The #17 (2A) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows boys wrestling team went 1-1 and Iowa Falls-Alden went 0-2 as part of a North Central Conference triangular at #2 (2A) Algona on Thursday, as aired on 104.9 KLMJ. C-G-D won 65-9 over Iowa Falls-Alden in the first dual, Algona won 72-3 over Iowa Falls-Alden in the second and Algona won 42-17 over C-G-D in the final dual.
In the first dual, C-G-D won five matches by fall, four by forfeit, two by decision and one by technical fall. The Cadets scored on a win by fall and win by decision. The three most competitive matches of the dual were all decided by two point decisions including Kyler Patton of IFA at 150 with 12-10 decision over Mason Warnke of C-G-D, Traesyn Cope of C-G-D at 215 with an 11-9 decision over Brooks Hickman and Cole Wibholm of C-G-D at 106 with an 8-6 decision over Zane Gillespie of IFA.
In the second dual, Algona won six matches by fall, two by decision and four by forfeit. IFA got on the board behind a win by Zane Gillespie at 106 over Teague Alesch of Algona by an 8-3 decision.
In the final dual of the night, Algona won six matches by decision, three by fall, one by technical fall and one by major decision. C-G-D answered with a win by Fall for Linden Phetxouphone at 120 over Brooks Morgan of Algona (0:28), a win by technical fall for Adrian Phetxouphone at 138 over CJ McGregor of Algona (20-4), a win by decision for Charlie Campbell at 190 over Brody Shipler of Algona (8-2) and a win by major decision for JT Kleso at 285 over Jack Limbaugh of Algona (14-3).
C-G-D Head Coach Dillon Anderson’s takeaways from ranked dual and entering Battle of Waterloo.
“Algona is one of the best teams in the conference, not only in the conference but in the state. Definitely not a bad loss as far as losing to a really good team. They match up incredibly well with us. It’s just kind of a hard dual. There are a lot of things we can improve on to definitely close that gap,” says Anderson. “Some of the top 1A teams, you get some of the top 2A teams, some of the top 3A teams, and you basically put them all in a bracket and let them battle it out. It’s a two-day tournament that you’re gonna face a lot of really, really good teams and a lot of really good wrestlers. It’s just an excellent opportunity to get some high-level matches.”
Four Cowboys went 2-0, including Linden Phetxouphone at 120, Adrian Phetxouphone at 138, Charlie Campbell at 190 and JT Kelso at 285.
The Cadets were led by Zane Gillespie at 106 and Kyler Patton at 150 who both went 1-1.
C-G-D (3-1) will compete at Battle of Waterloo on Friday and Saturday. Iowa Falls-Alden (7-2) will host the 17th Annual Jones Brothers Invite on Saturday.
