IHS squad competes at Silver Lake

SILVER LAKE — Saturday’s tournament at Silver Lake offered Iola High’s wrestlers a prime opportunity to see the caliber of competition expected at the upcoming regionals in two weeks.
“These are the types of wrestlers they’ll see at regionals,” Iola coach Brad Carson said. “If you want to be the best, you’ve got to beat the best.
“I just hope a competition like this doesn’t hurt the guys’ confidence,” he continued. “This was a tough, tough competition.”
Only one of Iola’s wrestling contingent, Travis Rieske, placed in his respective division.
Rieske took home sixth at 160 pounds, going 2-3 on the day.
On the bright side, all but one of Iola’s wrestlers picked up at least one victory on the mat, Carson said.
Rieske lost his opening match to Bobby Bleakly of St. Marys before winning his next two matches, pinning Colton Wagoner of Chase County in 1 minute, 45 seconds, and Jake Trumbly of Anderson County in 3:14.
Rieske was relegated to the fifth-place match after a semifinal loss to Tilden Edwards of Leavenworth. Joe Haug of Wamego pinned Rieske in 2:16 to take fifth place.
“Travis wrestled about as well as I’ve seen him wrestle this year,” Carson said.

AT 170 POUNDS,  Andrew Garber also won two matches. He pinned Tony Jones of Wamego in 5:10 in his opening match. A loss to Bryant Guillen of Seaman — the defending state champion — put Garber in the consolation bracket, where he defeated Gabe Dorsey, 5-0, before losing to Dallas Cox with a pin at 1:39.
“I’m really proud of how well Andrew did,” Carson said. “We put in some JV matches a couple of weeks ago, and he’s bounced back nicely.”
Cody Conner (145 pounds), Zeph Larney (152), and Bryce Misenhelter (172) all went 1-2, losing their first match of the day, winning their second and dropping out of the competition with a loss in their third match.
Chase Roettgen (195) went 0-2.
“The guys did a good job of coming back from losses,” Carson said.

IN JUNIOR  varsity action, Brice Aiell went 2-2 on the day at 145 pounds, defeating Dexter Nelson of Chase County and Grayson Langham of Baldwin. He lost to Mason Ray of Seaman and Dillon Roberts of Louisburg.
Jordan Long went 0-2 at 160 pounds.
Iola’s full results follow:
Cody Conner (145 pounds)
L – Rian Lahay (Erie), 13-5
W – Curtis Lemke (Louisburg), pin 3:20
L – Triston Hurla (St. Marys), 11-1
Zeph Larney (152 pounds)
L –  Andy Blanton (Osawatomie), 4-0
W –  Luke Treiber (Seaman), pin 1:57
L. – Trevor Fee (Doniphan West), pin 4:41
Travis Rieske (160 pounds)
L – Bobby Bleakly (St. Marys), pin 1:27
W – Colton Wagoner (Chase Co.), pin 1:45
W – Jake Trumbly (Anderson Co.), pin 3:14
L – Joe Haug (Wamego), pin 2:16
Andrew Garber (170 pounds)
W  – Tony Jones (Wamego), pin 5:10
L — Bryant Guillen (Seaman), pin :31
W — Gabe Dorsey (Chase Co.), 5-0
L — Dallas Cox (Anderson C0.), pin 1:39
Bryce Misenhelter (182 pounds)
L — Jake Bradley (Prairie View), 10-1
W — Benton Wrigley (Louisburg), pin 4:34
L — Tanner O’Donnell (Salina South), 9-7
Chase Roettgen (195 pounds)
L — Peter Solho (St. James Academy), pin 3:50
L — Joel Halford (Baldwin), 4-2
Junior Varsity
Brice Aiello (145 pounds)
W — Dexter Nelson (Chase Co.), pin 1:44
L — Mason Ray (Seaman, pin 1:25
W — Grayson Langham (Baldwin), 9-5
L — Dillon Roberts (Louisburg), 3:01
Jordan Long (160 pounds)
L — Derek Knoerfel (St. James Acad.), pin 4:00
L — Dylan York (Louisburg), pin 2:51