Three Woodward-Granger wrestlers earned a top-three spot against tough competition at the 17-team Perry Invitational Saturday.
West Delaware, second in the team rankings for 2A, won the team title going away with 271 points. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, rated eighth in 2A, was second at 196.5 while 1A No. 10 Logan-Magnolia was third at 161, with Dowling Catholic (148.5) and Van Meter/Earlham (135.5) completing the top five.
Carlisle (132.5), Woodward-Granger (121), Carroll (112.5), Webster City (98) and Perry (96.5) were the next five, with Eagle Grove (79), Panorama (74), Spencer (63.5), Des Moines North/Hoover (40.5), South Hamilton (30.5), West Marshall (27) and Saydel (18) filling spots 11-17.
The highlight match of the entire invite was a clash of titans at 220 pounds, where 23-0 and top-ranked 3A standout Greg Hagan of Dowling Catholic collided with 2A No. 1 Cody Fisher (26-0) of Woodward-Granger.
Hagan slipped away with a 2-1 win to claim the top podium spot. Fisher, a junior, had won twice by pin before the finals, thus finishing the day 26-1 and 128-10 for his career.
W-G heavyweight Tyler Lawrenson (26-3) ran into 2A No. 4 Derrin Sesker (25-0) of VM/E in the 285-pound title bout. Sesker won, 1-0, leaving Lawrenson 3-1 at the invite with two wins by pin and one by decision.
Cale Pritchett (23-6) was 3-1 with two pins and a decision to place third at 170 pounds for the Hawks, with Gabe Yingst (18-9) 2-3 with two pins to finish sixth at 160 while Dustin Harney was 1-3 with a pin in standing sixth at 138.
Dilynn Lewiston (126 pounds) and Kade Polich (182 pounds) both finished 3-2 to place eighth in their respective weight classes. Lewiston earned three wins by pin, with Polich winning twice by fall and once with a major decision.
Colt Palmer (132) was eighth after finishing 2-2 with a pair of pins while Matthew White (120) was eighth with a 3-2 tally that included two wins by fall and another by injury default.
Jon McKeever (152) was 1-2 with a pin and Aidan Honkomp (113) 1-3 with a major decision while Joel Harney (106), Jayden Dorenkamp (145) and Nathaniel Rosen (195) were all 0-2 Saturday.
W-G will host a triangular Tuesday that will serve as Senior Night, with the Hawks then being joined Thursday by Waterloo Columbus Catholic for a triangular hosted by West Marshall.
