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Panorama matmen finish fourth in two-day, 23-team invitational

January 22, 2018

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z - pan wrs at harris invite — The Panorama wrestlers, coaches and support staff pose after the Panthers placed fourth overall in the two-day, 23-team John Harris Tournament in Corning. Photo submitted.

CORNING — Eight of the 12 Panorama wrestlers competing Friday and Saturday at the John J. Harris Invitational finished on the podium, with Dalton Holmes winning the 195-pound class and Gunnar Grunsted placing second at 170.

Those efforts and the overall depth of talent helped Panorama compile 151 points and finish in fourth place in the 23-team field, which was hosted by Southwest Valley. Class 1A No. 4 Missouri Valley amassed 230.5 points to win the invite, with Creston/Orient-Macksburg (165) and Atlantic (163.5) a distant second and third.

Holmes cruised to the 195-pound title with two pins and a pair of decisions. The four victories lifts Holmes to 27-4 overall this season.

Dalton Holmes of Panorama records a pin at 195 pounds in the Treynor Tourney Dec. 2. Holmes won his weight class at the recent Harris Invite. Photo submitted.

Grunsted used a pin and a decision to reach the finals at 170 pounds, where the sixth-ranked Panther senior ended up on the short end of a 12-4 major decision by second-ranked Nathan Haynes of Missouri Valley. The runner-up finish pushed Grunsted to 32-2 in his final prep campaign.

Senior Danny Nordquist bounced back from a semifinal loss to finish 4-1 and capture third place at 126. Nordquist (30-6) won twice by pin, once by major decision and once with a 10-8 decision.

Three Panthers — Wyatt Appleseth (132), Trevor Carey (182) and Dan Jensen (285) — finished in fourth place in their respective weight classes.

Appleseth (30-6) was 3-2 with two pins and a decision, with Carey (29-6) 2-2 with two pins while Jensen (22-9) was 3-2 with a major decision, a win in Sudden Victory I and a 4-2 decision.

Danny Nordquist placed third at 126 pounds at the Harris Invite for Panorama. Photo submitted.

Kaleb Stogdill (28-9) finished 4-2 with four pins to claim fifth place at 152, with Noah Kirtley (29-10) 3-3 with a pair of pins and one win in overtime to finish sixth at 138.

Garret Fox (14-11 at 160) was 2-2 with two pins but was unable to place. Logan Christe (20-15 at 106) and Emry Colby (20-14 at 145) were both 1-2 with a pin apiece, while Brady Howard (19-14 at 220) was 0-2.

The Panthers did not compete at either 113 or 120 pounds.

Panorama will host Lynnville-Sully, North Polk and Pleasantville for a quadrangular Thursday and will then participate in the annual Charger Invitational at Guthrie Center Saturday.