BROOKLYN – Zach Bennett earned a third-place medal at 182 pounds to highlight the Montezuma wrestling team’s day at the SICL meet on Saturday, Jan. 29.
As a team, the Braves scored 30 points to take 10th place in a 10-team field. Sigourney-Keota outscored second-place Iowa Valley 237-154 for the team championship.
Bennett got to 29 wins on the season with his 6-0 decision over Nathaniel Miller of Iowa Valley in the third-place match.
Bennett scored a first round pin, then was pinned in the semifinals. He was a 13-1 winner over Katie Schlosser of Colfax-Mingo in the wrestleback semifinals.
Braves Kennen Roadcap at 220 pounds earned fifth place. Roadcap pinned Dillon Kapple of English Valleys-Tri-County in 1:49 of their fifth-place bout.
Peter Roberts of the Braves wrestled in three matches and earned sixth place.
Marty Knox didn’t wrestle, but picked up fifth-place team points for the Braves. He was sent through the brackets on forfeits, including a win in the fifth-place match because there were just five wrestlers in his 195-pound weight class.
UP NEXT – The Braves return to BGM for Sectionals on Saturday, Feb. 5.
SICL Meet
(Braves were 10th of 10 teams with 30 points).
113 – Peter Roberts, 6th place
Matt German, North Mahaska, pinned Roberts, :24.
Austin Gorsch, Sigourney-Keota, pinned Roberts, :43.
5th place – Danny Rios, Iowa Valley, pinned Roberts, 2:44.
182 – Zach Bennett, 3rd place
Bennett pinned Kayden Stout, North Mahaska, 2:34.
Aiden Schuster, Sigourney-Keota, pinned Bennett, :40
Bennett beat Katie Schlosser, Colfax-Mingo, 13-1
3rd place – Bennett beat Nahaniel Miller, Iowa Valley, 6-0.
195 – Marty Knox, 5th place
Knox forfeited to opponents leading to the fifth-place match, which he won on a forfeit. There were five contestants in this weight class.
220 – Kennen Roadcap, 5th place
Cole Fontinel, HLV, pinned Roadcap, 4:40.
LJ Henkle, BGM, pinned Roadcap, 1:55.
5th place – Roadcap pinned Dillon Kapple, English Valleys-Tri-County, 1:49.