Bulldogs compete at Big Red Invite; Centerville’s Moorman wins 150th

CENTERVILLE — The Ottumwa Bulldogs wrestling program had 10 wrestlers compete in the Big Red Invite in Centerville on Saturday, the most classes they’ve been capable of filling all season.

The extra wrestlers allowed Ottumwa to round out the top-10 with 76.5 points. Kirksville finished first out of sixteen teams with 217 points, while host Centerville posted 166.5 points for third place. The Fairfield Trojans finished sixth with 130 while Chariton came in 11th with 69 team points.

Josh Greiner, a 10th-ranked junior, pushed his unbeaten streak to 27-0 with a first place finish at 135. In the championship match, Greiner knocked off the second-ranked wrestler in all of Class 2A, Kyler Risher of Centerville, for first place.

Megan Black, the only female wrestler at the invite, finished in second place at 112. Black upset the No. 1 seed of the tournament in the quarterfinals, winning by pin, before being beat in the finals.

“Overall we wrestled pretty well,” said Ottumwa coach Kevin Cochran. “Megan stepped up and wrestled the way she should.”

Centerville’s Ethan Moorman, the top-ranked wrestler in Class 2A at 160 pounds, reached a career milestone in his home gym.

Moorman, who finished in first place at 160 for the Big Reds, won his 150th career match to help his team finish third. Moorman is a senior with roughly a month left in his career to pad his stats.

Ottumwa also realizes the season is winding down.

“We have about three weeks left to get everyone ready to go before districts,” said Cochran. “We’re young and inexperienced, but we’re going to hang in there and give it 100 percent.”

Ottumwa is back in action Thursday at Des Moines Roosevelt.

Big Red Invitational Results

At Centerville

1-16-2010

Team Results

1. Kirksville 217.00, 2. Creston 187.50, 3. Centerville 166.50, 4. Columbus Junction 146.00, 5. Iowa City High 133.50, 6. Fairfield 130.00, 7. Bondurant Farrar 99.00, 8. Newton 84.00, 9. Pella 80.00, 10. Ottumwa 76.50, 11. Chariton 69.00, 12. Knoxville 61.50, 13. Winterset 58.50, 14. Central Decatur 58.00, 15. Clarinda 57.50, 16. Clarinda Academy 32.00.

Individual Results

103 — 1. Tanner Cowan (Cent). 112 — 1. Jesse Griffel (Kirk), 2. Megan Black (O). 119 — 1. Austin Roper (Kirk), 5. Karsten VanVelsor (O). 125 — 1. Justin VanHoose (Kirk), 2. Dakota Simmons (FF). 130 — 1. Jake Marlin (Creston), 6. Angelo Kelly (O). 135 — 1. Josh Greiner (O), Kyler Risher (Cent). 140 — 1. Seth Noble (C.J), 4. Schyler Morgan (Cent). 145 — 1. Mitchell Hackett (Win), 5. Jordan Bradfield (FF). 152 — 1. Travis Lang (Kirk), 3. Blake McPherren (Cent). 160 — 1. Ethan Moorman (Cent). 171 — 1. Mike England (Cent), 6. Jeff Guttry (FF), 8. Colton Sumner (O). 189 — 1. Jared Bevins (Creston), 6. Richard England (Cent). 215 — 1. Joe Brock (Newton), 2. Logan Metcalf (FF), 5. Garrett Brown (Cent). HWT — 1. Michael Smithburg (FF).

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