McIntyre wins title, Rams 10th at Ames tourney

Glenwood’s Abby McIntyre won the women’s bracket and had two other wrestlers reach the finals in a 10th place showing at the Jack Mendenhall Invitational in Ames on Saturday.

West Des Moines Valley scored 181 points to win the tournament that featured some of the top wrestlers and teams from Nebraska and Iowa. Ankeny was the runner up with 158 points.
Glenwood finished with 100.5 points.

In the women’s bracket, which featured just two competitors in a best two-out-of-three system, the Rams’ Abby McIntyre pinned Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Ali Anderson twice for the title. McIntyre needed just a combined 1:56 to win her two matches.

The Rams’ Brett Mower and Noah Carter both reached the finals at 182 pounds and 195 pounds, respectively, and took home second place medals.

Mower won his first three matches before falling in the finals to Omaha Skutt Catholic’s Eli Jansen.

Carter was pinned by No. 5 ranked 195-pounder Cade Parker of Cedar Rapids Kennedy in his final.

Also placing for Glenwood was Dalton Bell (eighth place, 106 pounds), Mitch Mayberry (sixth place, 160), Nick Gill (seventh place, 170), and Logan Fornoff (sixth place, 220).

Jack Mendenhall
Invitational
Team Scores
1. West Des Moines Valley, 181. 2. Ankeny, 158. 3. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, 155. 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 144. 5. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 140.5 6. Iowa City High, 140. 7. Omaha Skutt Catholic, 129. 8. Carroll, 110. 9. Dowling Catholic, 104. 10. Glenwood, 100.5 11. Indianola, 95. 12. Ballard, 78.5 13. Perry, 67. 14. OA-BCIG, 46. 15. Pocahontas Area, 40.5. 16. Ames, 34. 17. Boone, 33.5 18. Nevada, 7.

Glenwood Place Winners
106: Dalton Bell, eighth place. Women’s Bracket: Abby McIntyre, first place. 160: Mitch Mayberry, sixth place. 170: Nick Gill, seventh place. 182: Brett Mower, second place. 195: Noah Carter, second place. 220: Logan Fornoff, sixth place.

Rams 2-1 at L.C.

The Glenwood wrestling team won a pair of duals and dropped at third in road quadrangular at Council Bluffs Lewis Central on Thursday.

The Rams recorded dual wins over Red Oak 47-31 and Shenandoah 75-0 before dropping a 41-37 decision to the host Titans.

“I think we wrestled pretty well for coming out of break,” said Glenwood coach Brad Asche, whose team last wrestled Dec. 20. “The kids came out and competed and looked like they were having fun. We beat a pretty good Red Oak team that’s a little bit beat up. I had them circled as a team that would be pretty good this year and they are.”

The Rams’ win over Shenandoah features nine Mustang forfeits.

“There were a lot of opens there and they’re a little banged up too but I felt like we wrestled really well in the matches we did compete in,” Asche said.

Asche said the Lewis Central loss was a tough one for his team as they continue to struggled to fill weights.

“It came down a few matches where we get caught on our backs and then we give up 12 points again (on forfeits),” Asche said. “With us losing by four that’s a hard thing to swallow but its kind of the reality for us right now.”

Dalton Bell (113 pounds), Brett Mower (182) and Noah Carter (195) all went 3-0 for Glenwood.

“I saw a lot of great things from a lot of guys that battled,” Asche said.