Boys Wrestling Roundup: Avila and Tran Win Titles for West High at Don Miller Invite
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Justin Avila and Matthew Tran won individual titles and Alexander Pierce added a runner-up finish to lead West High to an eighth-place team finish at the Don Miller Invitational in Fort Dodge on Saturday.
West High finished with 105.5 points while Humboldt won the team title with 217.5 to outdistance Algona which was runner-up with 204.5.
Tran won the 126-pound title with a third-period pin of Isaac Wilson of Algona while Avila won a 4-1 decision over Isaac Bruhl of Ankeny Centennial in sudden victory in the 150-pound title match.
Pierce finished runner-up at 120 pounds falling to Ankeny Centennial’s Cale Vandermark in the title match.
Randal Kelly finished third at 285 pounds for West High while Charles Barnhouse was fifth at 126 pounds and Campbell Janis was sixth at 157 pounds for the Trojans.
Don Miller Invitational
At Fort Dodge High School
Team scores – 1. Humboldt 217.5; 2. Algona 204.5; 3. Decorah 170.5; 4. Fort Dodge 165.5; 5. Ankeny Centennial 154; 6. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 126.5; 7. Sioux Center 108; 8. West High 105.5; 9. Emmetsburg 85; 10. Webster City 69; 11. Forest City 56.5; 12. Des Moines Roosevelt 42; 13. Sioux City East 39; 14. Sioux City Heelan 34
Individual results (champions matches, area placewinners)
106 – 1. Trace Rial (FD) tech. fall Meison Tollefson (DEC) 23-7
113 – 1. Zander Manz (CBLC) major dec. Bryce Oostenink (SC) 10-0
120 – 1. Cale Vandermark (AC) dec. Alexander Pierce (ICW) 4-1
126 – 1. Matthew Tran (ICW) pinned Isaac Wilson (ALG) 5:15; 5. Charles Barnhouse (ICW)
132 – 1. Carter Schorsch (CBLC) major dec. Cyler Cirks (HUM) 13-1
138 – 1. Gavin Carolan (DEC) tech. fall Elijah Wilhite (ALG) 18-2
144 – 1. Koy Davidson (FD) pinned Barrett Morgan (ALG) 1:27
150 – 1. Justin Avila (ICW) dec. Isaac Bruhl (AC) 4-1 SV-1
157 – 1. Maximus Dhabolt (AC) pinned Tate Slagle (ALG) 2:39; 6. Campbell Janis (ICW)
165 – 1. Jacob Hand (AC) pinned Jackson Anonson (AC) 3:54
175 – 1. Justin Wirtz (EMT) tech. fall Jesse Egli (FD) 17-1
190 – 1. Broedy Hendricks (HUM) major dec. Thomas Sexton (DEC) 14-5
215 – 1. Joseph Monge (CBLC) tech. fall Nick Saxton (EMT) 19-3
285 – 1. Joe Constable (FD) dec. Thai Cam (SC) 4-1 SV-1; 3. Randale Kelly (ICW)
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