Seniors claim wins in final prep matches at state tournament
Two New Hampton/Turkey Valley seniors capped their prep wrestling careers with victories Saturday in their final matches at the state wrestling tournament where four area wrestlers reached the medal stand.
The Chickasaws’ Mason Cleveland turned back Kayden Kauzlarich of Centerville 18-13 to claim the Class 2A 126-pound fifth-place match while his classmate, Max Babccck, stormed out to a 5-0 lead and held off West Delaware’s Cael Meyer for a 7-4 win to claim the 145-pound seventh-place match.
New Hamtpon/Turkey Valley’s other medalist was Evan Rosonke, who followed up his eighth-place finish at 182 with a sixth-place finish at the same weight this year.
In Class 1A, Jakob Whitinger of Nashua-Plainfield repeated his fourth-place finish of a year ago at 113 pounds.
THURSDAY RESULTS
CLASS 1A FIRST ROUND113 - Jakob Whitinger (N-P) maj. dec. Bryce McDonough (Central Springs), 11-2.160 - John Henrich (Akron-Westfield) pinned Derik Downing (N-P), 0:38.CLASS 1A FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION160 - Spencer Amling (Edgewood-Colesburg) dec. Downing (N-P), 9-5.CLASS 2A FIRST ROUND126 - Mason Cleveland (NH/TV) pinned Blake Abrahamson (Okoboji), 3:18.145 - Max Babcock (NH/TV) pinned Dillian Sanders (Washington), 5:00.182 - Evan Rosonke (NH/TV) pinned Sam Wigans (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows), 3:13.220 - Wyatt Folkerts (Hampton-Dumont) pinned Carter Reicks (NH/TV), 5:25.CLASS 2A FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION220 - Cale Roller (Atlantic) pinned Reicks (NH/TV), 3:44.
FRIDAY RESULTS
CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS113 - Hagen Heistand (Logan-Magnolia) dec. Whitinger (N-P), 9-4.CLASS 1A SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION113 - Whitinger (N-P) pinned Mick Schroder (Riverside), 3:16.CLASS 1A THIRD ROUND CONSOLATION113 - Whitinger (N-P) maj. dec. Brooks Meyer (D), 9-0.CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS126 - Cleveland (NH/TV) dec. Kain Luensman (Monticello), 6-5.145 - Jack West (Winterset) dec. Babcock (NH/TV), 3-2.182 - Rosonke (NH/TV) pinned Ethan Reed (Carlisle), 3:30.CLASS 2A SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION145 - Babcock (NH/TV) dec. Koby Hasselbrock (Roland-Story), 5-2.CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS126 - Bryce Hatten (Winterset) maj. dec. Cleveland (NH/TV), 16-6.182 - Kyler Fisher (Southeast Valley) maj. dec. Rosonke (NH/TV), 4:56.CLASS 2A THIRD ROUND CONSOLATION145 - Chase Luensman (Monticello) pinned Babcock (NH/TV), 4:56.
SATURDAY RESULTS
CLASS 1A CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS113 - Whitinger (N-P) dec. Mason Dye (Sigourney-Keota), 13-6.CLASS 2A CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS126 - Eric Kinkaid (Camanche) pinned Cleveland (NH/TV), 5:08.182 - Luke Jenness (South O’Brien) maj. dec. Rosonke (NH/TV), 11-1.CLASS 1A THIRD PLACE113 - Hagen Heistand (Logan-Magnolia) dec. Whitinger (N-P), 5-0.CLASS 2A FIFTH PLACE126 - Cleveland (NH/TV) dec. Kayden Kauzlarich (Centerville), 18-13.182 - Lucas Roland (PCM) maj. dec. Rosonke (NH/TV), 11-3.CLASS 2A SEVENTH PLACE145 - Babcock (NH/TV) dec. Cael Meyer (West Delaware), 7-4.