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Advancing to the district meet is nothing new for Christopher Waikel.

It was the way that Waikel secured a spot at districts that had the Regina junior fired up on Saturday.

Waikel used a late reversal to reverse the outcome of his district meeting with Lisbon senior Jamien Moore at the Class 1A, Sectional 13 meet at English Valleys.

A year after losing a 10-0 major decision to Moore in the district semifinals on his way to an 0-2 district performance Waikel recorded three reversals in an 8-7 win over Moore in the 182-pound title match.

“Last year I lost to (him) at districts ten to zero, so I was kind of looking for redemption,” Waikel said. “Friday, we were working on just stuff that he does because he bumped down (to 182) kind of last second, so I was just looking for redemption and I didn’t want to lose to him again.”

Ranked sixth at 195 pounds Moore (26-10) moved into the 182 bracket at sectionals on Saturday and was the top seed.

Waikel (29-10) pinned Kris Boone of WACO in the semifinals before pulling the upset of Moore in the final.

Waikel broke a 6-6 deadlock with his third reversal of the match with 52 seconds remaining to secure the sectional title at a spot at the Class 1A, District 7 meet next Saturday at Wapello.

“I think that was just my mindset, I needed to win this to win it all and get a good seed at district,” Waikel said. “I think that was my motivation.”

The title by Waikel was part of a strong day for Regina as the Regals crowned two champs and qualified five wrestlers for districts while finishing runner-up in the team standings with 159 points.
Lisbon won the team title with 252.5 while WACO was third with 153.5.

Junior Ronan Poynton won the 195-pound title and seniors Sam Aitchison, Aidan Udell and Caden Shetler all advanced with runner-up finishes.

Poynton (32-5), ranked 10^th at 220 pounds, won a 5-0 decision over Lisbon’s Indy Ferguson in the 195-pound title match.

Aitchison (34-5) dropped a 7-6 decision to Kendal Pugh of Louisa-Muscatine in the 160-pound title match.

In one of the premier matches of the day second-ranked Max Kohl (36-3) of Lisbon won a 4-2 decision over third-ranked Udell (32-3) in the 170-pound championship.

Kohl had a takedown in the first period and a reversal in the second on his way to securing the title.

Fifth-ranked Jonah Clark (42-1) of WACO pinned Shetler (29-15) in 1:25 in the 220-pound final.

Class 1A, Sectional 13 Meet

At English Valleys High School

Teams scores – 1. Lisbon 252.5; 2. Regina 159; 3. WACO 153.5; 4. Wapello 151; 5. Highland 105.5; 6. Louisa-Muscatine 96; 7. English Valleys 87.5; 8. Lone Tree 14

Championship matches; district qualifiers

106 – 1. Gage Samo (WACO) dec. Wes Sadler (LIS) 1-0

113 – 1. Easton Schlabaugh (HIG) pinned Skyler Beck (L-M) 2:49

120 – 1. Brandon Paez (LIS) pinned Zach Harbison (WAP) 3:26

126 – 1. Quincy Happel (LIS) pinned Garret Dickey (WAP) :33

132 – 1. Tiernan Boots (LIS) dec. Carlos Valenzuela (HIG) 11-8

138 – 1. Cade Siebrecht (LIS) pinned Ty Moore (EV) 2:45

145 – 1. Louden Huisenga (WAC) dec. Indy Harbaugh (LIS) 9-3

152 – 1. Lincoln Holub (LIS) pinned Joshua Osborn (EV) 5:42

160 – 1. Kendal Pugh (L-M) dec. Sam Aitchison (ICR) 7-6

170 – 1. Max Kohl (LIS) dec. Aidan Udell (ICR) 4-2

182 – 1. Christopher Waikel (ICR) dec. Jamien Moore (LIS) 8-7

195 – 1. Ronan Poynton (ICR) dec. Indy Ferguson (LIS) 5-0

220 – 1. Jonah Clark (WAC) pinned Caden Shetler (ICR) 1:25

285 – 1. Wyatt Smith (LIS) dec. Spencer Kessel (L-M) 6-5

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