Wrestling Roundup: City High Crowns Four Champs in Fourth-place Finish at Saydel Invite
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City High crowned four champions on its way to a third-place team finish at the Saydel Invitational on Saturday in Saturday.
Cale Seaton, Kael Kurtz, Ryan Ott and Ben Kueter all won individual titles as City High racked up 178 points to finish third in the team standings.
Waukee won the team title with 182 points followed by Boone with 181.5 points and City High while Roland-Story was fourth with 174.5 and West Marshall was fifth with 148.5 points.
Seaton improved to 10-1 on the season while claiming the title at 120 pounds with a second-period pin of Gentry Walston of Lynnvill-Sully.
Kurtz moved to 9-2 while winning the 126-pound championship with a pin of Kaiden Witzenburg of Waukee.
Ott won the 145-pound championship with a 6-4 victory over Nick Steinlage of Interstate 35 and Kueter remained unbeaten on the season with a title at 220 pounds pinning Brevin Bennett of Boone in 3:10 in the championship match.
Nick Marker added a third-place finish for City High at 195 pounds.
Saydel Invite
At Saydel
Team scores – 1. Waukee 182; 2. Boone 181.5; 3. City High 178; 4. Roland-Story 174.5; 5. West Marshall 148.5; 6. Interstate 35 138; 7. Marshalltown 115; 8. Lynnville-Sully 92; 9. Clarke 83; 10. PCM 72; 11. Waukee Northwest 59; 12. Des Moines Lincoln 48.5; 13. Collins-Maxwell 37; 14. Saydel 36
Championship matches; area placewinners
106 – Shane Hanford (WM) dec. Nick McCallister (WAU) 7-0; 7. Kendall Kurtz (ICH)
113 – Kade Blume (R-S) pinned Cassius Henry (CLA) 1:56
120 – Cale Seaton (ICH) pinned Gentry Walston (L-S) 3:26
126 – Kael Kurtz (ICH) pinned Kaiden Witzenburg (WAU) 1:21
132 – Wes Anderson (WAU) dec. Xayvion Anderson (MAR) 7-1; 5. Zach Fern (ICH)
138 – Logan Powers (R-S) dec. Ryan Steinlage (I35) 5-3; 6. Jake Mitchell (ICH)
145 – Ryan Ott (ICH) dec. Nick Steinlage (I35) 6-4
152 – Christian Eslick (R-S) pinned Isaiah Smith (I35) 1:49
160 – Hesston Johnson (R-S) dec. KJ Fry (CLA) 15-8
170 – Colin Driscoll (WAU) dec. Eli Thorson (R-S) 6-4; 7. Drew Nye (ICH)
182 – Jayden Angle (BOO) dec. Brody Sampson (C-M) 8-6
195 – McGuire Bryant (BOO) pinned Wyatt Weuve (WM) 3:20; 3. Nick Marker (ICH)
220 – Ben Kueter (ICH) pinned Brevin Bennett (BOO) 3:10
285 – Ryley Snell (I35) pinned Hector Garcia (BOO) 1:44; 7. Avery Goodrich (ICH)
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