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Comet wrestlers in action this past weekend

Press Staff Report

In some ways, high school wrestling has adopted similar rules imposed in the movie Fight Club.

Rule No. 1: Don’t talk about this weekend’s tournament.

Rule No. 2: Don’t talk about this weekend’s tournament.

That’s one way … or make that two ways … to prevent large gatherings at such events.

Even with only two tickets issued per athlete, multischool tournaments and invitationals can attract a crowd if they’re not careful.

The Keith Young Invitational held Saturday in Cedar Falls took extra measures to limit audience attendance.

Fresh off going 3-0 at Thursday’s season-opening quadrangular they hosted, the Charles City Comets placed sixth out of eight teams at the Young Invite. Don Bosco placed first.

Returning state qualifiers Chase Crooks and Tino Tamayo — both juniors — respectively placed second in the HWT. and 220-pound brackets for Charles City.

Returning state medalist, senior Caden Collins, placed third in the 170-pound bracket while scoring a team-high 18 points for the Comets as all three of his victories were by fall.

Senior 132-pounder Alec Staudt scored 13.5 points for the Comets after he recorded fall and technical-fall victories while going 2-2 in his bracket.

Charles City 152-pounder Kayden Blunt also went 2-2 in his bracket. Blunt’s fifth-place showing was good for 8 team points.

* On Friday at the BGM JV and Girls Tournament, Charles City’s girls team placed ninth out of 25 represented teams.

Ava Thompson placed first in her heavyweight (pod) bracket for the Comets.

Those placing in their pod-brackets for Charles City include Morgan Maloy (146-lb. weigh-in), Katelyn Miller (125.5), Alexix Ver Meer (113.1) and Marissa Gallup (111.9).

Kiki Connell (120.5) placed third in her pod-bracket.

Keith Young Invitational

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Kayden Kirby (1-3) placed 4th and scored 4.0 team points.

Round 1 – Kane Shimp (Cedar Falls) 4-0 won by fall over Kayden Kirby (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 2:00)

Round 3 – Kayden Kirby (Charles City) 1-3 won by fall over Mason Koelker (Beckman Catholic) 0-4 (Fall 1:44)

Round 4 – Jake McKenzie (Norwalk) 2-2 won by fall over Kayden Kirby (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 0:13)

Round 5 – Cole Frost (Don Bosco) 5-2 won by fall over Kayden Kirby (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 2:29)

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Nathan Lopez (1-3) placed 6th and scored 6.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Henry Koehn (Cedar Falls) 2-2 won by decision over Nathan Lopez (Charles City) 1-3 (Dec 13-7)

Cons. Round 1 – Nathan Lopez (Charles City) 1-3 won by fall over Josh Terrill (Denver) 1-3 (Fall 4:53)

Cons. Semi – Gabe Rolon (Mason City) 2-1 won by major decision over Nathan Lopez (Charles City) 1-3 (MD 13-5)

5th Place Match – Henry Koehn (Cedar Falls) 2-2 won by fall over Nathan Lopez (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 5:44)

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Alec Staudt (2-2) placed 4th and scored 13.5 team points.

Quarterfinal – Alec Staudt (Charles City) 2-2 won by fall over Carson Cross (Cedar Falls) 0-3 (Fall 0:34)

Semifinal – Grant Harbour (Norwalk) 1-1 won by major decision over Alec Staudt (Charles City) 2-2 (MD 11-2)

Cons. Semi – Alec Staudt (Charles City) 2-2 won by tech fall over Kaiden Knaack (Don Bosco) 2-2 (TF-1.5 4:53 (15-0))

3rd Place Match – Brooks Meyer (Denver) 5-2 won by decision over Alec Staudt (Charles City) 2-2 (Dec 9-4)

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Aidan Shannon (1-2) placed 5th.

Quarterfinal – Dylan Whitt (Cedar Falls) 2-1 won by fall over Aidan Shannon (Charles City) 1-2 (Fall 1:23)

Cons. Round 1 – Aidan Shannon (Charles City) 1-2 received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Semi – Cooper Wiemann (Mason City) 3-1 won by fall over Aidan Shannon (Charles City) 1-2 (Fall 1:27)

5th Place Match – Aidan Shannon (Charles City) 1-2 won by decision over Talan Weber (Charles City) 1-3 (Dec 4-2)

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Talan Weber (1-3) placed 6th and scored 6.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Isaac Schimmels (Denver) 6-0 won by fall over Talan Weber (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 0:21)

Cons. Round 1 – Talan Weber (Charles City) 1-3 won by fall over Riley White (Beckman Catholic) 0-2 (Fall 3:57)

Cons. Semi – Cody Brown (Don Bosco) 1-2 won by fall over Talan Weber (Charles City) 1-3 (Fall 2:20)

5th Place Match – Aidan Shannon (Charles City) 1-2 won by decision over Talan Weber (Charles City) 1-3 (Dec 4-2)

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Kayden Blunt (2-2) placed 5th and scored 8.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Kayden Blunt (Charles City) 2-2 won by decision over Blake Carolan (Hudson) 1-3 (Dec 10-8)

Semifinal – Foxe Youngblut (Don Bosco) 2-1 won by decision over Kayden Blunt (Charles City) 2-2 (Dec 14-7)

Cons. Semi – Ben Foelske (Denver) 4-3 won by fall over Kayden Blunt (Charles City) 2-2 (Fall 2:50)

5th Place Match – Kayden Blunt (Charles City) 2-2 won by major decision over Blake Carolan (Hudson) 1-3 (MD 13-2)

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Trevor Peterson (1-2).

Prelim – Trevor Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 won by fall over Ethan Olsen (Mason City) 0-2 (Fall 3:50)

Quarterfinal – Cade Schmidt (Norwalk) 3-0 won by fall over Trevor Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 (Fall 1:11)

Cons. Round 1 – Conner Grover (Beckman Catholic) 3-1 won by fall over Trevor Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 (Fall 1:33)

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Caden Collins (3-1) placed 3rd and scored 18.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Caden Collins (Charles City) 3-1 won by fall over Cooper South (Denver) 2-5 (Fall 0:42)

Semifinal – Cael Frost (Don Bosco) 2-1 won by fall over Caden Collins (Charles City) 3-1 (Fall 3:32)

Cons. Semi – Caden Collins (Charles City) 3-1 won by fall over Riley Monahan (Mason City) 1-3 (Fall 2:23)

3rd Place Match – Caden Collins (Charles City) 3-1 won by fall over Tristen Duncan (Norwalk) 2-2 (Fall 3:00)

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Ethan Peterson (1-2) placed 5th and scored 7.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Nick Marker (Norwalk) 3-1 won by fall over Ethan Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 (Fall 1:52)

Cons. Round 1 – Ethan Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Semi – Brennen Graber (Denver) 5-2 won by fall over Ethan Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 (Fall 5:58)

5th Place Match – Ethan Peterson (Charles City) 1-2 won by fall over Branson Peters (Mason City) 1-3 (Fall 0:39)

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Tino Tamayo (1-1) placed 2nd and scored 16.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Tino Tamayo (Charles City) 1-1 received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Tino Tamayo (Charles City) 1-1 won by decision over Blake Johnson (Hudson) 2-2 (Dec 5-2)

1st Place Match – Jared Thiry (Don Bosco) 2-0 won by decision over Tino Tamayo (Charles City) 1-1 (Dec 12-5)

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Chase Crooks (1-1) placed 2nd and scored 16.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Chase Crooks (Charles City) 1-1 received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Chase Crooks (Charles City) 1-1 won by decision over Mack Ortner (Don Bosco) 3-1 (Dec 1-0)

1st Place Match – Maddux Borcherding-Johnson (Norwalk) 2-0 won by decision over Chase Crooks (Charles City) 1-1 (Dec 3-0)

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