Baxter wrestling finishes sixth, L-S ends up 12 at North Mahaska

NEW SHARON — Callyn Bishop has overcome his slow start to the season.

One month ago, the Baxter junior lost 9-0 to North Mahaska’s Wyatt VanWeelden. That was in the middle of a modest losing streak.

Bishop flipped the script on VanWeelden this past weekend during the North Mahaska Wrestling Invitational. He faced the Warhawk grappler in the 170-pound finals and claimed a 12-3 major decision win to score the individual championship.

Bishop’s 13th straight win led the Bolts to a sixth-place finish on Saturday. He was the lone champion from Baxter, but three others were second and Jack Anderson placed fourth in his weight class.

Solon won the team championship with 211.5 points, while host North Mahaska (190.5), Grinnell (180.5), Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (138) and Oskaloosa (115) completed the top five in the 14-team field.

Lynnville-Sully brought six wrestlers to the tournament and placed 12th with 37 points. Gentry Walston led the Hawks with a third-place finish.

Bishop (18-5) was 3-0 with two pins at 170. His other win was the 13-2 victory over VanWeelden.

Cole Smith (126), Skyler Stoll (138) and Aiden McFadden (285) all were 2-1 and finished second in their respective weights.

Smith (18-4) claimed two wins by pin, while Stoll (16-4) opened with a pin and then won 5-2. Stoll’s lone loss came against Class 1A No. 5 Kolt Knaack of North Tama.

McFadden (18-3) opened his tournament with a win by pin and then defeated Lynnville-Sully’s Ben Squires 12-1. In the finals, McFadden lost 3-2 to 2A No. 12 Gene Blalock of Grinnell.

McFadden’s three losses this season were 3-2, 2-1 and 3-2.

Walston highlighted the Hawks with a third-place finish at 120. The 1A No. 4 Walston (23-2) had two pins but lost for just the second time this season in the semifinals.

Anderson was fourth at 145 for Baxter, while Terran Gosselink placed fourth at 152 for Lynnville-Sully.

Anderson (15-8) won his first match by fall and then scored a 7-0 win by decision. Gosselink (20-5) was 1-2 for the day.

Jacob Hiemstra (152) and Michael Wilhelm (182) both 1-2 for Baxter, while Squires placed sixth with a 1-3 day.

The Bolts and Hawks were open at 106, 160, 195 and 220. Baxter also was open at 113, while Lynnville-Sully did not have wrestlers at 126, 145, 170 and 182.

Former Lynnville-Sully state qualifier Maxwell Mintle won the 152-pound title for Grinnell. Mintle, who is ranked seventh in 2A, had three pins on the day.

A pair of Bolts also competed in the North Mahaska Girls Wrestling Invitational on Saturday.

Baxter’s girls wrestling team scored 13 points and placed seventh in the 12-team field.

Johnelle Gliem finished second in her bracket with a 1-1 record. Zoey Gliem placed third after winning a match by forfeit. Johnelle Gliem’s win came by fall.

North Mahaska won the girls’ portion of its home tournament with 29 points, while the rest of the top five included Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (22), Grinnell (20), Centerville (18) and Oskaloosa (18).

Hawks down HLV, split two duals in road triangular

VICTOR — Gosselink recorded two pins, Walston and Kyle Squires also were 2-0 and Lynnville-Sully split a pair of duals during a road triangular on Thursday.

The Hawks defeated South Iowa Cedar League rival HLV 36-0 but fell 34-18 to North Tama.

Lynnville-Sully was 6-3 in contested matches in the two duals and there were a total of 13 double forfeits.

Against HLV, the Hawks accepted three forfeits and were 3-0 in contested matches. There were eight double forfeits.

Kendric Johnson (138), Trevor Van Wyk (145) and Gosselink (152) all won by fall. Johnson won his match in 53 seconds. Walston (120), Squires (285) and Hunter Van Wyk (113) all accepted forfeits.

The difference in the loss to North Tama was the three forfeits the Redhawks accepted. There were five double forfeits and L-S was 3-3 in contested matches.

Walston, Gosselink and Squires (16-8) all won by fall. Walston and Gosselink needed just 45 seconds to register their pins and Squires ended his match in 1 minute, 19 seconds.