ERIE — Iola High’s wrestling squad wrapped up the pre-Christmas portion of its schedule last week, with the Mustangs traveling to Erie to take on the host Red Devils and Parsons in a triangular meet.
Iola defeated Parsons, 36-24, while falling, 51-6, to Erie.
Team scores in wrestling can be a bit misleading, particularly with small schools, because a majority of the points are racked up in uncontested matches.
To wit, all 24 of Parsons’s points came in our weight divisions in which Iola did not field a wrestler.
The Mustangs won all three-contested matches against the Vikins.
Iola’s Griffin Westervelt pinned Landon Jones of Parsons in 3 minutes, 11 seconds, in the 126-point weight class.
Isaac Hopkins was next at 157 pounds, where he pinned the Vikings’ Lucas Fugate. No time was given.
Wyatt Westervelt capped Iola’s 3-0 mark in contested matches with a pin of Camron Day in 4:43 at 190 pounds.
The road was a bit tougher against Erie.
Iola won a single match against the Red Devils, Korbin Coud’s pin of Land Kmiec in 3:28 of the 138-pound bout.
Trapper Boren dropped a 9-5 decision to Mark Tenbro at 106 pounds; Westervelt was pinned by Seth Welch at 2:51, and Xander Sellman was pinned by Erie’s Dylan Kirkpatrick at 1:13 of the 132-pound class.
Hopkins dropped a 5-2 decision to Devon Westhoff, while Wyatt Westervelt dropped a tough 3-1 decision to Brandon Voltz.
ON SATURDAY, Boren, Griffin Westervelt, Sellman and Hopkins traveled to Cherryvale for a junior varsity tournament.
Wetervelt, Sellman and Hopkins were perfect on the day, going a combined 700.
Hopkins pinned Bryson Cushing of Independence, shut out Killian Reck of Coffeyville, 12-0, in a major decision, and cruised toa 5-0 win over Westhoff in a rematch from two days earlier. He wound up scoring 17 points to win the 157-pound weight class.
Sellman won both of his matches. Like Hopkins, Sellman gained a bit of payback in his opener, defeating Kirkpatcrick, 16-6, in a major decision. He then pinned Layne Buerskens of Independence to score eight points, good for first in the 138A-pound class.
