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| 2/25/2009 1:00:00 PM | Email this article • Print this article | | WRESTLING RESULTS | Iowa Class 3A State Wrestling Results
North Scott Results
103: 1st round: Connor Ryan (NS) pinned Stephen Shaffer (Johnston), 1:56. Quarterfinals: Ryan dec. Tanner Werner (Waverly-Shell Rock), 3-1. Semifinals: Ryan dec. Jack Hathaway (Iowa City West), 2-1. Finals: Cory Clark (Southeast Polk) dec. Ryan, 5-0. Placewinners: 1. Clark, 43-0; 2. Ryan, 36-2; 3. Hathaway, 41-5; 4. Greg Keating (Linn-Mar), 35-7; 5. Anthony Vaughn (Des Moines Lincoln), 33-11; 6. Tyler Willers (Pleasant Valley), 36-8; 7. Devon Feltus (Burlington), 23-10; 8. Johnny Jaeger (Dowling), 36-11.
112: 1st round: Adam Perrin (NS) pinned Dan Adair (Sioux City East), 3:21. Quarterfinals: Perrin pinned Tyler Feller (Lewis Central), 4:20. Semifinals: Eric DeVos (Waverly-Shell Rock) tech. fall Perrin, 16-1/4:46. 3rd round consolation: Perrin dec. Drake Chase (Clinton), 9-7, ot. Consolation for 3rd: Perrin dec. Jordn Jones (Des Moines North-Hoover), 9-7. Placewinners: 1. Brandon Jones (Valley, W. Des Moines), 37-3; 2. DeVos, 45-2; 3. Perrin, 36-4; 4. Jones, 38-3; 5. Chase, 15-3; 6. Bryce Lynn (Dub. Senior), 22-8; 7. Ethan Cooper (Keokuk), 34-10; 8. Johnny Coleman (Des Moines East), 33-7.
125: 1st round: Gradey Gambrall (Iowa City West) pinned Garrett Seligman, 5:55. Consolation: Alex Richards (Johnston) pinned Seligman, 3:08. Placewinners: 1. Cody Caldwell (Waverly-Shell Rock), 36-1; 2. Dom Chase (Clinton), 23-3; 3. Chris Avery (Des Moines East), 26-4; 4. Chad Ryan (Sioux City North), 43-4; 5. Brock Storm (Spencer), 37-4; 6. Demetrious Taylor (Waterloo East), 29-10; 7. Trevor Hardin (C.R. Prairie), 32-9; 8. Duane Richardson (Council Bluffs TJ), 32-9.
160: 1st round: A.J. McBroom (Southeast Polk) dec. Bryce Sellers, 9-2. Consolation: Kyle Putnam (Lewis Central) pinined Sellers, 148. Placewinners: 1. John Nicholson (Des Moines Roosevelt), 35-2; 2. Michael Moreno (Urbandale), 36-4; 3. Derek St. John (Iowa City West), 44-1; 4. Joe Range (Burlington), 34-7; 5. Meredith Meador (Indianola), 33-6; 6. Casey Young (Valley W. Des Moines), 31-4; 7. McBroom, 32-17; 8. Curtis Ette (Marion), 30-6.
171: 1st round: Walt Gillmor (NS) dec. T'Oddre Owens (Burlington), 8-1. Quarterfinals: Riley Banach (Ames) pinned Gillmor, 5:39. 2nd round consolation: Jacob Pederson (Linn-Mar) pinned Gillmor, 2:25.Placewinners: 1. Kyven Gadson (Waterloo East), 38-0; 2. Jason McCormick (C.R. Jefferson), 30-3; 3. Banach, 36-5; 4. Michael Foster (Valley W. Des Moines), 38-10; 5. A.J. Arrendell (Pella), 36-4; 6. David Solis (Iowa City West), 32-13; 7. Pederson, 33-12; 8. Jeremy Brand (Indianola), 21-17.
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IOWA CLASS 3A STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Unfinished business
Ryan takes second; Perrin finishes third, but Lancers not satisfied at state meet
By: Scott Campbell
NSP Editor
DES MOINES - Five Lancer wrestlers headed to Des Moines last week in search of fulfilling dreams that have haunted them for years.
Three went home early, and the other two fell short of their goal of being state champions.
There were no Lancers standing on top of the podium Saturday night after the finals of the 2009 State Wrestling Tournament, and for the first time in three years North Scott's name wasn't listed among the top 10 in the final team standings.
Disappointment? You bet, and it permeated the very air being breathed by just about everybody in the Lancer camp.
Still, there was plenty to cheer about.
Fantastic freshman Connor Ryan lived up to all his pre-tournament hype with a second-place finish at 103, and although sophomore Adam Perrin failed to earn his second state title, he did bounce back from a tough semifinal loss to claim third place at 112.
When the final team scores were posted Saturday night, the Lancers did manage a very respectable 13th-place finish, and in some years, the 39 points they put on the board would have been cause to celebrate.
Not anymore. Expectations were running high as the handful of Lancer wrestlers descended on the high school wrestling world's grandest stage, and there were no moral victories to be found at Wells Fargo Arena.
Make no mistake about it, when the Lancers loaded the bus to head home, there was no doubt they left some unfinished business in The Well.
"We definitely didn't do what we set out to do," said Lancer coach Eugene Kreiter. "I really thought that all five guys we brought had a shot at getting on the podium.
"You know, we were so close. I feel like we're right there, and it's kind of been that way all season. We had some opportunities at districts, where we were in the lead after the first round, and it was the same way at the MAC tournament. We just haven't been able to get over the hump when we needed to.
"I'm sure we'll go back and rethink some of the things we did," he continued, "but we really tried to stick with the same game plan we had last year when we had a great state tournament."
Ordinarily, two top-three placewinners would be something to write home about, but it's no secret that the Lancers' biggest disappointment came in Thursday afternoon's quarterfinal and consolation round matches.
By then, senior Garrett Seligman and sophomore Bryce Sellers had already been sidelined with Wednesday afternoon losses, and after Ryan and Perrin advanced to Friday's semifinals, disaster struck when second-ranked and unbeaten junior Walt Gillmor was pinned in back-to-back matches.
Gillmor's elimination was huge, and his unexpected and early departure cast a pall over the Lancer contingent.
"Obviously, Walt is one guy we thought could win it all," said Kreiter, "but for whatever reason he just didn't have a good day on that one day. Unfortunately, they were probably two of the worst matches he's had in the last two years."
Gillmor had opened the tournament with a "frustrating" 8-1 win over Burlington's T'Oddre Owens on Wednesday, and then went up against fifth-ranked Riley Banach of Ames in the quarterfinals.
Gillmor led 3-2 entering the third period, and Banach tied it up with an escape with 52 seconds left in the match. Both wrestlers grappled to gain control, and with 24 seconds left Banach got in on Gillmor and immediately put his shoulders to the mat.
The silence in the Lancer stands was deafening.
"That was a tough one," Kreiter said immediately after the match. "Walt just didn't seem as focused as he has been all season. I don't know if he was feeling the pressure, but it just seemed like he wasn't moving like he normally does.
"The whole match was a struggle. You just never know what will happen at state."
Gillmor had to turn around and wrestle less than an hour later, and Kreiter was concerned about his star junior being able to refocus. Those concerns were realized when Linn-Mar's Jacob Pederson pinned Gillmor in just 2:25.
"Walt just couldn't get pumped up," said Kreiter. "We all tried to get him going, but all year long he's had his goals set on that state championship, and it was just hard for him to bounce back after that first loss. For whatever reason, I don't know if he was looking ahead or what, but he just didn't seem himself all day."
Gillmor stormed off the mat, reportedly threw his wrestling shoes in the garbage can, and had a difficult time dealing with the loss. When contacted at home on Sunday, he didn't want to make any comments.
"After that loss Walt sat for two or three hours just staring out the window," Kreiter said Saturday night. "Since then he's re-evaluated a few things, and this will give him more motivation for next year. He's already talking about getting to the Junior National Tournament this spring, and working to get to Fargo for freestyle.
"That's what he needs to do. He needs to take a little of that hurt and pain he's feeling right now, because of not getting on top, and use it to motivate him. But, a tournament like this will always be sitting in his craw until next year."
Gillmor won't be alone. Ryan and Perrin, despite losing just one match apiece in Des Moines, also have plenty of motivation to work hard in the off-season. Like Gillmor, anything short of a state championship was unacceptable.
Perrin entered as second-ranked wrestler at 112, and pretty much lived up to his pre-tourney billing. He advanced to Friday's semifinals with a pair of pins, and looming on the horizon was his much-anticipated rematch with Waverly-Shell Rock's unbeaten Eric DeVos.
Earlier in the season DeVos handed the Lancer soph one of his three losses, and Perrin was looking for revenge. On this day, however, it wasn't meant to be, as DeVos turned in a dominating performance with a technical fall victory.
"It was just his match," said Perrin. "He just went out there and outwrestled me. I was in on a single leg and didn't finish it, and that's when things started going bad.
"I still believe that we are the two best in the state. I really should be wrestling in the finals. If I would've won districts, I would be."
Speaking of districts, Perrin got his chance at revenge. First up in the consolation round was Clinton's Drake Chase, the wrestler who had defeated him a week earlier, and this time it was Perrin who came away with a 9-7 overtime win. That victory put him in Saturday afternoon's third-place match, where he claimed a 9-7 win over Des Moines North Hoover's Jordan Jones.
"I didn't wrestle that great today (Saturday)," said Perrin. "I'm kind of sick right now with a really bad cold. I felt pretty good earlier in the week, and even against DeVos, but I got gassed pretty bad both today and against Chase. Still, it was good to get Chase back."
Kreiter liked the way that his star sophomore bounced back.
"Adam being able to come back after losing shows a lot of character on his part," said the Lancer coach. "A lot of guys who get beat in the semifinal match have a hard time bouncing back. He didn't wrestle the match he needed to against DeVos, but he came back with two good matches."
Saturday night Perrin had to watch DeVos take on West Des Moines Valley's Brandon Jones, and saw Jones manage a 3-1 overtime upset.
"It's tough watching them, knowing it could've and should've been me out there," said Perrin. "Now, I just have to work extra hard to get back. I'll probably take a couple of weeks off and then get right back at it. I want to be a state champion again."
Ryan shares his teammates desire to get back to work. Ryan, who was ranked third at 103, advanced to Saturday night's finals by pinning Johnston's Stephen Shaffer and scoring decisions over sixth-ranked Tanner Werner (3-1) and fourth-ranked Jack Hathaway (2-1).
He was looking forward to a much-anticipated rematch against a No. 1-ranked wrestler, and his nemesis was unbeaten Cory Clark of Southeast Polk. Clark had handed Ryan his only loss of the year with an 8-0 major decision at the Ed Winger Invitational at Urbandale, and although Ryan closed the gap, he still came out on the wrong end of a 5-0 decision.
"Connor came out and wrestled real well. It was a close match," said Kreiter. "There were two very good kids out on that mat. It's like I told him, if you're going to lose to somebody, you might as well lose to the state champ.
"I know Connor is disappointed, and that's what I'd expect from him. He doesn't want to accept anything less than a state championship, but this loss will give him something more to work on in the off-season. We are closing the gap. Second place for a freshman in his first state tournament isn't bad."
Ryan didn't necessarily see it that way.
"I don't feel very good about the way I wrestled tonight," he said. "I came out with a game plan, tried it and it didn't go as well as I thought it would. My stuff just wasn't there. I wasn't tired. I thought I was ready to go. I don't know what happened.
"Finishing second wasn't my goal. If it's not first, it really doesn't matter. I started wrestling when I was 5, and ever since then I've wanted to be a state champ. I definitely have some unfinished business to attend to. This loss will make me work that much harder in the off-season. My new goal is to be a three-time state champion, and I'll start working toward it tomorrow."
While Ryan, Perrin and Gillmor all scored at least one victory in Des Moines, Seligman and Sellers never experienced getting their arms raised. And, both said nerves may have played a major factor in their losses.
Seligman jumped on seventh-ranked Gradey Gambrall of Iowa City West early, and led 2-0 after the first period. Gambrall came back to take a 4-3 lead entering the third period. Seligman still only trailed 6-4 entering the final minute of the match, but Gambrall managed to put the Lancer senior on his back with five seconds left in the match.
Seligman then was pinned by Johnston's Alex Richards in 3:08.
"My day could've been better," said Seligman. "I was very nervous. The whole atmosphere kind of got to me and I let it take my mind off the match. Still, the experience is all that I thought it would be. I didn't come with a lot of high hopes, so the experience was pretty good. I didn't do as well as I would've liked, but I really can't complain."
Sellers was complaining, but shouldered all the blame for his two losses. Ranked 10th entering the meet, he opened with a 9-2 loss to unranked A.J. McBroom of Southeast Polk, and then got pinned by Lewis Central's Kyle Putnam.
"It was good to make it up here, but I think I got too caught up in the fact that I made it," said Sellers. "I think I was content with making it, and I should've been pushing myself to get on the podium.
"I just wasn't as focused as I should've been. I was so, so nervous, I have to admit. I'm disappointed in myself, but this experience will give me a lot of motivation for next year. It was a great experience, but a heartbreaking one. I will come back to redeem myself."
On the bright side of things, Sellers, Perrin, Ryan and Gillmor all return next year, and all are eager to get back to work. So is Kreiter.
"We have lot of guys already talking about putting in time in the off-season, and anymore that's what you have to do," said Kreiter. "You have to put the time in if you expect to be out here at state."
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