The class 2A section of the state wrestling tournament included six wrestlers from the KCII listening area Thursday.
Three of those wrestlers won their opening match to advance on the championship side of the bracket in their weight classes. Mid-Prairie junior Cael Garvey was a winner in dramatic fashion by 11-9 decision over No.7 Matthew Wirtz of Emmetsburg. Golden Hawk head coach, and Cael’s dad, Justin Garvey broke down the match Thursday night for KCII sports. “I think I aged five years during that match. We had a two point lead and unfortunately we squandered it away on stall calls. The kid was tall, he was posting up on our shoulder. We didn’t want to give in, they wanted us to circle back to the right so they could hit an ankle pick so instead we just backed out and got dinged. So then they got a take down so we are down 9-7 and on bottom. He’s riding Cael with a claw ride and Cael moved his hips, sucked his arm underneath, hipped over for a reversal and scored two ba
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team finished the dual regular season Thursday night in Tiffin at Clear Creek Amana High School, splitting a pair of duals. Mid-Prairie opened the night with a win over the Clippers on their home mat 42-33. The Golden Hawks got wins in contested matches from Malachai Sexton at 106, Owen Trimpe at 152, Vinnie Bowlin at 160, Kaden Meader at 170, Cael Garvey at 195, Josh Wallington at 220 and Gannon Callahan at 285, all by fall.
In the nightcap, the Hawks were beaten 48-36 by Central DeWitt. Mid-Prairie had wins in contested matches from Malachai Sexton at 106, Vinnie Bowlin at 160, Cael Garvey at 195, Josh Wallington at 220, and Gannon Callahan at 285 all by fall. Garvey’s win in the dual was the 100th of his career. After the meet, Mid-Prairie head coach Justin Garvey talked about his son’s 100th win and his team’s night. “We were short Ben Meader tonight, and when you take a guy like that out of your lineup you know that everyone else ha
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team took the mat at Tim Grady Gymnasium for the final time in the 2020-21 season Thursday, hosting Wilton, Durant and West Liberty in a River Valley Conference quadrangular for Senior Night. Mid-Prairie started the night against the Wilton Beavers, falling in the opener 48-36. The Hawks got wins in contested matches from Kaden Meader at 170 by fall, Ben Meader at 182 by fall, Cael Garvey at 195 by fall, Josh Wallington at 220 by fall and Gannon Callahan at 285 by fall. The win for Wallington was the 100th of his career.
The Golden Hawks bounced back in their second action of the night, beating Durant 54-24. Mid-Prairie got wins in contested matches from Malachai Sexton at 106, Ben Meader at 182, Cael Garvey at 195, and Josh Wallington at 220 all by fall.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team will be on their home mat for the final time this season tonight when they welcome Wilton, West Liberty and Durant to Tim Grady Gymnasium for a Senior Night RVC quadrangular. The Golden Hawks come into the night with an overall record of 11-8 after sweeping a quad at Anamosa last week, taking out Northeast, Cascade and the Blue Raiders. The Hawks also finished as team runners-up at WACO on Saturday, led by three champions with Cael Garvey at 195, Josh Wallington at 220 and Gannon Callahan at 285 all taking titles. Wallington’s 30-2 overall record leads Mid-Prairie this year while Mose Yoder, Ben Meader, Garvey, and Callahan all have 25 wins or more. Mid-Prairie will honor seniors Vinnie Bowlin, Dominic McCain, Meader, Gibson Lowenberg, Wallington and Michael Kelly. This week, Mid-Prairie head coach Justin Garvey talked about this senior class. “Every year it’s something special, and it feels like you don’t realize it until the year i
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk grapplers begin the second half of the schedule tonight when they travel to Northeast Goose Lake for a River Valley Conference quadrangular against Camanche, Bellevue and the Rebels. Mid-Prairie comes into the 2021 portion of their schedule with a 4-6 dual record. The Hawks were last in dual action December 17th when they visited Mount Pleasant for a triangular with the Panthers and Ft. Madison. Mid-Prairie split at the event, beating the Panthers and falling to the Bloodhounds. Coming into the second half of the season, Mid-Prairie is led by a pair of 17 match winners in Ben Meader and Josh Wallington, with a combined 34-6 mark on the year.