Xavier Wrestling

Gerke gets pin for Saints

Xavier senior Josh Gerke pinned Alex Kooker of Iowa City High at 145  pounds in 1:26 Thursday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference wrestling meet at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

The Little Hawks took the meet, 63-13.

Keegan Schultschik (120) won a major decision for the Saints and Tommy  Pudil (285) claimed his match 6-0.

IOWA CITY HIGH 63, XAVIER 13

106 - Ethan Wood-Finley (ICH) won by forfeit
113 - Michael Santoro (ICH) won by forfeit
120 - Keegan Schultschik (X) major dec. Ryan Ceynar, 13-3
126 - Lance Bormann (ICH) pinned Jaxson Konzen, 3:52
132 - Joey Harney (ICH) pinned Patrick Chambers, 2:28
138 - Bryan Berg (ICH) dec. Clayton Drury, 11-4
145 - Josh Gerke (X) pinned Alex Kooker, 1:26
152 - Wilfred Kadohou (ICH) pinned Garrett Ries, 2:18
160 - Kyle Hefley (ICH) pinned Jonathan Bell, 3:40
170 - Brandon Lalla (ICH) pinned Collin Yanga, 3:02
182 - Brock Hunger (ICH) won by forfeit
195 - Jacob Dykes (ICH) pinned Kyle Krezec, 1:51
220 - Jordain Buckland (ICH) pinned Alex Francois, 1:36
285 - Tommy Pudil (X) dec. Jacob Murry, 6-0

Gerke wins wrestling title at Independence

INDEPENDENCE - Xavier senior Josh Gerke pinned Colton Vest of South  Tama in 4 minutes Saturday to win the 145-pound title at the Independence tournament.

Gerke raised his record to 8-0 for the young season by winning all of  his matches in pool competition and the championship round.

Alex Francois placed fourth for the Saints at 220 pounds. Keegan  Schultschik finished sixth at 120.

Xavier finished 13th out of 25 teams with 115 points. New Hamption won  the title with 285 points.

Saints collect five pins in opener

The Xavier Saints collected five pins Thursday night in a 38-36 loss  to Washington in the first wrestling meet of the season.

Keegan Schultschik (120), Patrick Chambers (132), Josh Gerke (145),  Collin Yanga (182) and Alex Francois (220) had pins for Xavier.

Gerke had the quickest pin of the match in 35 seconds.

Will Foreman (126), Tyonchi Johnson (160), Ethan Ziadeh (170) and  Jared Scherrman (195) had pins for the Warriors.

WASHINGTON 38, XAVIER 36

113 - Double forfeit.
120 - Keegan Schultschik (X) pinned Jason Techau, 1:19.
126 - Will Foreman (W) pinned Jaxson Konzen (X), 1:16.
132 - Patrick Chambers (X) pinned Dalton Lauderdale, 3:36.
138 - Chris Karamitros (W) major dec. Clayton Drury, 14-4.
145 - Josh Gerke (X) pinned Herz Hashim, 0:35.
152 - Logan Sears (W) major dec. Garrett Ries, 11-2.
160 - Tyonchi Johnson (W) pinned Jonathan Bell, 3:29.
170 - Ethan Ziadeh (W) pinned Thomas Tobin, 1:57.
182 - Collin Yanga (X) pinned Jeremiah Oliver, 2:40.
195 - Jared Scherrman (W) pinned Kyle Krezec, 1:27.
220 - Alex Francois (X) pinned William Faulkner, 3:21.
285 - Tommy Pudil (X) won by forfeit.
106 - Aden Abram (W) won by forfeit.

Hartzler tops all-Metro wrestling team

Shea Hartzler of Linn-Mar has been named the Wrestler of the Year on the all-Metro team, as selected by the coaches.

Hartzler won the Class 3A state title at 160 pounds this season and was the only state champion from the Metro area.

Dennis Hynek, who led Kennedy to a fourth-place tie in the Class 3A standings at the state meet, was named the Metro Coach of the Year.

ALL-METRO SELECTIONS
106 Pounds

1st Team - Conrad Braswell (Prairie)
2nd Team - Cam Shaver (Kennedy)
Honorable Mention - Jack Eichhorn (Marion)

113 Pounds

1st Team - Marcus England (Prairie), Jeff Vipond (Xavier), Joseph Sibomana (Jefferson)

120 Pounds

1st Team - Brenden Baker (Jefferson)
2nd Team - Keegan Schultschik (Xavier)
Honorable Mention - Jacob Tedrow (Prairie)

126 Pounds

1st Team - Nolan Hromidko (Kennedy)
2nd Team - Will Foreman (Washington)
Honorable Mention - Trenten Wennermark (Prairie)

132 Pounds

1st Team - Sam Uthoff (Prairie)
2nd Team - Dalton Mastin (Jefferson)
Honorable Mention - Austin McLeod (Kennedy)

138 Pounds

1st Team - Clint Lembeck (Xavier)
2nd Team - Alex Streicher (Linn-Mar)
Honorable Mention - Chase St. John (Prairie)

145 Pounds

1st Team - Josh Gerke (Xavier), Johnny Clymer (Linn-Mar)
2nd Team - Caleb Conway (Marion)

152 Pounds

1st Team - Logen Rodriguez (Kennedy), Kyle Briggs (Jefferson)
Honorable Mention - Jacob Wempen (Linn-Mar)

160 Pounds

1st Team - Shea Hartzler (Linn-Mar)
2nd Team - Ben Sarasin (Kennedy)
Honorable Mention - Tavian Rashed (Jefferson)

170 Pounds

1st Team - Garrett Kubovec (Kennedy)
2nd Team - Matt Culver (Jefferson)
Honorable Mention - AJ Geers (Linn-Mar)

182 Pounds

1st Team - Nick Dreckman (Jefferson)
2nd Team - Logan Hagmeier (Linn-Mar)
Honorable Mention - Preston LaGrange (Prairie)

195 Pounds

1st Team - Taylor Mehmen (Prairie)
2nd Team - Sam Pape (Kennedy), Braydon Schultz (Linn-Mar)

220 Pounds

1st Team - Dalles Jacobus (Kennedy)
2nd Team - Tyler Pasker (Prairie)
Honorable Mention - Alex Francois (Xavier)

285 Pounds

1st Team - Alex Heisdorffer (Prairie)
2nd Team - Tommy Pudil (Xavier), Carson Webster (Marion)