On a frigid late weekend in January, the Jaguar wrestling team made their way to Ida Grove to compete in the annual Herb Irgens Invitation. Considered to be one of the premier high school wrestling tournaments in Iowa each season, this opportunity would serve as a great measuring stick for where our wrestlers are and the things that we need to continue to work on as we keep our eyes focused on the end of the season. Individually, we had two wrestlers place in the top 8 in their brackets, bringing home medals from this tournament. Wyatt Blair collected his 2nd medal, placing 3rd at 120 pounds this year. Joining Wyatt was Colton Haug, who placed 6th at 150 pounds. Collectively, the young men that competed here this weekend did a better job of understanding situational wrestling, demonstrating mental toughness on the mat and wrestling with physicality against top-level talent. We can take the things that we learned from this tournament and use them in the practice room to get better over the next couple of weeks as we round out this wrestling season. 

Thank you all for your continued support of Jaguar Wrestling this season! If you have the time and ability, Please make your way to the gym this Thursday, January 29th for our last Home Dual and Senior night!

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

113 Pounds

1st Round: Josiah Hefley received a BYE

Championship Round 2: Josiah Hefley lost to Jakob Lawson of Pocahontas Area by Technical Fall 18-2 in 1:37

Consolation Round 2: Josiah Hefley received a BYE

Consolation Round 3: Josiah Hefley defeated Jackson Ultesch of GTRA by Fall in 1:39

Consolation Round 4: Josiah Hefley lost to Josh Gray of Sergeant Bluff-Luton by Technical Fall 16-0 in 3:14

120 Pounds

1st Round: Wyatt Blair defeated Trenton Anderson of West Lyon by Technical Fall 21-5 in 2:39

Championship Round 2: Wyatt Blair defeated Brody Wallace of Pocahontas Area by Fall in 2:51

Quarterfinals: Wyatt Blair defeated Maxwell Klein of Lawton-Bronson by Fall in 0:56

Semi-Finals: Wyatt Blair lost to Ayden Bergman of Jesup by Technical Fall 16-0 in 2:52

Consolation Semi-Finals: Wyatt Blair defeated Jackson Van Der Sloot of Sibley-Ocheyedan by Fall in 1:30

3rd Place Match: Wyatt Blair defeated Quinton Heistand of Woodbine by Technical Fall 19-3 in 3:31.  Wyatt Blair Placed 3rd!

126 Pounds

1st Round: Keelan Wellman received a BYE

Championship Round 2: Keelan Wellman lost to Taylor Hall of Lawton-Bronson by Decision 9-3

Consolation Round 2: Keelan Wellman received a BYE

Consolation Round 3: Keelan Wellman defeated Karsten Van Surksum of Western Christian by Fall in 3:10

Consolation Round 4: Keelan Wellman lost to Deshawn Parrow of Jesup by Fall in 3:05

144 Pounds

1st Round: Colin Johnson received a BYE

Championship Round 2: Colin Johnson lost to Dustin Riessen of OA-BCIG by Fall in 3:34

Consolation Round 2: Colin Johnson received a BYE

Consolation Round 3: Colin Johnson defeated Benjamin Kats of Western Christian by Fall in 1:50

Consolation Round 4: Colin Johnson lost to Gage Ditch of Emmetsburg by Fall in 1:27

150 Pounds

1st Round: Colton Haug received a BYE

Championship Round 2: Colton Haug defeated Theodrick Kuker of Woodbine by Fall in 3:38

Quarterfinals: Colton Haug lost to Ben Walsh of Sergeant Bluff-Luton by Fall in 3:16

Consolation Round 4: Colton Haug defeated Thalen Weitl of OA-BCIG by Fall in 0:14

Consolation Round 5: Colton Haug defeated Karter Obermeier of Audubon by Medical Forfeit

Consolation Semi-Finals: Colton Haug lost to Lincoln Linden of Woodbury Central by Fall in 1:37

5th Place Match: Colton Haug lost to Aiden Hellman of Don Bosco by Fall in 3:57. Colton Haug Placed 6th!

215 Pounds

1st Round: Kyle Eastman received a BYE

Championship Round 2: Kyle Eastman lost to Carter Wright of Woodbury Central by Technical Fall 21-6 in 1:06

Consolation Round 2: Kyle Eastman received a BYE

Consolation Round 3: Kyle Eastman lost to Ayden Dather of Sergeant Bluff-Luton by Fall in 1:20