Rams fourth at West Des Moines Valley tourney

Colin White won the heavyweight class and four other Glenwood wrestlers finished in the top three as the Rams placed fourth at the West Des Moines Valley Invitational on Saturday.

Host Valley was the team champion with 225 points, followed by Indianola (203) and Sioux City North (161).

“We had an outstanding first round and we only lost three matches. The second round was the complete opposite and we only won three matches. We need to work on our consistency,” said Dyer. “We can’t be a yo-yo team and expect to be in the final two.

“Overall I thought we performed well. We had some matches that we came out pretty flat and it cost us. If we come out and perform at our best we really could have done well.”

White scored nine points the final 30 seconds of his 285 pounds finals match to force overtime before winning.

“He moved really well towards the end and got the points he needed to take it to overtime. He came through and won,” said Glenwood coach Matt Dyer.

AJ Clark was second at 103 pounds in what Dyer called a “solid performance” earning a runner up finish for the second week in a row.

Nate Harms (112 pounds) and Andrew Reinert (189 pounds) did a great job coming back and placing third in their classes.

“Andrew has done a great job over the past few weeks working on a skill set. It is starting to show and pay off,” said Dyer.

Glenwood 189-pounder Joey Bryan pinned the No. 5 ranked wrestler in the semifinals but fell in the finals.

“Joey looks like a total different wrestler than last year. I am really proud on how hard his is working,” said Dyer.

West Des Moines Valley Invite

1. West Des Moines Valley, 225.5. 2. Indianola, 203. 3. Sioux City North, 161. 4. Glenwood, 155.5. 5. Ames, 143. 6. Winterset, 76.5. 7. Boone, 73. 8. Pekin, 65.

Glenwood Results

103: AJ Clark, second place. 112: Nate Harms, third place. 119: Steve Gutschenritter, fourth place. 125: Johnny Fuller, fourth place. 130: Tyler Maxwell, fourth place. 135: Walker Langel, fifth place. 145: Nick Uphoff: fifth place. 152: Trent Jameson, sixth place. 171: Joey Bryan, second place. 189: Andrew Reinert, third place. 215: Joe Blankenship, sixth place. 285: Colin White, first place.

Rams sweep

Shenandoah, A.L.

The Glenwood wrestling team swept a pair of duals against Shenanadoah and Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln on Thursday.

The Rams knocked off Abraham Lincoln 45-22 behind wins by Nick Harms, Steve Gutschenritter, Tyler Maxwell, Walker Langel, Nick Uphoff, Joey Bryan, Joe Blankenship and Colin White.

“I thought we came out a little stale against A.L.,” said Glenwood coach Matt Dyer. “The dual wasn’t running on time and the officials had some problems with the head tables so it caused some problems.

“It was a great learning lesson for our guys to control what they can. We can’t control officials, table help, and things like that, so we need to focus on things we can control like attitude and how prepared we are. We had a few guys out of the line up and I was proud how some of the other guys stepped up.”

Against the host Mustangs, Glenwood’s A.J. Clark, Harms, Dylan Hirt, Gutschenritter, Maxwell, Uphoff, Bryan, Andrew Reinert, Shawn Wiser and White won their matches.

“Against Shenandoah we came out more aggressive,” said Dyer. “There were a lot of open weights in both duals so we were able to get some new bodies out in the line up. We need to get healthy over break so we have our strongest line up for January. We still have two weeks of wrestling we need to get by and we might struggle with guys in and out of the line-up.”

Glenwood 45

C.B. Abraham Lincoln 22

103: AJ Clark, G, lost by decision to Zack Hankins, AL, 10-12. 112: Nate Harms, G, won by forfeit. 119: Steve Gutschenritter, G, won by forfeit. 125: Beau Johnson, G, lost by decision to Mike Thielen, AL, 7-1. 130: Tyler Maxwell, G, won by fall over Greg Linkenhoker, AL, 3:48. 135: Walker Langel, G, won by fall over Ian Boland, AL, 2:16. 140: Zach Magnussen, G, lost by fall to Bryan Cunningham, AL, :26. 145: Nick Uphoff, G, won by fall over Tyler Dizona, AL, 2:44. 152: Trent Jameson, G, lost by decision over Jake Harris, AL, 4-2. 160: Antonio Rios, G, lost by fall to Luke Harm, AL, 2:09. 171 Joey Bryan, G, won by forfeit. 189: Andrew Reinert, G, lost by decision to Sterling Sneidewind, AL, 12-9. 215: Joe Blankenship, G, won by decision over Nate Thalas, AL, 14-8. 285: Colin White, G, won by fall over James Gerhardt, AL, :11.

Glenwood 60,

Shenandoah 22

103: A.J. Clark, G, won by forfeit. 112: Nate Harms, G, won by fall over Damian Moore, S, :25. 119: Dylan Hirt, G, won by forfeit. 125: Steve Gutschenritter, G, won by forfeit. 130: Tyler Maxwell, G, won by fall over Dustin Nebel, S, 2:46. 135: Walker Langel, G, lost by fall to Jake Schubert, S, 2:56. 140: Zach Magnussen, G, lost by major decision to Shae Esser, S, 16-4. 145: Nick Uphoff, G, won by fall over Brandon Stout, S, 1:04. 152: Trent Jameson, G, lost by fall to Brad Swank, S, 1:29. 160: Clayton Giesting, G, lost by fall to Carroll Heitshusen, S, 1:29. 171: Joey Bryan, G, won by fall to Brody Esser, S, 1:44. 189: Andrew Reinert, G, won by forfeit. 215: Shawn Wiser, G, won by forfeit. 285: Colin White, G, won by fall over Jordan Golden, S, 1:24.