Two place winners at Harris Invitational

PROTECTED CONTENT

If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above.

Lost your password?

Username and Password Help

Please enter your email and we will send you a password reset link.

← Back

The Mount Ayr boys’ wrestling team made the trip to Corning last Friday and Saturday to compete at the annual John J. Harris Invitational, hosted by SW Valley.
The meet is considered one of the premier meets in SW Iowa. There, the Raiders scored 34.5 team points and placed 19th.
There were 27 teams at the meet. Creston won the meet with a team score of 205 points. The Panthers won three weight classes at the meet. Atlantic was second with 141.5 points and Earlham was third with 139 points.
The Raiders are back on the mat on Tuesday, January 23 when they have dual meets against West Central Valley, Clarke, and Woodward-Granger.
The Raiders will be at the Central Decatur duals on February 3. The Raiders will wrestle at the District 9 tournament on Saturday, February 10 at Riverside. Schools in the Raiders district are AC/GC, AHSTW, CAM, Central Decatur, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Griswold, Lenox, Riverside, and SW Valley.
Raider Brock Shaha collected the top finish at the tournament, claiming a third-place finish in the 113-pound weight class.
Shaha improved to 24-4 on the season. Shaha was 4-1 at the event.
Shaha pinned Trae Hartwig from Denison in the second round to reach the quarterfinals. There, Shaha pinned 22-win Lane Travis from Creston in 1:20 to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Shaha lost a 7-2 decision to Dallas Conoyer from Earlham.
That put Shaha in the consolation round. In the consolation semifinals, he pinned 25-win Brayden Maeder from SW Valley in 3:31 to advance to the third-place match.
The match was a match of two ranked wrestlers. Shaha is currently ranked No. 5 at 106 in Class 1A by IAWrestle.com while Maeder was ranked No. 11 at 113. In that match, he picked up a big win, pinning Atlantic’s Braxton Hass in 4:35. Hass had 33 wins coming into the match.
Also picking up a place win was Conlee Stark at 150. Stark improved to 24-11. Stark was 4-2 in six matches at the event.
Stark pinned Flynt Bell from SW Iowa in 0:47 in the second round to reach the quarterfinals. There, he lost by fall to Wayne’s Austin Henderson in 3:31. Stark battled back in the consolation round getting a tech fall 20-4 over Conner Williams from Clarke.
Stark then won a 6-2 decision over James Lemon from Denison to reach the consolation semifinals. There, he lost to Jax Jensen by fall in 2:56. In the fifth-place match, Stark exacted a measure of revenge, beating Wayne’s Austin Henderson by a 3-1 score to place fifth.
Also competing for the Raiders at the tournament, but not placing were Jeremiah Gilliland at 106, Tate Schaefer at 132, Ty Noble at 144, Bracken Collier at 165, and Jonathan Morales at 285. Morales, Noble, and Schaefer had only one match at the event. Collier was 0-2 in matches and Gilliland was also 0-2 in matches.
John J Harris Invitational
Team Scores: 1. Creston 205, 2. Atlantic 141.5, 3. Earlham 139, 4. Shenandoah 137, 5. Winterset 116, 6. Missouri Valley 101.5, 7. Clarinda 101, 8. Riverside 100.5, 9. Washington 92, 10. Nodaway Valley 91, 11. AC/GC 76, 12. Panorama 64, 13. SW Valley 63, 14. Clarke 55, 14. Wayne 55, 16. Lenox 53, 17. Tri-Center Neola 38, 18. Central Decatur 36, 19. Mount Ayr 34.5, 20. Centerville 34, 21. SW Iowa 32.5, 22. Red Oak 29, 23. CAM 27, 24. Denison 7, 24. Griswold 7, 26. Bedford 4, 27. East Mills 0.
Individual Team Results:
106 – Jeremiah Gilliland (9-9) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Jeremiah Gilliland (Mt. Ayr) 9-9 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Tucker Olsen (Tri-Center Neola) 13-12 won by fall over Jeremiah Gilliland (Mt. Ayr) 9-9 (Fall 1:37); Cons. Round 1 – Gavin George (Winterset) 2-5 won by fall over Jeremiah Gilliland (Mt. Ayr) 9-9 (Fall 0:19).
113 – Brock Shaha (24-4) placed 3rd and scored 22.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Brock Shaha (Mt. Ayr) 24-4 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Brock Shaha (Mt. Ayr) 24-4 won by fall over Trae Hartwig (Denison) 10-16 (Fall 3:10); Quarterfinal – Brock Shaha (Mt. Ayr) 24-4 won by fall over Lane Travis (Creston) 22-8 (Fall 1:20); Semifinal – Dallas Canoyer (Earlham) 28-5 won by decision over Brock Shaha (Mt. Ayr) 24-4 (Dec 7-2); Cons. Round 4 – Brock Shaha (Mt. Ayr) 24-4 won by fall over Brayden Maeder (Southwest Valley) 25-6 (Fall 3:31); 3rd Place Match – Brock Shaha (Mt. Ayr) 24-4 won by fall over Braxton Hass (Atlantic) 33-8 (Fall 4:35). FINAL PLACE – 3rd.
132 – Tate Schaefer (11-14) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Brody Sparks (Southwest Valley) 6-20 won by decision over Tate Schaefer (Mt. Ayr) 11-14 (Dec 8-4).
144 – Ty Noble (8-17) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Cole Eitel (Earlham) 11-16 won by fall over Ty Noble (Mt. Ayr) 8-17 (Fall 1:28).
150 – Conlee Stark (24-11) placed 5th and scored 12.5 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 won by fall over Flynt Bell (Southwest Iowa) 12-15 (Fall 0:47); Quarterfinal – Austin Henderson (Wayne, Corydon) 20-11 won by fall over Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 (Fall 3:31); Cons. Round 2 – Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 won by tech fall over Conner Williams (Clarke) 15-18 (TF-1.5 2:29 (20-4)); Cons. Round 3 – Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 won by decision over James Lemon (Denison) 15-8 (Dec 6-2); Cons. Round 4 – Jax Jensen (Winterset) 24-8 won by fall over Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 (Fall 2:56); 5th Place Match – Conlee Stark (Mt. Ayr) 24-11 won by decision over Austin Henderson (Wayne, Corydon) 20-11 (Dec 3-1). FINAL PLACE – 5th.
165 – Bracken Collier (12-17) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Bracken Collier (Mt. Ayr) 12-17 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Jackson Pfrang (Adair Casey/Guthrie Center) 24-15 won by decision over Bracken Collier (Mt. Ayr) 12-17 (Dec 6-2); Cons. Round 1 – Bracken Collier (Mt. Ayr) 12-17 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 2 – Aiden Verqamini (Missouri Valley) 21-13 won by major decision over Bracken Collier (Mt. Ayr) 12-17 (MD 14-6).
285 – Jonathan Morales (3-14) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Cooper Petty (Wayne, Corydon) 10-13 won by fall over Jonathan Morales (Mt. Ayr) 3-14 (Fall 0:57).