Cardinals beat Panthers, lose to Mustangs

GRIMES — Newton High’s wrestlers had a little tune-up before Saturday’s Little Hawkeye Conference wrestling tournament at Dallas Center-Grimes. They were at DCG Thursday taking on the hosting Mustangs in a final LHC dual and non-conference foe Knoxville.

Dallas Center-Grimes handed the Cardinals a 44-29 setback in conference action. The Cardinals finish 3-3 in LHC duals.

Newton made it an even night on the mat by defeating Knoxville, 48-21. Newton is 8-3 overall in dual action.

Junior Ross Hull had a strong showing getting ready for the LHC tournament. Hull pinned Drew Kearney of DCG in 1 minute, 8 seconds in their 126-pound match, which gave Newton its first points of the LHC dual.

The Mustangs led 14-0 with three wins before Hull’s victory, including a forfeit at 106. Ayden Kovaleski had an 8-5 decision over sophomore Blake Cockerton at 113. Class 3A seventh-ranked Max Tracy put up a 17-2 technical fall against Newton freshman Blake Iske in the 120-pound match.

DCG won five straight matches to open a 38-6 lead. Newton sophomore Joe Carolus lost 12-7 at 132 pounds and sophomore Reece Caves was pinned at 138 pounds by DCG’s Bryce Murano, who is ranked No. 6 in 3A. Senior Jon Lawton dropped a 3-1 decision at 145 pounds.

Newton senior Logan Zibert was pinned by DCG’s Zane Mulder, who is currently ranked No. 4 in 3A at 152 pounds. Junior Tristin Langmaid was pinned at 160 pounds.

Senior Tanner Petro started a four-match run for Newton by pinning DCG’s Bain Broderick in 3:18 at 170 pounds. In the 182-pound match, Newton senior Brady Smith recorded an 18-3 technical fall at the 3:30 mark against Rowan Collins.

Sophomore Jaise Gulling won by fall over DCG’s Karter Jorgensen in 1:32 at 195 pounds. Sophomore Eston Ross won his first varsity match of the season for Newton by forfeit at 220 pounds. The Mustangs’ Jacob Comer pinned Newton senior Alex Miler in 1:06 at 285 to conclude the dual.

Hull, Petro, Smith and Gulling each went 2-0 on the night. Newton had three wrestlers go 1-1.

Smith opened the Knoxville dual with a 15-0 technical fall at the 3:46 mark against Cameron Brown at 182 pounds. At 195, Gulling marked up a 13-5 major decision over Mansel Johnston. Miller dropped down to 220 against Knoxville and pinned Chase Bellon in 2:13.

Newton junior Landon Hansen held off Spencer Nichols for a 4-3 win at 285. Knoxville got on the scoreboard with a forfeit win at 106 as Newton led 18-6.

Cockerton went to work in the 113-pound match, pinning Kameron Butler in 1:42. Iske lost 4-0 to Knoxville’s Colton Jones at 120.

Hull recorded his second pin of the night at the 3-minute mark of the 126-pound match against J.J. Beaver. Carolus made quick work of his 132-pound opponent, pinning Nash Linsley in 54 seconds.

Caves lost 5-1 to Ian Crossett at 138 and Lawton was pinned by Knoxville’s Joe Hollinrake in 3:24. Zibert picked up a forfeit victory for Newton at 152.

Langmaid lost a tough 2-0 decision at 160 pounds to Michael Ullestad, who had an escape point in the second period and was awarded a point in the third on a penalty. Petro finished the dual with a forfeit win at 170 pounds.

The LHC wrestling tournament starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at DCGHS in Grimes. Newton has a non-conference double dual with Des Moines Lincoln and host Ames on Feb. 2.

Newton won three of 11 junior varsity matches against Dallas Center-Grimes on Thursday. Zane Kohlmeyer was 1-1 on the mat for Newton. Damir Gumera and Jeremiah Johnson each had a victory. Noah Cook and Skyler Tool each went 0-3. Austin Romberg lost a match.

Newton 48, Knoxville 21

182: Brady Smith (N) over Cameron Brown (K) (TF 15-0 3:46) 195: Jaise Gulling (N) over Mansel Johnston (K) (MD 13-5) 220: Alex Miller (N) over Chase Bellon (K) (Fall 2:13) 285: Landon Hansen (N) over Spencer Nichols (K) (Dec 4-3) 106: Gabe Gordon (K) (For.) 113: Blake Cockerton (N) over Kameron Butler (K) (Fall 1:42) 120: Colton Jones (K) over Blake Iske (N) (Dec 4-0) 126: Ross Hull (N) over JJ Beaver (K) (Fall 3:00) 132: Joseph Carolus (N) over Nash Linsley (K) (Fall 0:54) 138: Ian Crossett (K) over Reece Caves (N) (Dec 5-1) 145: Joe Hollinrake (K) over Jon Lawton (N) (Fall 3:24) 152: Logan Zibert (N) (For.) 160: Micheal Ullestad (K) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Dec 2-0) 170: Tanner Petro (N) (For.)

Dallas Center-Grimes 44, Newton 29

106: Peyton Braunschweig (DCG) (For.) 113: Ayden Kovaleski (DCG) over Blake Cockerton (N) (Dec 8-5) 120: Max Tracy (DCG) over Blake Iske (N) (TF 17-2 5:51) 126: Ross Hull (N) over Drew Kearney (DCG) (Fall 1:08) 132: Harrison Livingston (DCG) over Joseph Carolus (N) (Dec 12-7) 138: Bryce Murano (DCG) over Reece Caves (N) (Fall 1:30) 145: Luke Fistler (DCG) over Jon Lawton (N) (Dec 3-1) 152: Zane Mulder (DCG) over Logan Zibert (N) (Fall 3:10) 160: Ben Fisher (DCG) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Fall 3:18) 170: Tanner Petro (N) over Bain Broderick (DCG) (Fall 4:18) 182: Brady Smith (N) over Rowan Collins (DCG) (TF 18-2 3:30) 195: Jaise Gulling (N) over Karter Jorgensen (DCG) (Fall 1:32) 220: Eston Ross (N) (For.) 285: Jacob Comer (DCG) over Alex Miller (N) (Fall 1:06)

Junior Varsity

120: Ethan Kovaleski (DCG) pinned Noah Cook (N) (1:47); 132: Cole Smith (DCG) pinned Skyler Tool (N) (:51); 132: Kirill Kashirin (DCG) pinned Skyler Tool (N) (1:00); 132: Trevon Wells (DCG) tech. fall (20-4) over Skyler Tool (4:03); 132: Zan Kohlmeyer (N) tech fall (16-1) over Kirill Kashirin (DCG) (4:00); 132: Trevon Wells (DCG) pinned Noah Cook (N) (4:52); 132: Cole Smith (DCG) TB-1 dec. (14-12) over Noah Cook (N); 132: Jay Goree (DCG) pinned Zane Kohlmeyer (N) (1:49); 182: Garrett Skalnik (DCG) dec. over Austin Romberg (N) (5-2); 182: Damir Gumera (N) pinned Garrett Skalnik (DCG) (2:12); 182: Jeremiah Johnson (N) dec. over Garrett Skalnick (DCG) (8-3)

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