March 18, 2024

Newton falls to No. 10 Indianola

Cardinals beat Albia

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INDIANOLA — Newton High’s wrestling team was undefeated in dual action for awhile Thursday night. The Cardinals defeated Albia, 46-28, to go 2-0 in a non-conference dual then faced host Indianola.

Newton hit the mat against Class 3A 10th-ranked Indianola in Little Hawkeye Conference action. The Indians’ four ranked individual wrestlers claimed wins as Indianola dealt Newton a 58-13 setback. Indianola beat Albia, 43-18.

The Cardinals won three matches in their first conference dual of the young season. Seniors Logan Zibert and Brady Smith and junior Blayden Rhone notched decisions over their Indianola opponents.

Newton trailed Indianola 43-0 when Zibert put up an 11-2 major decision over Hunter VanderWaal in the 152-pound match. Zibert built a 6-1 lead with two takedowns and a two-point near fall in the first period then added a point in the second and four more points in the third period.

Indianola won the next two matches. Rhone pulled out a sudden victory win in overtime against Chayton Reif at 182. Rhone trailed 1-0 after two periods. He used a reversal to take a 2-1 lead but Reif tied it up with an escape point.

Rhone claimed the win with a takedown and pinned Reif. The win gave Newton six points to bump the team score to 10.

Smith wrestled for the first time this season after winning by forfeit Tuesday at home. At 195, Smith opened the match with a takedown of Reece Bowlin. It was 2-2 after a penalty point and an escape point won by Bowlin.

Smith recorded another takedown, but Bowlin escaped. Smith added to his 4-3 lead with a reversal in the second period. Bowlin escaped to begin the third period followed by Smith taking him down again. Bowlin tacked up a point with another escape but Smith took him down one more time for a 10-5 victory.

Smith and Zibert improved to 3-0 on the season. Smith powered past Albia’s Terrin Pedilla on a 10-2 major decision Thursday. Zibert pinned Albia’s Bryce McKim at the 4:52 mark of their 6-minute match at 152.

The Indianola dual began with fourth-ranked Eagan Lickiss pinning Newton senior Alex Miller at 285. Newton sophomore Blake Cockerton lost 6-2 to ninth-ranked Connor Sexton at 113 and Indiaonla’s fourth-ranked Kobey Pritchard pinned freshman Blake Iske in the 120-pound match.

Lance Runyon is ranked No. 2 at 132 in the preseason poll, but he wrestled at 138 Thursday night for Indianola. Runyon beat Newton sophomore Reece Caves by a first-period fall.

The lone Albia wrestler ranked in Class 2A’s preseason poll was Aden Reeves at 120. Reeves pinned Iske in the second period.

Newton won seven of the 11 matches contested on the mat against Albia. Freshman Gage Linahon notched his first varsity win with a pin of Albia’s Calahan Whisler at 220. Miller pinned Albia’s Lane Pierce in the 285-pound match.

Hull took a 6-2 decision over Barrett Bonnet at 126, freshman Noah Cook won by forfeit at 132 as did Cockerton at 113. Junior Tristiin Langmaid beat Albia’s Jacob Fisher, 10-1, at 160 and senior Tanner Petro pinned Albia’s Drake McKim at 170.

Newton’s Hull, Miller, Cockerton, Langmaid, Petro and Rhone are all 2-1 on the season. Cook Iske and Caves are 1-2 while Linahon is 1-1. Witten is 0-3.

Newton hosts its annual Cardinal Classic tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday at Newton High School.

Varsity

Newton 46, Aliba 28

195: Brady Smith (N) over Terrin Pedilla (A) (MD 10-2) 220: Gage Linahon (N) over Calahan Whisler (A) (Fall 1:54) 285: Alex Miller (N) over Lane Pierce (A) (Fall 0:48) 106: Michael Thomas (A) (For.) 113: Blake Cockerton (N) (For.) 120: Aden Reeves (A) over Blake Iske (N) (Fall 2:35) 126: Ross Hull (N) over Barrett Bonnett (A) (Dec 6-2) 132: Noah Cook (N) (For.) 138: Dominick Morris (A) over Reece Caves (N) (Fall 2:39) 145: David Morris (A) over Coltin Whitten (N) (MD 10-2) 152: Logan Zibert (N) over Bryce McKim (A) (Fall 4:52) 160: Tristin Langmaid (N) over Jacob Fisher (A) (MD 10-1) 170: Tanner Petro (N) over Drake McKim (A) (Fall 4:30) 182: Ben Mason (A) over Blayden Rhone (N) (Fall 4:30) (N Unsportsmanlike -1.00)

Indianola 58, Newton 13

285: Eagan Lickiss (I) over Alex Miller (N) (Fall 1:14) 106: Gage Twombly (I) (For.) 113: Connor Sexton (I) over Blake Cockerton (N) (Dec 6-2) 120: Kobey Pritchard (I) over Blake Iske (N) (Fall 0:34) 126: Jordan Henry (I) over Ross Hull (N) (MD 9-1) 132: Skyler Edgington (I) over Noah Cook (N) (Fall 0:49) 138: Lance Runyon (I) over Reece Caves (N) (Fall 1:36) 145: Zach Fisher (I) over Coltin Whitten (N) (Fall 3:04) 152: Logan Zibert (N) over Hunter VanderWaal (I) (MD 11-2) 160: Brayden Elbert (I) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Fall 5:51) 170: Kade Kolarik (I) over Tanner Petro (N) (Dec 5-2) 182: Blayden Rhone (N) over Chayton Reif (I) (SV-1 Fall) 195: Brady Smith (N) over Reece Bowlin (I) (Dec 10-5) 220: Sam Wolff (I) over Gage Linahon (N) (Fall 3:34)

Junior Varsity Matches

170: Austin Romberg (Newton) over Blake Schumacher (Indianola) (Fall 1:46)

182: Colt Carpenter (Indianola) over Reed Shepard (Newton) (Fall 5:19)

Reed Shepard (Newton) over Ben Teasdale (Indianola) (Fall 3:31)

195: Shane Crawford (Indianola) over Eston Ross (Newton) (Fall 2:59)

220: Spencer Gavin (Indianola) over Isaac Bebout (Newton) (Fall 3:41)

220: Spencer Gavin (Indianola) over Gabe Hoen (Newton) (Fall 3:07)

285: Paul Luallin (Indianola) over Landon Hansen (Newton) (Dec 4-0)

285: Paul Luallin (Indianola) over Max Kliegl (Newton) (Fall 0:17)

Others

James Howard (Indianola) over Seth Briley (Newton) (Fall 5:44)

Seth Briley (Newton) over Alex Herrick (Indianola) (Fall 3:23)

Joseph Carolus (Newton) over Jacob Wells (Indianola) (Fall 1:46)

Miles Berg (Indianola) over Thomas Cox (Newton) (Fall 4:39)

Thomas Cox (Newton) over Zach Endrizal (Indianola) (Fall 0:21)

Miles Berg (Indianola) over Damir Gumera (Newton) (Dec 3-2)

Damir Gumera (Newton) over Jay Hale (Indianola) (Fall 3:56)

Brock Elbert (Indianola) over Carter Hol (Newton) (Fall 3:13)

Grant Biddle (Indianola) over Carter Hol (Newton) (Fall 3:05)

Jeremiah Johnson (Newton) over Jacob Barretta (Indianola) (Dec 6-3)

Jeremiah Johnson (Newton) over Hunter Reed (Indianola) (Dec 7-2)

Nick Bonanno (Indianola) over Jon Lawton (Newton) (SV-1 4-2)

Jon Lawton (Newton) over Lyndon Boyd (Indianola) (Fall 2:26)

Destin Schroder (Newton) over Caleb Watson (Indianola) (Dec 3-1)

Brennan Meacham (Indianola) over Destin Schroder (Newton) (Dec 3-0)

Aren Sorensen (Newton) over Logan  Major (Indianola) (Fall 1:10)

Aren Sorensen (Newton) over Jeff Phippen (Indianola) (Fall 5:36)

Andrew Wolff (Indianola) over Sonny Swank (Newton) (Fall 1:54)

Devin Becker (Indianola) over Skyler Tool (Newton) (Fall 1:09)

Nathan  Jones (Indianola) over Skyler Tool (Newton) (Fall 0:44)

Jeff Phippen (Indianola) over Bobby Yarges (Newton) (Dec 6-2)

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