TRAER – Six Montezuma wrestlers got in their biggest single day of mat action all season on Saturday, Jan. 23.
The event was the 71st annual Rebelhawk Wrestling Tournament, which has a round robin format for the various weight classes.
That format allows school to enter more than one wrestler per weight class.
Montezuma 285-pound Kennen Roadcap brought home the highest place finish with a medal for fourth.
Competing schools were Baxter, BGM, Columbus Catholic, Des Moines Roosevelt, Hudson, Montezuma, North Tama, Sigourney-Keota and Vinton-Shellsburg.
UP NEXT – The SICL meet at BGM on Saturday, Jan. 30.
Montezuma Wrestlers
120 pounds – Marshall Rovedo – did not place
Round 1 – Rovedo pinned Martin Schmitz, Columbus Catholic, :58.
Round 2 – Ben Holton, Hudson, pinned Rovedo, 1:37.
Round 3 – Cole Smith, Baxter, pinned Rovedo, :36.
Round 4 – DJ Hammes, Sig.-Keota, pinned Rovedo, :45.
Round 5 – Wright Hilpipre, BGM, beat Rovedo, 16-8.
145 pounds – Braxton Simpson – tied for seventh
Round 1 – Evan Dawson, Sig.-Keota, pinned Simpson, :52.
Round 2 – Ryan Hopwood, BGM, pinned Simpson, :27.
Round 3 – Simpson pinned Derek Fry, Montezuma, :35.
Round 4 – Henry Erie, Columbus Catholic, pinned Simpson, 1:45.
Round 5 – Seventh place match – double forfeit.
145 pounds – Derek Fry – 10th place
Round 1 – Ryan Hopwood, BGM, pinned Fry, :28.
Round 3 – Braxton Simpson, Montezuma, pinned Fry, :35.
Round 4 – Evan Dawson, Sig.-Keota, pinned Fry, 1:30.
Round 5 – Henry Erie, Columbus Catholic, pinned Fry, 4:47.
9th place match – Tanner Shanks, Baxter, over Fry, injury default.
220 pounds – Martavious Knox – did not place
Round 1 – Blake Johnson, Hudson, pinned Knox, 3:01.
Round 2 – Knox, M, pinned Micah Kearns, Baxter, :47.
Round 3 – LJ Henkle, BGM, pinned Knox, 1:55.
Round 4 – Knox, M, pinned Clayton McKenna, Vinton-Shellsburg, 1:25.
Round 5 – Connor Knudtson, Columbus Catholic, pinned Knox, 1:17.
285 pounds – Kennen Roadcap – fourth place
Round 1 – Xander Bradley, North Tama, pinned Roadcap, :26.
Round 2 – Caleb Rouse, Vinton-Shellsburg, pinned Roadcap, 1:31.
Round 3 – Roadcap, M, pinned Brent Bartlett, Hudson, 3:13.
Round 4 – Roadcap, M, beat Aiden McFadden, Baxter, 4-1.
Third place match – Brice Taylor, BGM, pinned Roadcap, 4:57.
285 – TJ Townsend – seventh place
Round 1 – Aiden McFadden, Baxter, beat Townsend, technical fall, 16-1, 3:48.
Rounds 2 – Zachary Smithard, Sig.-Keota, pinned Townsend, 4:15.
Round 3 – Brice Taylor, BGM, pinned Townsend, 4:16.
Seventh place match – Townsend beat Zachary Smithard, Sig.-Keota, injury default.