Comets go 3-0 while hosting season-opening quadrangular

By John Burbridge

sports@charlescitypress.com

CHARLES CITY — Trifecta, you betcha.

The Charles City wrestling team went 3-0 while hosting a varsity quadrangular meet in Comet Gym on Thursday that — for the Comets — was the first taste of competition for the season.

The Comets won convincingly over undermanned Columbus Catholic (57-21) and Dike-New Hartford (60-12), but it wasn’t until Kayden Blunt scored a major decision over Denver’s Cole Miller in the 160-pound bout with two bouts remaining that Charles City was able to clinch the victory over the Cyclones (46-29).

Charles City would have won anyway in the following match as senior Caden Collins pinned Cooper South midway through the first period of their 170-pound bout.

Collins, who is a returning state medalist for the Comets, bounced back from a 9-2 decision loss against Columbus Catholic’s Carson Hartz to start the quadrangular for the Comets, before scoring a major decision over Nick Reinicke to cap the DNH dual.

Returning state qualifier Tino Tamayo went 3-0 for the Comets in the 220-pound bracket, and 2019 state qualifier Alec Staudt recorded a pair of first-period falls in his two 132-pound matches against DNH and Denver.

Charles City 195-pounder Cade Williams was 2-0 in his matches on Thursday, and 106-pounder Kayden Kirby recorded a pair of come-from-behind fall victories over Mason Burr of Columbus Catholic and Lucas Ragsdale of DHN before getting stuck himself against Denver’s Rhett Bonnette.

Charles City’s heavyweight junior Chase Crooks recorded the fastest fall victory of the night when he stopped Denver’s Cade Bonnette just 26 seconds into their bout.

Among the four returning state qualifiers for the Comets, Crooks suffered a tough loss earlier against DNH’s Jacob Leohr. Midway through the bout, Crooks was   penalized a point for stalling when he rode Leohr out of the circle when Leohr was trying to escape from the down position.

It tied the match, and Leohr eventually won 2-1.

Several members of Charles City’s girls wrestling team, which placed second in the Iowa Coaches and Officials Girls State Wrestling Championships last season, were also in action on Thursday as part of a junior varsity/girls meet held in the old high school gym.

Senior Allie Cross — who wrestled at 152 last season — won her division, and senior Kiki Connell — who wrestled at 120 last season — placed second to Osage wrestler and former Comet Emma Grimm.

Boys Varsity

CHARLES CITY 57, COLUMBUS CATHOLIC 21

170 – Carson Hartz (Columbus Catholic) over Caden Collins (Charles City) Dec 9-2

182 – Ethan Peterson (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

195 – Cade Williams (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

220 – Tino Tamayo (Charles City) over Connor Knudtson (Columbus Catholic) Dec 11-7

285 – Chase Crooks (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

106 – Kayden Kirby (Charles City) over Mason Burr (Columbus Catholic) Fall 4:37

113 – Gavin Reed (Columbus Catholic) over Jordan Young (Charles City) Fall 1:27

120 – Jacob Vais (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

126 – Nathan Lopez (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

132 – Alec Staudt (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

138 – Sam Hackett (Columbus Catholic) over Talan Weber (Charles City) Fall 1:26

145 – Aidan Shannon (Charles City) over Henry Erie (Columbus Catholic) Fall 2:47

152 – Maximus Magayna (Columbus Catholic) over Kayden Blunt (Charles City) Fall 1:01

160 – Colton Crooks (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

CHARLES CITY 60, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD 12

182 – Ethan Peterson (Charles City) over Zach Adelmund (Dike-New Hartford) Fall 3:06

195 – Cade Williams (Charles City) over Cayden Buskohl (Dike-New Hartford) Dec 3-1

220 – Tino Tamayo (Charles City) over Isaac Carpentier (Dike-New Hartford) Fall 3:45

285 – Jacob Leohr (Dike-New Hartford) over Chase Crooks (Charles City) Dec 2-1

106 – Kayden Kirby (Charles City) over Lucas Ragsdale (Dike-New Hartford) Fall 5:10

113 – Jordan Young (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

120 – Jacob Vais (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

126 – Dylan Ohrt (Dike-New Hartford) over Nathan Lopez (Charles City) Fall 4:00

132 – Alec Staudt (Charles City) over Walker Weedman (Dike-New Hartford) Fall 0:28

138 – Talan Weber (Charles City) over Cole Engel (Dike-New Hartford) Fall 1:42

145 – Aidan Shannon (Charles City) over Ty Deering (Dike-New Hartford) Fall 4:48

152 – Kayden Blunt (Charles City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

160 – Gabe Skornia (Dike-New Hartford) over Colton Crooks (Charles City) Dec 4-3

170 – Caden Collins (Charles City) over Nick Reinicke (Dike-New Hartford) Maj 14-0

CHARLES CITY 46, DENVER 29

195 – Cade Williams (Charles City) over Beau Bonnette (Denver) Fall 2:51

220 – Tino Tamayo (Charles City) over Cam Krueger (Denver) Dec 3-0

285 – Chase Crooks (Charles City) over Cade Bonnette (Denver) Fall 0:26

106 – Rhett Bonnette (Denver) over Kayden Kirby (Charles City) Fall 1:06

113 – Jordan Young (Charles City) over Max Schwandt (Denver) Fall 0:52

120 – Joe Ebaugh (Denver) over Jacob Vais (Charles City) TF 19-3

126 – Nathan Lopez (Charles City) over Josh Terrill (Denver) Fall 2:39

132 – Alec Staudt (Charles City) over Brooks Meyer (Denver) Fall 1:04

138 – Isaac Schimmels (Denver) over Talan Weber (Charles City) Fall 0:31

145 – Alex Krabbenhoft (Denver) over Aidan Shannon (Charles City) Fall 1:34

152 – Roush Jaeger (Charles City) over Ben Foelske (Denver) Dec 8-6

160 – Kayden Blunt (Charles City) over Cole Miller (Denver) Maj 11-2

170 – Caden Collins (Charles City) over Cooper South (Denver) Fall 1:11

182 – Brennen Graber (Denver) over Ethan Peterson (Charles City) Fall 1:17