Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

DES MOINES – After a strong finish to the opening session at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament on Wednesday City High picked up where it left off on Thursday.

City High won three of four quarterfinal matches and had another wrestler pick up a pair of wins in the consolation bracket in a second consecutive strong showing on day two of the four-day tournament at Wells Faro Arena in Des Moines.

Cael Seaton, Kael Kurtz and Kael Voinovich all secured spots in the 3A semifinals with quarterfinal wins on Thursday while senior Jake Mitchell won back-to-back consolation matches to keep his season alive.

The strong performance on Friday boosted City High to No. 13 in the Class 3A team standings with 48 points.

Top-ranked Seaton advanced to the semifinals for the fourth consecutive season with a second-period pin of fifth-ranked John King (31-11) of Waukee Northwest.

Seaton (32-1) will face fourth-ranked Connor Fiser (33-3) of Bondurant-Farrar in the 132-pound semifinals on Friday that get underway at 1:30 p.m.

Fiser defeated ninth-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie senior Tyler Lee 5-3 in the quarterfinals.
The 126-pound champion last season, Seaton is seeking

A fourth-place finisher at Kael Kurtz 132 and 126 pounds the past two seasons Kurtz (26-3) secured a third consecutive semifinal appearance with a 6-1 win over sixth-ranked Wil Oberbroeck (27-9) of Southeast Polk in the quarterfinals.

Third-ranked Kurtz will face second-ranked Koy Davidson (40-2) of Fort Dodge in the 138-pound semifinals on Friday.

Davidson advanced with an 11-4 decision over seventh-ranked Zane Behrends of Waverly-Shell Rock on Thursday.

Joining Kurtz and Seaton in the 3A semifinals is Voinovich, a transfer from Oklahoma who is making his debut at the Iowa state tournament.

The top-ranked wrestler at 157 pounds, Voinovich (39-1) continued his dominating start to the state tournament with a 19-7 major decision over fifth-ranked Isaac Bruhl (20-2) of Ankeny Centennial.

Voinovich will face second-ranked Grant Kress (32-1) of Linn-Mar in the 157-pound semifinals on Friday. Kress advanced with a 4-1 win over eighth-ranked Nolan Riddle of Fort Madison on Thursday.

Mitchell (29-12) posted back-to-back wins in the 144-pound consolation bracket to move one win away from the first state medal of his career.

Mitchell won a 11-3 major decision over Ryker Jones of Clear Creek Amana and pinned Cayden Mayfield of Dallas Center-Grimes in 3:42.

Mitchell can secure a top-eight finish with a win over seventh-ranked Elijah Blewitt (33-12) of Indianola on Friday.

Class 3A State Meet

Team scores (Top 20; area teams) – 1. Southeast Polk 116.5; 2. Bettendorf 99; 3. Ankeny Centennial 77.5; 4. Indianola 65.5; 5. Fort Dodge 63; 6. Bondurant-Farrar 57.5; 7. Carlisle 57; 7. Waverly-Shell Rock 57; 9. Linn-Mar 53; 10. Dubuque Hempstead 52.5; 11. Waukee Northwest 52; 12. Johnston 51.5; 13. City High 48; 14. Ames 47; 15. Ankeny 45.5; 16. West Des Moines Valley 40; 17. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 37; 18. Cedar Rapids Prairie 36; 19. Pella 35; 20. West High 34; 25. Clear Creek Amana 24; 35. Liberty High 13.5

Quarterfinal (area athletes) 

113 – Isaac Wignall (Ankeny) dec. Kendall Kurtz (City High) 12-6

113 – Alexander Pierce (West High) dec. Mat Prine (Southeast Polk) 5-2

132 – Cale Seaton (City High) pinned John King (Waukee Northwest) 3:31

138 – Kael Kurtz (City High) dec. Wil Oberbroeckling (Southeast Polk) 6-1

150 – Logan Trenary (Southeast Polk) dec. Justin Avila (West High) 15-9

157 – Kael Voinovich (City High) major dec. Isaac Bruhl (Ankeny Centennial) 19-7

215 – Vincenzo Lima (Liberty High) dec. Griffin Schultz (Linn-Mar) 5-4

Second round consolation (area athletes)  

106 – Connor Stickrod (Spencer) pinned Elder Mendieta (Clear Creek Amana) 1:00

106 – Sawyer Nelson (Indianola) injury default Charles Barnhouse (West High) 5:10

113 – Ashton Grace (Ottumwa) pinned Jose Mendieta (Clear Creek Amana) 1:17

120 – Matthew Tran (West High) dec. Blake Forrester (Dallas Center-Grimes) 7-5

120 – Cale Nash (Clear Creek Amana) pinned Reed Kruger (Mason City) 2:40

120 – Drew Anderson (Council Bluffs Lewis Central) tech. fall Chris Davis (City High) 16-0

126 – Matthew McCrea (Bondurant-Farrar) pinned Edgar Mhoon-Lopez (City High) 2:59

126 – Ethan Sodergren (Ankeny Centennial) pinned Malachi Clement (Clear Creek Amana) 2:41

138 – Nolan Howell (Clear Creek Amana) dec. Carson Cornwell (Johnston) 7-5

138 – Gavin Doebel (Spencer) pinned Campbell Janis (West High) 3:55

144 – Braden Doyle (West High) dec. Brayden Wiles (Cedar Falls) 8-6

144 – Jake Mitchell (City High) major dec. Ryker Jones (Clear Creek Amana) 11-3

150 – Jack Stevens (Clear Creek Amana) major dec. Lincoln Hutt (Waukee Northwest) 14-3

157 – AJ Pontier (Indianola) pinned Trace Robertson (Clear Creek Amana) 3:56

157 – Cinsere Clark (West Des Moines Valley) major dec. Landon Bell (Liberty High) 10-0

175 – Antonio Loving (Southeast Polk) pinned Mason Tilley (City High) 1:47

175 – Gavin Benton (Liberty High) dec. Bryce Williams (Waukee Northwest) 7-5

175 – Kyler Scranton (West High) pinned Jack Freking (West Des Moines Dowling) 3:09

190 – Cal Hartman (Fort Dodge) pinned Ethan Williams (Clear Creek Amana) 1:41

215 – Carson Nash (Clear Creek Amana) dec. Jay Lightle (North Scott) 5-3

285 – Jaxson Boyd (Indianola) pinned Vinnie Keller (Clear Creek Amana) 1:21

285 – Noah Parsons (Pella) dec. Ashton Honore (West High) 3-1

Third round consolation (area athletes)  

120 – Malik DeBow (Linn-Mar) dec. Matthew Tran (West High) 6-3

120 – Cale Nash (Clear Creek Amana) dec. Nick McCallister (Waukee) 9-3

138 – Nolan Howell (Clear Creek Amana) dec. Gavin Doebel (Spencer) 8-5

144 – Jake Mitchell (City High) pinned Cayden Mayfield (Dallas Center-Grimes) 3:42

144 – Duncan Harn (Bettendorf) dec. Braden Doyle (West High) 7-5 SV-1

175 – Ronan Thomas (Cedar Rapids Xavier) dec. Gavin Benton (Liberty High) 8-5

175 – Kyler Scranton (West High) pinned David Theisen (Western Dubuque) 2:45

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