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Indianola wins CIML – Knight claims
his 100th win and CIML gold
Indianola won first place at the 17-team CIML conference held
Friday, February 1, 2008 at Ames High. Des Moines Roosevelt came
in second and Southeast Polk finished in third.
The Ames High team finished in 10th place. Taylor Knight claimed
gold at 189, Alex Olinger finished in 2nd place at heavyweight,
Riley Banach fought his way through a tough bracket to get 3rd
at 171, and freshmen Ben and Luke Swalla earned 4th and 7th respectively
at 145 and 130.
Click
here to view completed brackets.
Ames improves to 3-2 with a 37-28 victory
over Marshalltown
Trailing 25-28, freshman Spencer Ring and sophomore Devin Becraft
came up with back-to-back falls at 125 and 130 to lead Ames High
to an exciting victory.
Ames celebrates the win
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Dec 20th, 2007, Marshalltown, IA
Charles T. Jahren
Ames High Wrestling Junior Parent Rep.
Team Score: Ames 37, Marshalltown 28
103 Heath Moore (M) WBF 4:31 Matthew Blakely (A)
112 Daniel Jahren (A) Maj Dec 14 -5 Luke Rebik (M)
119 Eric Shomo(M)WBF 0:57 Jake Agnitsch (A)
125 Spencer Ring (A) WBF 5:11 Abraham Devine (M)
130 Devin Becraft (A) WBF 1:46 Michael Burgos (M)
135 John McClelland (A) Dec 9-7 Gustavo Martinez (M)
140 Mat Keith (M) WBF 3:18 Asa Ritz (A)
145 Jacob Paul (M) Maj dec 5-14 David Norris (A)
152 Mike Schwebach (M) dec 9-8 Luke Stephenson (A)
160 Jon Vance(M) OT dec. 7-5 Quentin Ring (A)
171 Riley Banach (A) dec 7-3 Eric Michael(M)
189 Taylor Knight (A) dec 9-4 Theron Stewart (M)
215 Colton Vosberg (A) WBF 3:56 Tito Roth (M)
HWT Alex Olinger (A) WBF 1:24 Aaron Gonzalez (M)
In a fan’s meet, Ames went out with a winning record
after topping Marshalltown 37 to 28. “Its nice to start
of the conference season with a big win,” commented Coach
Chad Zemolek John McClelland started the meet off at 135 with
9-7 Decision against Gustavo Martinez and set the tone for several
exiting matches. Although Luke Stephenson and Quentin Ring had
close matches Ames did not win again until Riley Banach collected
a decision against Eric Michael 7 to 3 at 171 lb. Ames lagged
behind Marshalltown 16 to 3 before the 171 lb match. “At
that point in the meet, we almost let it get away from us,”
said Ames Head Coach Chad Zemolek. “But the remaining
boys stepped up and got points where we needed them.”
215 lb Colton Vossberg and heavyweight Alex Olinger of Ames
pinned Tito Roth and Aaron Gonzalez of Marshalltown in 3:56
and 1:24 respectively setting the score to 21 to 16 for Ames.
Marshalltown recoded a pin at 103 to go ahead 22 to 21, but
Ames fought back as Daniel Jahren of Ames won a 14-5 major decision
against Marshalltown’s Luke Rebik at 112 lb setting the
score to 28 to 25. The teams traded the lead once more as Marshalltown
pinned at 119 lb. Then Ames went ahead for the last time as
freshman Spencer Ring collected his first pin in Varsity Competition
against Abraham Divine at 125 lb. Ames Sophomore Devin Becraft
finished the meet at 130 with a pin at 1:46. “It’s
a nice way to go into the new year with a winning record and
encourages our wrestlers to know that they can be a highly competitive
team.”
Full Results
Ames crowns two champions and finishes
in 7th place at a very tough Fort Dodge Invitational, just ½
point from 6th place.
(Dec. 17th) The Ames High Cyclones competed at the Fort Dodge
Invite which may be the toughest tournament in the state this
weekend. The 10th ranked Ankeny Hawks finished in first place
followed by 6th ranked Fort Dodge, 4th ranked Council Bluffs
Lewis Central, and 7th ranked Bettendorf. Ames finished in
7th place just one half of a point behind traditional powerhouse
Emmetsburg.
The Cyclones had two champions in Taylor Knight and Alex Olinger.
The final at 189 was a battle between two returning 5th place
state place winners. Kinght finished 5th at State at 189 and Nightser
finished 5th at 171. Olinger used a takedown and 3 near fall in
the final seconds of the match to win 6-1 at heavyweight.
DON MILLER FDSH INVITATIONAL
Team Standings
#Rankings by The Predicament (Number of champions)
1. #10 Ankeny (1), 182
2. #6 Fort Dodge (2), 173.5
3. #4 CB Lewis Central (4), 163
4. #7 Bettendorf (1), 158
5. Newton (2), 133
6. Emmetsburg (1), 107
7. Ames (2), 106.5
8. Webster City (0), 94.5
9. Sioux City East (1), 55.
Individual Results
103 pounds
Championship: #3 Kory Kistner, SCE major dec. Tyler Patten,
Webster City, 9-0
Third-place: Jay Hildreth, LC pinned Richie Eikenberry, Bettendorf,
4:07.
Matt Blakely (6th)
112 pounds
Championship: #3 Joey Jerkovich, LC dec. #6 Casey Sledge,
Ankeny, 6-2
Third-place: Chase Grove, FD pinned Taylor Wickett, Bettendorf,
4:32.
Daniel Jahren (7th)
119 pounds
Championship: #7 George Ivanov, LC dec. #1 Nick Trizzino,
Bettendorf, 4-1
Third-place: #5 Travis Evans, Ankeny, pinned Jordan Cody,
Emmetsburg, 2:00.
125 pounds
Championship: Elijah Sullivan, LC major dec. Cody Marsh, FD,
11-3
Third-place: #10 Matt Fontana, Ankeny dec. David Lewis, Bettendorf,
10-5.
Nick Schroeder (8th)
130 pounds
Championship: #5 Cole Clarken, FD pinned Josh Troen, Newton,
3:01
Third-place: Coulton Thorpe, Ankeny, 2:22.
Devin Becraft (6th)
135 pounds
Championship: #2 Bret Baumbach, LC dec. #2 Isiah Smith, Newton,
6-4
Third-place: #10 Shunichiro Uno, Bettendorf major dec. Ben
Robinson, Ankeny, 15-2.
John McClelland (7th)
140 pounds
Championship: #7 Tyler Middleton, Ankeny pinned Keaton Lunn,
FD, 1:40
Third-place: Mike White, Bettendorf major dec. Ben
Swalla, Ames, 11-2.
145 pounds
Championship: #1 Matt Stillman, Emmetsburg major dec. #9 Nate
Halverson, FD, 17-7
Third-place: Josh Metz, Newton, 4:34.
David Norris (5th)
152 pounds
Championship: Matt Vercillo, Bettendorf dec. Joey Naig, Emmetsburg,
4-3
Third-place: Adam Klein, Webster City pinned Luke
Stephenson, Ames, 4:53.
160 pounds
Championship: #4 Jason Trushcheff, FD dec. Tanner Moen, Webster
City, 5-3
Third-place: Joe Rasmussen, Ankeny dec. Alex Fauble, LC, 4-3.
Quentin Ring (6th)
171 pounds
Championship: #3 Bryce Skaggs, Newton major dec. Jake Morris,
Emmetsburg, 15-6
Third-place: #4 Tyler Wingerson, FD dec. Riley Banach,
Ames, 5-3.
189 pounds
Championship: #3 Taylor Knight, Ames dec.
#4 Derek Nightser, LC, 3-2
Third-place: #7 Alex Schwerdfeger, Bettendorf, pinned Jesse
Anderson, Webster City, 2:32.
215 pounds
Championship: Bo Eggers, Newton pinned Josh Crouch, Webster
City, 2:36
Third-place: Adam Leuer, Emmetsburg, Kyle Mohr, LC, 5:25.
Colton Vosberg (8th)
285 pounds
Championship: Alex Olinger, Ames dec. Nate
Rouse, Ankeny, 6-1
Third-place: Andrew Wier, Bettendorf pinned Jacob Jamison, FD,
:34.
Ames upsets Des Moines East
Charles T. Jahren,
Ames High Wrestling Junior Parent Rep.
(Dec. 18, 2007) In a hotly contested meet, the Ames Cylone upset
highly ranked team the Des Moines East High Scarlets 36 to 32.
'It was the definition of a barn burner' said Ames Coach Chad
Zmolek.
The excitement started in the second match when Senior Luke Stephenson
brought the crowd to it feet in a see saw match edging one point
past East High’s Tory Zephda 14-13. Quentin Ring and Stefan
Breitling collected pins while Tayor Knight and Alex Olinger took
forfeits from the Scarlets open weight classes.
Freshman Matthew Balkley pinned Corey Jacobe at 103 lb. East
then collected three pins and a two major decisions. 'Our team
stayed focused and did not let East Gain momentum, despite some
losses in the lighter weight class. We kept control of the meet
the entire time.'
In the end, 140 lb senior John McClelland wrestled the deciding
match, winning in a decision from East High’s Zak Jones.
'Everyone wrestled to their ability and set John up for the win.'
Zmolek commented. 'A dual win against a team of East’s caliber
put a smile on everyone’s face.'
Ames High wrestling meet summary:
Team Score: Ames 36, Des Moines East 32
103 lb. Matthew Blakely (A) wbf 0:34 Corey Jacobe (E)
112 lb. Jonny Coleman (E) wbf. 0:17 Jake Agnitsch (A)
119 lb. Tyler Slinger (E) wbf 0:54 Daniel Jahren (A)
125 lb. Prince Dalton(E) wbf 0:21 Spencer Ring (A)
130 lb. Sean DeGory (E) Maj Dec. 10-2 Devin Becraft (A)
135 lb. Cody Price (E) Maj Dec 13-0 Asa Ritz (A)
140 lb. John McClelland (A) dec 9-4 Zak Jones (E)
145 lb. Ethan Kouri (E) dec 7-3 Ben Swalla (A)
152 lb. Luke Stephenson (A) dec 14-13 Tory Zephda (E)
160 lb. Quentin Ring (A) wbf 1:39 Jordan Wentland (E)
171 lb. Taylor Reynolds (E) dec 5-3 Riley Banach (A)
189 lb. Taylor Knight (A) win by forfiet open (E)
215 lb. Stefan Breitling (A) wbf 2:43 Domingo Jamenez (E)
HWT Alec Olinger (A) win by forfeit (E) Open
Full Story
Ames High finishes in 4th place at the
8-team Valley tournament.
(December 9, 2007) Taylor Knight finishes in 1st place; John
McClelland and Riley Banach finish in 2nd.
 
Riley Banach and Scott Klinkel look for
back points at the Valley Invite.
Team finish: Indianola, Valley, Glenwood, Ames, Winterset, Boone,
Pekin, Valley JV
103 - OPEN
112 – Jahren DNP
119 – Agnitsch(4th place)
125 - OPEN
130 – Becraft (4th place)
135 – McClelland (2nd place)
140 – B.Swalla (3rd place)
145 – Norris (5th place)
152 – Stephenson (4th place)
160 – Ring (4th place)
171 – Banach (2nd place)
189 – Knight (1st place)
215 – Breitling (4th place)
HWT – Klinkel (5th place)
Full Story
Ames wrestlers lose to highly ranked Des
Moines Roosevelt
Charles T. Jahren,
Ames High Wrestling Junior Parent Rep.
(Nov. 30, 2007) In a hard fought meet Ames Little Cyclone lost
to highly ranked Des Moines Roosevelt 13 to 57, on Thursday, Nov.
29. After the team dropped the first match by fall, Riley Banach
(wrestling at 189) won a major decision 16-5 and Taylor Knight
(wrestling at 215) won his mach 7-2 to give Ames the lead by one
point 7 to 6. John McClelland (wrestling at 140) scored Ames’
remaining 6 points with a pin against Joe Hogan at 3:16.
Many of the Ames Wrestlers were one weight class above their
usual position to adjust for the absence of Ames heavyweight Alex
Olinger who is recovering from a knee injury.
‘Our team faught hard, but with the quality that Roosevelt
brings to the mat, we did the best we could to upset their pace,’
Ames Head Coach Chad Zmolick commented. ‘We were able to
move people around on some of the closer matches and if things
had gone differently in a few places, we would have narrowed the
gap considerably.’
In the next Dual meet, Ames faces third ranked Urbandale in its
first home dual meet on Thursday December 6th.
Ames High wrestling meet summary:
Team Score: Ames 13, Roosevelt 57
Individual results:
103 Josh Kritensen (R) maj. Dec. Matthew Blakely (A) 8-0
112 Anthoney San (R) dec. Daniel Jahren (A) 11-5
119 Craig Richmond (R) wbf 3:56 Jake Agnitsch (A)
125 Talon Larson (R) won by injury forfeit Alec Johnson (A)
130 Roman Borsellino (R) WBF 1:26 Devin Becraft (A)
135 Chad Lowman (R) WBF 3.49 Asa Ritz (A)
140 John McClelland (A) WBF 3:16 Joe Hogan (R)
145 DaRaunghn Canada (R) dec Ben Swalla (A) 11-5
152 John Nicholson (R) WBF 0:28 Ross Blumer (A)
160 Dustin Bean (R) WBF 0:50 Luke Stephenson (A)
171 Mark Waller (R) WBF 5:56 Quentin Ring (A)
189 Riley Banach (A) dec Thomas Freeman (R) 16-5
215 Taylor Knight (A) dec Zach Pote (R) 7-2
HWT Jorden Bell (R) WBF 3:18 Colton Vosberg (A)
Full Story
Ames High beats Perry, loses to Boone
on tie-break criteria
The Ames High wrestling team started the 2007-2008 season with
a win over Perry. The Little Cyclones defeated Perry 63-16. In
their second dual of the night Ames ended their dual with Boone
tied 34-34, but eventually lost 35-34 based on the numbers of
matches won on the night by each side.
Double winners for Ames were Daniel Jahron (one major), Ben Swalla
(two falls), Quentin Ring (one fall), Taylor Knight (two falls),
and Alex Olinger (one fall).
Others getting falls were Nick Schroeder, Luke Swalla, John McClelland,
Luke Stephenson, and Riley Banach.
Link
to Ames Tribune article.
The cyclones are in action again when they go on the road against
7th ranked Des Moines Roosevelt on Thursday, November 29, 2007.
The freshman and sophomores will compete in a home tournament
this Saturday, December 1st.
Full Story
 
Taylor Knight and Ben Swalla each picked
up two falls in the double dual.
Some rule changes to be aware of:
Last year the State changed the rules (similar to the current
college rules) that if a wrestler takes his/her second injury
time then the opposing wrestler has choice of top, down, or neutral.
(This occurred in the 130 lb. match against Boone). If a wrestler
takes a third injury time, he/she is disqualified and will forfeit
the match.
Here
is a full desription of the rule.
Here is Dan Gable's take on the rule:
"The new rule basically means if there if
a a second injury time out is taken or needed, the opponent
will have his choice of taking top, bottom or neutral. What
it's doing is it's keeping athletes that really don't need time
outs taking them. Because they know that in certain situations
they could end up losing the match because of the ability for
the opponent to have a position start. I do think that is is
impacting the sport because athletes will be taking fewer time
outs. The only problem here I see where there is a legitimate
injury time out needed and because it's either taken or not,
it could jeopardize the athlete in a couple different ways.
Over all it appears to be more effective than non-effective."
Another rule to note is that after a stoppage in a match, a wrestler
in the top position can choose to have the match restarted in
neutral and the opposing wrestler will receive 1 escape point.
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