Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

CORALVILLE – Shaona Emmanuel said on Thursday that her season would be determined by how she responded to an opening-round loss at the state wrestling tournament.

Four matches later the season is still going for the City High junior.

Emmanuel (36-6) continued an impressive roll through the 155-pound consolation bracket on Friday posting two more first-period pins while advancing to the Class 2A third-place match set for Friday evening in a session that begins at 6 p.m. at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Following an opening-round loss to Amaziah Twillie of Burlington on Thursday morning Emmanuel has rattled off four consecutive wins, all by first-period pin.

None of the four consolation victories for Emmanuel have lasted longer than 1:25 with her two latest pins in Friday mornings’ session coming in 33 seconds and 67 seconds.

Third-ranked Emmanuel pinned ninth-ranked Abigail Chyma of South Tama in 33 seconds in her first match on Friday morning.

In the consolation semifinal Emmanuel needed just 1:07 to pin Twillie in a rematch of her opening-round bout.

Emmanuel will face sixth-ranked Marlee Pittet (38-5) of Western Iowa in the 155-pound third-place match on Friday evening.

Liberty High sophomore Peyten Van Dyke wrapped up her season on Friday morning with an eighth-place finish in Class 2A at 155 pounds.

Van Dyke dropped a third-round consolation match to seventh-ranked Kalen Jo Westerfield (36-11) of Council Bluffs Lewis Central.

In the seventh-place match Van Dyke (23-8) was pinned by Chyma in 5:01.

West Branch senior Teagyn Hartz concluded her season on Friday morning with a seventh-place finish in Class 1A at 190 pounds.

Hartz (36-5) dropped a third-round consolation match to No. 11 Emma De Jong (35-7) of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley but responded by pinning sixth-ranked Ellen Gerlock (28-8) of SWAT in 2:28 in the seventh-place match.

Hartz becomes the second IGHSAU state medalist in West Branch history, matching Emmersen Thomas who finished seventh at 110 pounds in 2023.

Hartz posted an impressive 83-18 record the past three seasons and became the second member of her family to earn a medal at the state girls tournament, joining older sister Madelyn Hartz who medaled in the final year of the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association tournament in 2022.

“It means a lot because I know my sister cares a lot,” Hartz said. “It means a lot to me to follow in those footsteps.”

IGHSAU Class 2A State Tournament

At Xtream Arena  

Team scores (Top 10; area teams) – 1. Raccoon River-Northwest 144.5; 2. Ankeny 126; 3. Cedar Falls 124; 4. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 95.5; 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 86.5; 6. Southeast Polk 75; 7. Nevada 66; 8. Mason City 56.5; 9. Spencer 56; 10. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 55.5; 31. City High 22; 50. Liberty High 3; 50. West High 3

Third Round Consolation (Area wrestlers only)

155 – Shaona Emmanuel (City High) pinned Abigail Chyma (South Tama) :33

155 – Kalen Jo Westerfield (Council Bluffs Lewis Central) pinned Peyten Van Dyke (Liberty High) :50

Consolation Semifinal

155 – Shaona Emmanuel (City High) pinned Amaziah Twillie (Burlington) 1:07

Seventh-place Match

155 – Abigail Chyma (South Tama) pinned Peyten Van Dyke (Liberty High) 5:01

Class 1A State Tournament

Team scores (Top 10; area teams) – 1. East Buchanan 91; 2. Mount Vernon 86; 3. Decorah 68.5; 4. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 64.5; 5. Osage 63.5; 6. Woodward-Granger 59; 7. West Liberty 57.5; 8. Logan-Magnolia-Woodbine 56.5; 9. Denver 53; 10. Charles City 43

Third Round  Consolation (Area wrestlers only)

190 – Emma De Jong (Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley) pinned Teagyn Hartz (West Branch) 4:50

Seventh-place Match

190 – Teagyn Hartz (West Branch) pinned Ellen Gerlock (SWAT) 2:28

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