Solon, City High and West High Advance Wrestlers to Quarterfinals at Opening Sessions of Girls State Wrestling Meet
Ryan Murken
Your Prep Sports
448 wrestlers made history on Thursday on the opening day of the first ever Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state wrestling meet.
Three Your Prep Sports area wrestlers were among the wrestlers to post two wins on Thursday morning in the first sessions of the two-day event in front of a sold out crowd at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Solon freshman McKenna Rogers, City High senior Claire Brown and West High senior Jannell Avila all won back-to-back matches on Thursday morning to advance to the quarterfinals schedule for 5 p.m. on Thursday evening.
Rogers (35-1) posted back-to-back first-period pins to reach the 105-pound quarterfinals.
Third-seeded Rogers pinned Evelyn Jergenson of Eagle Grove in 1:50 in her opening-round match and needed just 1:29 to pin Liv Halfpap of Racoon River-Northwest in the second round.
Rogers will face sixth-seeded Taylor Strief (34-3) of Bettendorf in the quarterfinals.
Brown (24-4) won a pair of tight matches on Thursday morning to advance to the 130-pound quarterfinals.
The City High senior scored a takedown with 18 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to win a 10-8 decision over Shy Steck of Colfax-Mingo in the opening round.
Brown scored the only takedown in a 3-1 second-round win over Tierney Perkins of Crestwood holding off a late Perkins takedown attempt as time expired.
Ninth-seeded Brown will face two-time defending state champion Lilly Luft (37-0) of Charles City in the 130-pound semifinals.
A three-time medalist at the IWCOA state meets, Avila posted back-to-back first-period pins to reach the 155-pound quarterfinals.
The second seed in the 155-pound bracket, Avila pinned Abigail Chyma of South Tama in 1:06 in the opening round and added needed 1:49 to pin Kassidy Fiala of Council Bluffs in the second round.
Six other Your Prep Sports area wrestlers went 1-1 in the opening session and remain alive in the consolation bracket entering session two on Thursday.
City High senior Erin Anderson went 1-1 at 125 pounds falling to Apryl Halsor of Cedar Falls in the second round.
West Branch had a pair of wrestlers win their opening matches before falling in the second round.
Senior 110-pounder Emmersen Thomas opened with a 5-3 decision over Anika Stearns of Emmetsburg before falling to No. 10 seed Ashlyn Leslie of Nevada.
Sophomore Teagyn Hartz pinned Allison Metschke of Ames in 2:30 in the opening round and was pinned by second-seed Bella Porcelli of Southeast Polk in the second round.
Clear Creek Amana has all three qualifiers alive into the Thursday evening sessions after Marlie McBride, Emma Descourouez and Kaly Thomas all bounced back from opening-round losses to win consolation matches.
McBride pinned Kylie Hessenius of LeMars in 3:30 in a consolation match at 110 pounds and Thomas pinned Lily Hans of Ankeny in 4:00 in a consolation match at 130.
Descourouez won by medical forfeit over LeMar’s Bailey Brady at 120 pounds.
IGHSAU State Wrestling Meet
Team scores (top 20; area teams) – 1. Waverly-Shell Rock 46; 2. East Buchanan 43; 3. Decorah 42; 4. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 39; 5. Cedar Falls 37; 6. Osage 30; 7. Mason City 29; 8. Anamosa 28.5; 9. Ridge View 28; 9. SWAT Valkyrie 28; 11. Racoon River-Northwest 27; 12. Missouri Valley 24; 12. Cedar Rapids Prairie 24; 12. Spencer 24; 12. Vinton-Shellsburg 24; 16. Southeast Polk 23.5; 17. Ames 23; 17. Bettendorf 23; 17. Independence 23; 20. Mid-Prairie 20; 20. Williamsburg 20; 55. Clear Creek Amana 9; 59. West High 8; 59. Solon 8; 89. City High 6; 89. West Branch 6
Opening Round (Area competitors)
100 – Mariah Michels (North Central Trailblazers) pinned Taylor Cavanh (Liberty High) 1:57
105 – McKenna Rogers (Solon) pinned Evelyn Jergenson (Eagle Grove) 1:50
110 – Trista Guinn (Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire) pinned Kara VeDepo (Solon) 2:28
110 – Emmersen Thomas (West Branch) dec. Anika Stearns (Emmetsburg) 5-3
110 – Hope Chiattello (Cedar Falls) pinned Marlie McBride (Clear Creek Amana) 4:15
120 – Khylie Wainwright (North Scott) pinned Emma Descourouez (Clear Creek Amana) 1:42
125 – Erin Anderson (City High) dec. Lea Gute (Missouri Valley) 4-0
130 – Claire Brown (City High) dec. Shy Steck (Colfax-Mingo) 10-8 SV-1
130 – Lyni Gusick (Center Point-Urbana) pinned Kaly Thomas (Clear Creek Amana) 3:48
135 – Cadence Bushong (West Des Moines Valley) pinned Olivia Bonnema (Solon) :53
145 – Ali Russler (New Hampton/Turkey Valley) pinned Evelyn Eggleston (Liberty High) 2:08
155 – Haylee Mcgrew (Des Moines Public Schools) pinned Molly Carlson (City High) 1:15
155 – Jannell Avila (West High) pinned Abigail Chyma (South Tama) 1:06
170 – Teagyn Hartz (West Branch) pinned Allison Metschke (Ames) 2:30
Second round
105 – McKenna Rogers (Solon) pinned Liv Halfpap (Racoon River-Northwest) 1:29
110 – Ashlyn Leslie (Nevada) pinned Emmersen Thomas (West Branch) 3:41
125 – Apryl Halsor (Cedar Falls) pinned Erin Anderson (City High) 3:09
130 – Claire Brown (City High) dec. Tierney Perkins (Crestwood) 3-1
155 – Jannell Avila (West High) pinned Kassidy Fiala (Council Bluffs) 1:49
170 – Bella Porcelli (Southeast Polk) pinned Teagyn Hartz (West Branch) 1:58
First round consolation
100 – Koda Fogg (Tipton) pinned Taylor Cavanh (Liberty High) 2:00
110 – Avery Buhr (West Des Moines Valley) pinned Kara VeDepo (Solon) 2:40
110 – Marlie McBride (Clear Creek Amana) pinned Kylie Hessenius (LeMars) 3:30
120 – Emma Descourouez (Clear Creek Amana) won by medical forfeit Bailey Brady (LeMars)
130 – Kaly Thomas (Clear Creek Amana) pinned Lily Hans (Ankeny) 4:00
135 – Miley Walz (East Buchanan) pinned Olivia Bonnema (Solon) 2:43
145 – Lindsey Hospodarsky (Alburnett) pinned Evelyn Eggleston (Liberty High) 3:48
155 – Fern Neubauer (Gilbert) pinned Molly Carlson (City High) 1:58
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