IDA GROVE — The varsity Spartans took fourth place with 156 team points last Friday and Saturday at OABCIG High School in Ida Grove behind champion Don Bosco (269.5), runner up Sergeant Bluff-Luton (178.0), and Jesup (177.5).
Jordan Schmidt and Lucas Feuerbach led the Spartans winning at 138 and 215 pounds. Schmidt (138) opened the weekend with a technical fall (4:30, 22-7) over Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire’s Aaron Wilson, pinned Okoboji’s Cole Becker (3:05), and won by tech fall (5:40, 23-8) over Carroll’s Chase Burnett (quarterfinals). A 7-3 win over Jesup’s Dawson Bell in the semifinals led to a 6-3 win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s Dalton VanWyhe for the championship. Feuerbach (215) opened with a bye then pinned Sibley-Ocheyedan’s Tommy Wietzema in 21 seconds in the second round. A 7-2 quarterfinal win over Sioux Center’s Brodie Van Regenmorter led to a technical fall against Ridge View’s Dramelle McCray (4:48, 15-0) in the semis. Feuerbach won by medical forfeit over Don Bosco’s Kyler Sallis in the championship match.
Jayden Steapp, Lawsin Sinnwell, Carson Kidwell, and Grant Wilson brought home fourth place finishes.
Steapp (106) went 4-2 with a first round bye pinning Woodbury Central’s Nathan Benedix in 44 seconds in the second round and losing a 4-0 decision to Akron-Westfield’s Connor Morrow in the quarterfinals. Steapp rebounded to pin Western Christian’s Kade Leloux (1:25) in the fourth consolation round and Denver’s Cannen Beaumont (1:01) in the fifth. A medical forfeit in the consolation semis set the stage for a rematch with Morrow in the third place match. Unfortunately for Steapp, Morrow won by fall (1:12).
Sinnwell (144) went 4-2 pinning Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s Elijah Johnson (4:47) in the first round, Ridge View’s Clayton Jacobson (2:35) in the second round and winning a 12-4 major decision over Sibley-Ocheyedan’s Dawson Beyer in the quarterfinals. A semifinal loss sent him to the consolation semifinals and a win by fall in 31 seconds over OABCIG’s Dayton Ullrich before losing to East Sac Conty’s Charlie Veit in the third place match.
Kidwell (150) went 3-2 with a first round bye winning a 5-0 second round decision against Pocahontas Area’s William Lawson and winning a 17-7 major decision against South Central Calhoun’s Brock Nattress before falling to Tonganoxie’s Noah Bailey in the semifinals. Kidwell won an 11-3 consolation semifinals major decision over West Lyon’s Owen Jennings but lost a 3-0 decision to Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s Ayden McRoberts in the third place match. Wilson (285) went 4-2 with a first round bye pinning Ridge View’s Jon Friedrichsen (1:56) in the second round and losing in sudden victory to Sioux Center’s Jacques Zomermaand in the quarterfinals. Wilson won the fourth and fifth consolation rounds pinning South Central Calhoun’s Jace Pedersen (4:25) and winning a 1-0 decision over Lawton Bronson’s Jayse Anderson. Wilson won a 7-1 decision in the consolation semifinal against Carroll’s Jeisson Avilez but fell to Emmetsburg’s Gage Jorgenson in the third place match.
Kyler Steapp placed fifth at 120 pounds with a 5-2 showing for the weekend. Steapp pinned Carroll’s Treyvin Childress (1:27) in the first round, won a 10-1 major decision over Tonganoxie’s Jordan Bauswell in the second round, but lost a 7-6 decision to Woodbury Central’s Sam Dominick in the quarterfinals. Steapp won a 15-0 tech fall in the fourth consolation round over Kingsley-Piersen’s Evan Jagodzinske and an 8-2 decision over Jesup’s Gavin Bell in the fifth. Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s Cam Keokenchahn won a 7-2 decision in the consolation semifinals before Steapp took an 8-7 decision from Dominick in a rematch for fifth place.
Evan Burg (126), Charlie Karam (132), Teague Williams (157), Jackson Feuerbach (165), Oliver Owens (175), and Kyler Jensen (190) did not place. Burg won a 9-0 major decision over Woodbury Central’s Axton Lindgren in the second round. Karam went 3-2 with a 21-4 technical fall (5:30) over West Lyon’s Jonny Leuthold, a 19-4 tech fall over Sioux Center’s Santiago Estrada, and pinning Denver’s Riley Brandt in 1:03. Williams had a 10-8 decision over Jesup’s Wyatt VanderWerff, and Feuerbach pinned Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire’s Koda Saul in 24 seconds. Jensen pinned South Central Calhoun’s Luke Patterson in 37 seconds (first round) and pinned Kingsley-Piersen’s Colton Wilcox in 19 seconds in the second consolation round.
Coach Aaron Hadenfeldt said the Herb Irgens Invitational is one of the tougher tournaments in the state.
“We see some kids that we typically don’t see during the year and that’s fun for us. Our kids are seeing that we can be a pretty good team when everyone gives it their all, and we’ll take that into the end of our season. I’m excited to see how our kids finish the year.”