NORTH ENGLISH – Montezuma’s wrestling Plants brothers, senior 190-pounder Brett, and junior 215-pounder Braxton, won South Iowa Cedar League championships at the conference meet on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Montezuma had nine place finishers (top six in their weight class), and placed fifth out of 10 teams with 123.5 points.
The Braves sent 11 wrestlers. All scored, but Wesley Ross (113 pounds) and Yudiel Gonzalez (165) did not make it into the top six.
Here are the team scores:
1, Iowa Valley 199. 2, North Mahaska 165.5. 3, Sigourney-Keota 140.5. 4, BGM 135. 5, Montezuma 123.5. 6, Lynnville-Sully 96.5. 7, English Valleys 88.5. 8, Belle Plaine 60. 9,Colfax-Mingo 55.5. 10, HLV 54.5.
Here are Montezuma’s placers, but starting with the two individual champions:
190 – Brett Plants, first
championship match – Plants pinned Josh Read, Iowa Valley, 1z:48.
215 – Braxton Plants, first
championship – pinned Ian Smith, Iowa Valley, 4:43.
120 – Cael Cheney, fifth place
5th place match – Cheney pinned Noah Armstrong, English Valleys, 1:37.
126 – Wylie Walters, 5th place.
5th place bout – Walters pinned Bryer Jack, HLV, 2:24.
132 – Ethan Desrochers, third place
Third place match – Desrochers beat Hunter Offerman, Iowa Valley, 9-3.
144 – Rett Pargeon, fourth place.
For third place – Dillion Menke, Sigourney-Keota, pinned Pargeon, 5:09.
150 – Owen Desrochers, fifth place.
Fifth place match – Desrochers pinned Graydon Arens, BGM, :49.
157 – Evan Haughey, sixth place
Dawson DeBoef, North Mahaska, pinned Haughey, 3:09.
285 – Isaac Wedgewood, fourth place.
Third place match – Jackson Slaymaker, Iowa Valley, pinned Wedgewood, 2:36.
NEXT UP for the Braves: Post-season action.