The Pella High wrestling team had eight grapplers place in the top five in Saturday’s Montezuma tournament. Levi Azinger was the lone champion for the Little Dutch in the 138-pound weight class; he went 3 – 0 on the day with a pin. Ethan Speltz and Chase Petty each came up with second place finishes. See a full list of results below. Pella High will next wrestle in a quad this Thursday against Colfax-Mingo, Nevada and South Hamilton.
Varsity Results-Montezuma Tournament
212.5 Iowa Valley
180 East Marshall
139.5 Lynville-Sully
131 Pleasantville
125 Pella
100 Lone Tree
89 Grinnell JV
88 Tri-County Montezuma
80 Gladbrook-Reinbeck-North Tama
10 North Mahaska
106: Ethan Speltz 2nd Place
-Won by pin in 3:04 vs. Paden Maschmann of TCM
-Lost by tech. fall 1-16 to Nick Meling of EM
132: Chase Petty 2nd Place
-Won by pin in :10 vs. Scott Morrison of GRNT
-Won by pin in 1:07 vs. Steven Sletcha of IV
-Lost by Major Decision of 7-10 to Zach Underhill of EM
138: Levi Azinger Champion
Won by pin in 1:32 vs. Jeffrey Hudson of LT
Won by Major Decision 8-2 vs. Max Upah of EM
Won by minor Decision of 2-0 vs. Drake Healey of IV
145: Calvin Van Donselaar 5th Place
Lost by fall in 1:51 to Alex Yedik of LT
Won by pin in 4:02 vs. Max Johnson of PV
Lost by fall in 2:12 to Drew Schossow of EM
Won by pin in 1:56 vs.Tristan Johannigmeier of GRNT
160: Jake Speltz 3rd Place
Won by pin in 4:45 vs. Isaiah McAlexander of G
Lost by Major Decision 8-18 vs. Nick Long of EM
Won by pin in :38 vs. Reece Strasser of NM
Won by pin 1:57 vs. Keaton Kane of LT
170: Tate Petty: 4th Place
-Won by pin in 2:49 vs. Drake DauBer of LT
-Lost by fall in 3:38 to Gunnar Sampson of PV
-Won by minor Decision vs. Clay Harper of TCM
-Won by Major Decision 10-6 vs. Parker Brown of GRNT
-Lost by fall in 5:46 to Gunnar Sampson of PV
182: Aston Messer: 4th Place
-Won by pin in 1:29 vs.Lane Walton of EM
Lost by fall in 1:34 to Nathan Wardenburg IV of IV
Won by pin in 2:44 vs. Jack Hardin of LS
Lost by fall in :16 to Kaden Moore of G
195: Keegan Poole: 5th Place
-Lost by fall in 3:27 to Jarred Young of EM
-Won by pin in 0:47 vs. Will Anthony of PV
-Lost by fall in 2:33 to Blake Wehrle of LV
-Won by pin in 3:19 vs. Jason Brau of G
“I am very happy with the way we wrestled today. We fought in every match and everyone placed top 5. We scored 55 points more as a team compared to last year with just one champion (Levi Azinger). It was a total team effort.” -Joe Burch
Junior Varsity Results at Bondurant-Farrar Tournament
120: Zine Stough
-Lost by fall in 1:11 vs. Storm Eastvold of Waukee
-Lost by fall in 1:27 vs. Kirkland Darling of Waukee
-Won by pin in 4:00 vs. Brandy Smith of South Tama
132: Jason Seo
-Lost by fall in 0:12 vs. Sebastion Sikora of Waukee
-Lost by fall in 3:45 vs. Deandre Vaughn of Bondurant-Farrar
-Lost by decision 5-6 vs. Dan Blocker of Waukee
132: Trent Schippers
-Won by pin in 1:09 vs. Russell Jennett of Gilbert
-Won by pin in 3:32 vs. Brandon Rivera of Bondurant-Farrar
-Lost by fall in 2:58 vs. Damion Wallace Jr. of Waukee
145: Cole Larson
-Won by pin in 0:26 vs. Colin Laswell of Waukee
-Lost by fall in 1:59 vs. Hunter Stumf of Waukee
-Lost by major decision 4-13 vs. Marshall Anderson of Saydel
138: Joe Blauw
-Lost by fall in 2:54 vs. Adam Stiltson of Waukee
-Won by pin in 1:29 vs. Dillon Giraves of South Tama
-Won by minor decision 11-4 vs. Colten Parsons of Bondurant-Farrar
145: Zach Van Donselaar
-Lost by fall in 2:00 vs. Nathan Weiss of South Tama
-Lost by fall in 4:55 vs. Peyton Bowers of Saydel
-Lost by fall in 0:28 vs. Tyler Kubiak of Waukee
160: Luke Roose
-Lost by fall in 2:42 vs. Stephen Downer of Waukee
-Lost by fall in 1:52 vs. Tanner Garrington of Waukee
-Won by pin in 1:43 vs. Simon Kiehast of Waukee
160: James Van Gorp
-Lost by minor decision 7-8 vs. Jorge Vargas of Waukee
-Lost by fall in 2:29 vs. Charles Kaufman of South Tama
-Won by pin in 5:29 vs. Pablo Marcaya of Bondurant-Farrar
160: Styon Kirby
-Lost by fall in 2:27 vs. Conner Ruggies of Bondurant-Farrar
-Won by pin vs. Elias Garcia of South Tama
-Won by pin in 0:18 vs. Brady Wrightsman of Waukee
195: Carter Terpstra
-Won by minor decision 6-3 vs. Chris McGuire of Gilbert
-Won by pin in 0:34 vs. Jordan Armstrong of Waukee
-Lost by decision of 7-9 vs. Aaron Johnson of Bondurant-Farrar
HWT: DeAngelo Wise
-Lost by fall in 3:20 vs. Alex Long of Waukee
-Won by pin in 3:51 vs. Jace Langholz of Saydel
-Lost by fall in 0:28 vs. Cory Irwin of Boone