron Warner (6-5) placed 3rd and scored 15.0 team points. Round 1 - Aaron Warner (Fort Madison) 6-5 won by fall over Memphys Sims (Battle) 0-3 (Fall 1:05). Round 2 - Aaron Warner (Fort Madison) 6-5 received a bye () (Bye). Round 3 - Aaron Warner (Fort Madison) 6-5 won by fall over Garo Sams (Francis Howell Central) 9-3 (Fall 1:20). Championship Bracket - Daniel Davis (Pattonville) 3-1 won by fall over Aaron Warner (Fort Madison) 6-5 (Fall 5:06). 3rd Place Match - Aaron Warner (Fort Madison) 6-5 won by fall over Deshawn Holt-Jett (Fulton) 8-4 (Fall 2:30).