By Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

IOWA CITY – A high school wrestling match is six minutes but Nelson Brands rarely needs that much time.

Only three times this season has a Brands match lasted until the final whistle.

Brands demonstrated on Saturday he’s more than capable of wrestling the whole six minutes.

In fact, if Brands had it his way matches could be eight, 10 or 15 minutes.

“I’m really looking forward to college because they have that three-minute period, it could be five (minutes), five, five and I would love it,” Brands said. “The more time the better, I don’t get tired.”

Brands only needed six minutes once in his five matches on Saturday at the 25th annual Tom Lepic Duals at West High but in that match he looked like he could have wrestled six more minutes.

Top-ranked Brands overcame an early takedown to win 12-7 decision over No. 4 Cayd Lara of Fort Dodge in marquee matchup of Class 3A 152 pounders.

Brands scored a trio of late takedowns including one as the final whistle blew to hand Lara his second loss of the season after defeating the Fort Dodge junior 9-7 at the Council Bluffs Classic on Dec. 9.

“He came out fast, I think people when they watch my films that see that I start slow, that’s how I’ve wrestled my whole life and I need to fix that soon,” Brands said. “He came out fast and got that first takedown and then he ended up breaking.”

Ranked by Intermat as the No. 20 152-pounder in the nation, Brands is 30-1 on the season with his only loss a 5-3 decision to Intermat’s fourth-ranked Austin O’Connor of St. Rita (Illinois).

Since the loss to O’Connor at the Al Dvorak Invitational on Dec. 23 Brands has won six straight matches all by tech fall or fall.

“You get better through wins and losses, I’m usually disappointed with loss but that match I felt like I wrestled pretty well I think I just need to get to my shots more on him,” Brands said of the loss to O’Connor. “He’s kind of an on the edge wrestler almost the opposite of me he doesn’t like to get in your face so I probably should have kept the pace more.”

The win over Lara highlighted a 5-0 performance for Brands on Saturday helping West High to a 4-1 mark at the dual tournament.

The Trojans defeated Pleasant Valley 54-19 in its opening match and added a 55-22 win over Council Bluffs Lewis Central.

Third-ranked Fort Dodge won the final five matches to earn a 43-30 win over West High.

West High then dropped a 51-30 dual to Blue Springs, Missouri before ending the meet with a 41-23 win over Albia.

Hans vonRabenau (106) and Carter Rohweder each went 5-0 for West High on Saturday.

Rohweder had four pinsn among his five victories on Saturday as he improved to 28-5 on the season while vonRabenau improved to 6-0.

“The season is short,” Rohweder said. “We are already into the back half and it seems like it started yesterday.”

West High 54, Pleasant Valley 19

106 – Hans vonRabenau (ICW) won by forfeit

113 – Keaton Speicher (ICW) won by forfeit

120 – Eli Loyd (PV) tech. fall Alex Aguirre 16-0

126 – Hunter Davis (ICW) won by forfeit

132 – Miguel Paredes (ICW) pinned Alisha Smith 3:26

138 – Brock Redecker (PV) maj. dec. Micah Blair 13-0

145 – Jo Dixon (ICW) maj. dec. Jackson Castonguay 13-4

152 – Nelson Brands (ICW) tech. fall Dermott Weldon 25-9

160 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) maj. dec. Ryan Loyd 13-0

170 – Ashton Stumpf (ICW) tech. fall Scott Wendell 15-0

182 – Will Hoeft (ICW) pinned Carson Gardner 1:02

195 – Landon Green (ICW) pinned Gui Pinho 1:06

220 – Carter Sergeant (PV) maj. dec. Guy Snow 9-0

285 – Brady Bormann (PV) pinned Nate Daniels 2:00

West High 55, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 22

106 – Hans vonRabenau (ICW) won by forfeit

113 – Keaton Speicher (ICW) tech. fall Joey Volentine 20-4

120 – Alex Aguirre (ICW) maj. dec. Tanner Higgins 18-6

126 – Hunter Davis (ICW) maj. dec. Joe Wolf 12-0

132 – Nick Wolf (LC) pinned Miguel Paredes 2:34

138 – Gabriel Kjeldgaard (LC) pinned Collin Leavy 1:21

145 – William Waugh (LC) pinned Jo Dixon 2:55

152 – Nelson Brands (ICW) pinned Jake Lear 2:34

160 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Tevin Statzer :26

170 – Dallas Volentine (LC) maj. dec. Ashton Stumpf 13-1

182 – Landon Green (ICW) pinned Elijah Jones 2:58

195 –  Mitchell Sorge (ICW) won by forfeit

220 – Guy Snow (ICW) pinned Brock Bortolotti 2:16

285 – Enutifa Gamia (ICW) pinned Jared Winters :45

Fort Dodge 43, West High 30

106 – Hans vonRabenau (ICW) pinned Brooks Cowell 3:43

113 – Drew Bennett (FD) pinned Keaton Speicher 1:08

120 – Brody Teske (FD) pinned Kaleb Williams 1:14

126 – Damond Lockner (FD) tech fall. Alex Aguirre 19-4

132 – Drevon Ross (FD) pinned Hunter Davis :36

138 – Triston Lara (FD) pinned Collin Leavy :44

145 – Levi Trenary (FD) tech. fall Jo Dixon 18-2

152 – Nelson Brands (ICW) dec. Cayd Lara 12-7

160 – Carter Rohweder (ICW Pinned Dorian Franklin 4:34

170 – Will Hoeft (ICW) dec. Kaden Smith 9-6

182 – Keaton Dornath (FD) dec. Tyler Yoerger 7-3

195 – Triston Licht (FD) pinned Landon Green 1:37

220 – Enutifa Gamia (ICW) pinned Lazaro Lerma 2:41

285 – Guy Snow (ICW) pinned Logan Finowski 1:25

Blue Springs (MO) 51, West High 30

106 – Hans vonRabenau (ICW) pinned Roderick Whitehead :36

113 – Tyler Collins (BS) pinned Keaton Speicher :46

120 – Isaiah McGee (BS) pinned Alex Aguirre :36

126 – Dillon Scribner (BS) pinned Hunter Davis 2:49

132 – PJ Howk (BS) pinned Miguel Paredes 1:14

138 – Jet Merlo (BS) pinned Micah Blair :31

145 – Payton Price (BS) pinned Jo Dixon 3:20

152 – Nelson Brands (ICW) pinned Zack Vigliatoro 2:25

160 – Brett Heil (BS) pinned Mason Sorge 1:13

170 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Koby Mansfield 1:00

182 – Ashton Stumpf (ICW) pinned Kody Rhodes 3:50

195 – Zach Hazen (BS) dec. Landon Green 7-2

220 – Cade Cox (BS) pinned Enutifa Gamia 1:41

285 – Guy Snow (ICW) pinned Nico Manning 2:15

West High 41, Albia 23

106 – Hans vonRabenau (ICW) won by forfeit

113 – Aden Reeves (ALB) tech. fall Keaton Speicher 21-6

120 – Alex Aguirre (ICW) dec. Storm Little 8-2

126 – Barrett Bonnett (ALB) dec. Hunter Davis 5-4

132 – Dominick Morris (ALB) pinned Collin Leavy 2:53

138 – David Morris (ALB) pinned Micah Blair 5:29

145 – Bryce McKim (ALB) dec. Jo Dixon 8-5

152 – Nelson Brands (ICW) tech. fall Jacob Fisher 26-9

160 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Kyle Sinnott 1:44

170 – Will Hoeft (ICW) won by forfeit

182 – Ashton Stumpf (ICW) dec. Ben Mason 3-1

195 – Landon Green (ICW) dec. Terrin Padilla 6-4

220 – Guy Snow (ICW) dec. Brett Martin 9-8

285 – Enutifa Gamia (ICW) won by forfeit