CHANUTE — Seven Iola Middle School wrestlers pinned down top prizes Monday in the Kent Frazell Invitational in Chanute. The meet was the final of the year for IMS.
Keegan Hill dominated the 102-109 lb. weight class. Hill earned three wins in three different ways. First, with a decision, then a majority decision, followed by a pinfall victory in just 92 seconds. Hill was able to throw around other wrestlers with ease.
Jakolby Hill proved he was equally comfortable on the wrestling mat as he was on the football field this past season. Hill was able to use his frame to take control over his opponents in the 143-149 lb. weight class. Hill faced stiff competition, winning each of his matches via pinfall. His first-round bout against Kingston Herring of Coffeyville lasted 2:52.
“The Hill brothers are both really coachable athletes,” said IMS head coach Jason Bates. “They don’t have much experience, but they watch and learn. They pay attention and listen while they’re on the mat.”Once Kale Pratt hit the mat in the 120-128 lb. weight class, it was all over for the competition. Pratt defeated Girard’s Zeb Poland in a little over two-and-a-half minutes for a win in the first round. Pratt followed that by winning the next two bouts by decision, a combined 7-0 to reign supreme in his weight class.
Noah Schowengerdt took the top spot in the 129-132 lb. weight class. Schowengerdt showed no mercy in his bouts. Each of his wins came via pinfall and none of them took longer than 44 seconds. Schowengerdt has been a star all year for IMS. You can’t get much more efficient than Schowengerdt was in his wins.
“Noah strives to be the best and puts the work in every day to be his best,” Bates said.
Issac Velazquez did not surrender a single point in taking the top spot in the 140-145 lb. weight class. While Velazquez didn’t dominate via pinfall like others, he wrestled all three of his opponents to decisions, winning by a total of 26-0, two of those wins coming via majority decision.
IMS’ Tripp Mathes walks off after a win.
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IMS’ Noah Schowengerdt walks off the mat after a win
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IMS’s Jase Herrmann walks off the mat after a win.
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IMS’s Jakolby Hill goes for a pin.
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IMS’s Kale Pratt stands before a wrestling match.
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IMS’ Nathan Womack shakes hands with a competitor prior to a wrestling match.
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Ean DeLaTorre claimed the top spot in the 154-162 lb. weight class after another dominating performance. The stiffest competition for DeLaToree was Wyatt Collins of Frontenac. Their bout lasted 2:27 but once again DeLaTorre emerged victoriously and sweep the bracket.
Ruger Boren locked down second place in the 79-82 lb. weight class. Boren went 1-1 in his bracket with both results via decision. Boren’s win came over Blake Cummings from Royster Middle School in Chanute.
Trapper Boren came in second in his weight class just like his brother Ruger. Trapper went 1-1 in the 83-88 lb. weight class. Trapper Boren’s win came via a 6-2 decision in his second match of the night over Frontenac Junior High’s Owen Welsh.
Jase Herrmann took the award for the fastest match. Herrmann went 2-1 in the 113-116 lb. weight class. Herrmann’s third-round bout against Gavin Rexwinkle of Labette County Middle School in Altamont lasted only nine seconds. Herrmann’s one loss came via pinfall in 13 seconds in the first round.
Hayden Kelley finished second in the 120-122 lb. weight class. The only blemish on the record for Kelley was a first-round pinfall loss to Bob Montoya of Independence Middle School. The loss came in 2:11. Kelley did pick up a pinfall win in 1:44 and an 11-7 decision.
Baron Folk scored two pinfall wins in the 138-140 lb. weight class and came in second despite losing a close 7-5 decision to Fort Scott Middle School’s Skylar Goodbody in the second round. Folk’s two wins came via pinfall.
With the season now at an end, Bates has one word to describe it — successful.
