North Polk defeated Wayne by a 46-36 score, Moravia/Twin Cedars in a 69-6 rout and the Pleasantville JV by a 63-18 margin. The Comets' two losses were to Pleasantville by a 52-25 decision and the Dowling Catholic JV in a 42-29 battle.
Jimmie Schuessler and Jordan Ihle both went undefeated for North Polk at the tournament.
Schuessler toppled Pleasantville's Wesley Prill by an 11-3 major decision, pinned Pleasantville JV's Greer Milledge and he stuck Dowling Catholic JV's Noel Bartusek while also picking up two forfeits at 130 pounds. Ihle competed at 112 and he recorded three pins and picked up a pair of forfeits.
Noah Pickard just missed going unbeaten for North Polk at 152. Pickard picked up two pins, a victory by decision and a forfeit in his first four matches before suffering a hard-fought 9-7 loss to Dowling Catholic JV's Stephen Graham in his final match.
Kyle Sutton also came close to going unbeaten for North Polk as he went 4-1 at 103. He received three forfeits and pinned Moravia/Twin Cedar's Dakota Housley before suffering a 7-4 loss to Dowling Catholic JV's Esteffan Herrera.
Wes Rockwood, Alex Bayse and Jared Sunken also posted 4-1 records for the Comets.
Rockwood competed at 125 and he delivered two pins and received a pair of forfeit victories on the day. Bayse wrestled at 145 and he earned one pin, one major decision, one victory by decision and a forfeit while Sunken earned two pins, a major decision and a forfeit at 171.
North Polk 46, Wayne 36
103 pounds - Kyle Sutton (NP) won by forfeit; 112 - Jordan Ihle (NP) won by fall over Cody Campbell (W), 3:11; 119 - Travis Terrell (W) won by fall over Tyler Hammond (NP), 2:30; 125 - Wes Rockwood (NP) won by forfeit; 130 - Jimmie Schuessler (NP) won by forfeit; 135 - Dakota Wilson (W) won by fall over Cody White (NP), 3:53; 140 - Cory Hestness (W) won by fall over Mason Lewis (NP), 3:07; 145 - Alex Bayse (NP) won by major decision over Logan Hutchinson (W), 14-5; 152 - Noah Pickard (NP) won by fall over Ben Adams (W), 1:28; 160 - Winston Relph (W) won by forfeit; 171 - Jared Sunken (NP) won by fall over Connor Sprague (W), 1:57; 189 - Hebl (W) won by fall over Colton Cornwell (NP), 0:57; 215 - Seth Miller (W) won by fall over Scott Fisher (NP), 1:27; 285 - Phil Griffeon (NP) won by forfeit
103 - Sutton (NP) won by forfeit; 112 - Ihle (NP) won by fall over Shay Belloma (P), 5:27; 119 - Michael Romanco (P) won by fall over Hammond (NP), 0:52; 125 - Rockwood (NP) won by forfeit; 130 - Schuessler (NP) won by major decision over Wesley Prill (P), 11-3; 135 - Tasker Phillips (P) won by technical fall over White (NP), 17-1; 140 - Dustin Baumgardner (P) won by fall over Lewis (NP), 1:10; 145 - Josh Padellford (P) won by fall over Bayse (NP); 152 - Pickard (NP) won by decision over A.J. Adkins (P), 11-6; 160 - Bryan Bishop (P) won by forfeit; 171 - Logan Rood (P) won by technical fall over Sunken (NP), 15-0; 189 - Cass Lester (P) won by fall over Cornwell (NP), 1:14; 215 - Colby Kirby (P) won by fall over Fisher (NP), 0:36; 285 - Mike Phipps (P) won by forfeit
North Polk 69
Moravia/Twin Cedars 6
103 - Sutton (NP) won by fall over Dakota Housley (MTC), 1:02; 112 - Ihle (NP) won by forfeit; 119 - Hammond (NP) won by fall over Lakota Smith (MTC), 5:03; 125 - Colton Beals (MTC) won by fall over Rockwood (NP), 2:53; 130 - Schuessler (NP) won by forfeit; 135 - White (NP) won by forfeit; 140 - Lewis (NP) won by decision over Dalton Lee (MTC), 16-13; 145 - Bayse (NP) won by forfeit; 152 - Pickard (NP) won by forfeit; 160 - Nikko Burg (NP) won by forfeit; 171 - Sunken (NP) won by forfeit; 189 - Cornwell (NP) won by fall over Deryk Bingham (MTC), 0:19; 215 - Griffeon (NP) won by forfeit; 285 - Fisher (NP) won by forfeit
North Polk 63, Pleasantville JV 18
103 - Sutton (NP) won by forfeit; 112 - Ihle (NP) won by forfeit; 119 - Hammond (NP) won by fall over Stevie Seals (PJV), 4:18; 125 - Rockwood (NP) won by fall over Ryan Willoughby (PJV), 0:24; 130 - Schuessler (NP) won by fall over Greer Milledge (PJV), 0:53; 135 - White (NP) won by decision over Drew Davis (PJV), 7-2; 140 - Lewis (NP) won by fall over Alex Heaberlin (PJV), 1:43; 145 - Bayse (NP) won by fall over Jesse Baeza (PJV), 5:47; 152 - Pickard (NP) won by fall over Jacob Donaldson (PJV), 3:31; 160 - Chris Ramirez (PJV) won by forfeit; 171; 171 - Sunken (NP) won by fall over Kurtis Williams (PJV), 0:49; 189 - Brandon Linn (PJV) won by fall over Cornwell (NP), 2:15; 215 - Griffeon (NP) won by forfeit; 285 - Phil Lumley (PJV) won by fall over Fisher (NP), 0:18
Dowling Catholic JV 42
North Polk 29
103 - Esteffan Herrera (DCJV) won by decision over Sutton (NP), 7-4; 112 - Ihle (NP) won by fall over Ben Bonin (DCJV), 5:55; 119 - Gabe Tejada (DCJV) won by fall over Hammond (NP), 3:12; 125 - Rockwood (NP) won by fall over Matt Merfield (DCJV), 1:28; 130 - Schuessler (NP) won by fall over Noel Bartusek (DCJV), 1:08; 135 - White (NP) won by major decision over Josh Ruiz-Perez (DCJV), 15-7; 140 - Pete Selinger (DCJV) won by fall over Mason Lewis (NP), 3:13; 145 - Bayse (NP) won by decision over Ryan Yen (DCJV), 17-14; 152 - Stephen Graham (DCJV) won by decision over Pickard (NP), 9-7; 160 - Ryan Agey (DCJV) won by forfeit; 171 - Sunken (NP) won by major decision over Dalton Barnabo (DCJV), 14-5; 189 - Jordan Essy (DCJV) won by fall over Cornwell (NP), 3:01; 215 - Joe Swedenhjelm (DCJV) won by fall over Fisher (NP), 0:39; 285 - Tyler Harmeyer (DCJV) won by open
ALLEMAN - North Polk split duals with South Hamilton and Van Meter at a triangular meet in Alleman Jan. 29.
The Comets fell to Heart of Iowa Conference rival South Hamilton by a 39-31 score and then whipped Van Meter by a 78-3 score in the final dual of the meet.
In the loss to South Hamilton, North Polk received two pins, a forfeit, one major decision and three victories by decision.
Kyle Sutton and Alex Bayse picked up the pins at 103 and 145 pounds respectively, Jimmie Schuessler received the forfeit at 130 and Tyler Hammond gave North Polk a 13-1 major decision victory over the Hawks' Chris Jacobson at 119. Jordan Ihle won a 4-2 battle with South Hamilton's Ean Houck at 112, Wes Rockwood picked up a 7-4 victory over Lucas Huisman at 125 and Cody White earned a 6-0 win over the Hawks' Casey Coy at 135 for North Polk.
North Polk didn't have many chances to wrestle against a first-year Van Meter program as the Comets picked up a whopping 11 forfeits in the dual. Rockwood and White earned victories on the mat for North Polk as Rockwood pinned Van Meter's Dalton Bright in 58 seconds at 125 and White stuck the Bulldogs' Devon Clycord in 2:32 at 135.
South Hamilton 39, North Polk 31
103 pounds - Kyle Sutton (NP) won by fall over Alex Verhoef (SH), 3:09; 112 - Jordan Ihle (NP) won by decision over Ean Houck (SH), 4-2; 119 - Tyler Hammond (NP) won by major decision over Chris Jacobson (SH), 13-1; 125 - Wes Rockwood (NP) won by decision over Lucas Huisman (SH), 7-4; 130 - Jimmie Schuessler (NP) won by forfeit; 135 - Cody White (NP) won by decision over Casey Coy (SH), 6-0; 140 - Brad Anderson (SH) won by fall over Russell Obernolte (NP), 5:47; 145 - Alex Bayse (NP) won by fall over Trevor Vessell (SH), 3:03; 152 - Josh Pringle (SH) won by decision over Noah Pickard (NP), 8-4; 160 - Dustin Rholl (SH) won by fall over Nikko Burg (NP), 2:55; 171 - Brandon Pringle (SH) won by fall over Jared Sunken (NP), 1:28; 189 - Bryan Martin (SH) won by fall over Colton Cornwell (NP), 0:34; 215 - Bryce Rowe (NP) won by forfeit; 285 - Derek Kolbe (SH) won by fall over Scott Fisher (NP), 0:28
North Polk 78, Van Meter 3
103 - Jimmy Scieszinski (VM) won by decision over Sutton (NP), 3-0; 112 - Ihle (NP) won by forfeit; 119 - Hammond (NP) won by forfeit; 125 - Rockwood (NP) won by fall over Dalton Bright (VM), 0:58; 130 - Schuessler (NP) won by forfeit; 135 - White (NP) won by fall over Devon Clycord (VM), 2:32; 140 - Obernolte (NP) won by forfeit; 145 - Bayse (NP) won by forfeit; 152 - Pickard (NP) won by forfeit; 160 - Burg (NP) won by forfeit; 171 - Sunken (NP) won by forfeit; 189 - Cornwell (NP) won by forfeit; 215 - Phil Griffeon (NP) won by forfeit; 285 - Fisher (NP) won by forfeit
GILBERT - North Polk suffered a pair of Heart of Iowa Conference losses against Woodward-Granger and Gilbert in a triangular dual Jan. 27 at Gilbert.
The Comets were handed a 47-36 setback at the hands of Woodward-Granger and a 54-27 loss by Gilbert.
In its meet with Woodward-Granger, North Polk dominated the light weight classes, but the Comets were unable to get much going in the middle and upper classes. Kyle Sutton (103 pounds), Jordan Ihle (112) and Jimmie Schuessler (130) each picked up a pin for the Comets while Tyler Hammond received a forfeit at 119.
Noah Pickard and Nikko Burg gave North Polk a pair of victories in the middle-weight class. Pickard pinned Woodward-Granger's Tom McVey at 152 and Burg stuck the Hawks' Connor Roth at 160.
North Polk had another good showing in the light classes in its loss to Gilbert. Sutton and Ihle each picked up a pin and Schuessler added another fall after moving up to 135 while Wes Rockwood picked up a forfeit at 130.
The Comets' only other victory against Gilbert was a 4-3 victory by Pickard over Nick Lamkey at 152.
Woodward-Granger 47
North Polk 36
103 pounds - Kyle Sutton (NP) won by fall over Tyler Lehman (WG), 0:14; 112 - Jordan Ihle (NP) won by fall over David McConnell (WG), 0:18; 119 - Tyler Hammond (NP) won by forfeit; 125 - Bo Cosens (WG) won by technical fall over Wes Rockwood (NP), 23-7; 130 - Jimmie Schuessler (NP) won by fall over Nick Spellman (WG), 1:03; 135 - Tyler Nixon (WG) won by fall over Cody White (NP), 3:40; 140 - Chuck Manning (WG) won by fall over Ruessell Obernolte (NP), 1:18; 145 - Alex Genesar (WG) won by forfeit; 152 - Noah Pickard (NP) won by fall over Tom McVey (WG), 1:10; 160 - Nikko Burg (NP) won by fall over Connor Roth (WG), 1:23; 171 - Jack Manning (WG) won by forfeit; 189 - Austin Kuehl (WG) won by fall over Jared Sunken (NP), 3:53; 215 - Cole West (WG) won by fall over Colton Cornwell (NP), 3:33; 285 - Carson Skinner (WG) won by forfeit
Gilbert 54, North Polk 27
103 - Sutton (NP) won by fall over Justin Gillette (G), 1:05; 112 - Ihle (NP) won by fall over Cody Freeman (G), 3:34; 119 - Luke Kerns (G) won by fall over Hammond (NP), 5:20; 125 - Erik Schmidt (G) won by forfeit; 130 - Rockwood (NP) won by forfeit; 135 - Schuessler (NP) won by fall over Jacob Zenor (G), 0:28; 140 - Aaron Sporrer (G) won by fall over White (NP), 0:53; 145 - Jake Lamkey (G) won by forfeit; 152 - Pickard (NP) won by decision over Nick Lamkey (G), 4-3; 160 - Clay Long (G) won by fall over Burg (NP), 0:44; 171 - Marcus Keinart (G) won by fall over Sunken (NP), 5:32; 189 - Cory Morrissey (G) won by fall over Cornwell (NP), 1:43; 215 - Jordan Harestad (G) won by fall over Fisher (NP), 0:12; 285 - Cody Dierks (G) won by forfeit
