Wrestling Roundup: West High Third at Loaded Rick Caldwell Invitational
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West High crowned three champions on its way to a third-place team finish in a field that featured three of the top six ranked teams in Class 3A on Saturday at the Rick Caldwell Invitational in Waverly.
Top-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock had five champions and won the team title with 202 points while fourth-ranked Fort Dodge had four champions and was second with 130.5 points.
West High got titles from Grant O’Dell at 126, Hunter Garvin at 138 and Ashton Barker at 170 pounds while placing third with 99.5 points.
Ninth-ranked O’Dell won the title at 126 going 4-0 with three pins and a 3-1 decision over third-ranked Carter Fecht of Waverly-Shell Rock in sudden victory.
Top-ranked Garvin went 4-0 with three pins and a tech fall on his way to the title at 138 while Barker was 4-0 with four pins while winning the 170-pound title.
Brett Pelfrey was runner-up at 220 pounds while Thomas Pierce (113), Braden Doyle (106), Kael Scranton (132), Graham Gambrall (152) and Errol Alden (285) all finished third.
Rick Caldwell Invitational
At Waverly
Team scores – 1. Waverly-Shell Rock 202; 2. Fort Dodge 130.5; 3. West High 99.5; 4. Boone 64; 5. Waterloo East 32
Individual Champion; area placewinners
106 – 1. Dru Ayala (FD) dec. Zane Behrends (W-SR) 14-10; 3. Braden Doyle (ICW)
113 – 1. Max Bishop (FD); 3. Thomas Pierce (ICW)
120 – 1. Bailey Roybal (W-SR); 5. Kyler Scranton (ICW)
126 – 1. Grant O’Dell (ICW)
132 – 1. Ryder Block (W-SR); 3. Kael Scranton (ICW)
138 – 1. Hunter Garvin (ICW)
145 – 1. Cal Hartman (FD); 5. Abram Collaguazo (ICW)
152 – 1. Aiden Riggins (W-SR); 3. Graham Gambrall (ICW)
160 – 1. Kody Cook (FD)
170 – 1. Ashton Barker (ICW)
182 – 1. McCrae Hagarty (W-SR)
195 – 1. Taner Harvey (BO)
220 – 1. Luke Walker (W-SR); 2. Brett Pelfrey (ICW)
285 – 1. Hector Garcia (BO); 3. Errol Alden (ICW)
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