Bobcats battle area teams at WaMaC wrestling tournament

WaMaC Conference Boys Wrestling Tournament
Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, at Van Horne

Team scores

1 Independence 215.0
2 West Delaware, Manchester 209.5
3 Williamsburg 185.0
4 Solon 147.5
5 Clear Creek-Amana 117.0
5 Mount Vernon 117.0
7 Benton Community 115.5
8 Center Point-Urbana 95.0
9 Vinton-Shellsburg 83.5
10 Grinnell 78.0
11 South Tama County 65.0
12 Marion 64.5

Benton results

106 – Memphis Bishop (21-18) placed 8th and scored 6.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Bishop won by fall over Matthew Goodlove (Mount Vernon) 19-24 (Fall 0:57)
Quarterfinal – Anderson Osgood (Solon) 39-3 won by tech fall over Bishop (TF-1.5 2:00 (17-1))
Cons. Round 2 – Bishop won in sudden victory – 1 over Dallas Bayler (Marion) 15-18 (SV-1 17-14)
Cons. Round 3 – Sladen Shover (West Delaware, Manchester) 25-15 won by fall over Bishop 21-18 (Fall 1:39)
7th Place Match – Curran Meyer (Independence) 32-16 won by tech fall over Bishop (TF-1.5 3:41 (18-0))

113 – Aaron George (6-22)

Champ. Round 1 – Lucas Peters (West Delaware, Manchester) 20-9 won by fall over George (Fall 0:21)
Cons. Round 2 – Ryker Logue (Mount Vernon) 3-9 won by tech fall over George (TF-1.5 4:50 (16-1))

126 – Jason Eastman (25-15) placed 6th and scored 11.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Eastman 25-15 won by fall over Bruce Willis (Marion) 1-16 (Fall 1:30)
Quarterfinal – Eastman won by fall over Israel Zamarron-Acosta (South Tama County) 21-12 (Fall 4:54)
Semifinal – Jayden Steapp (Solon) 33-13 won by decision over Eastman (Dec 16-12)
Cons. Semi – Conner Bridgewater (Vinton-Shellsburg) 21-15 won by fall over Eastman (Fall 5:34)
5th Place Match – Israel Zamarron-Acosta (South Tama County) 21-12 won by decision over Eastman (Dec 15-13)

132 – Garrett Kuch (31-14) placed 5th and scored 12.5 team points.

Quarterfinal – Kuch won by tech fall over Cole Mintle (Grinnell) 15-19 (TF-1.5 5:39 (17-1))
Semifinal – Jarrett Engel (West Delaware, Manchester) 27-7 won by decision over Kuch (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Semi – Rowan Catherson (Clear Creek-Amana) 17-26 won by fall over Kuch (Fall 0:43)
5th Place Match – Kuch won by fall over AJ Dietz (Marion) 20-19 (Fall 3:13)

138 – Jaxson Mehlert (35-10) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Mehlert won by fall over Aidan Rotzinger (Clear Creek-Amana) 13-19 (Fall 1:22)
Semifinal – Mehlert won by fall over Wyatt Donohoe (Williamsburg) 17-22 (Fall 4:41)
1st Place Match – Mehlert won by decision over Kooper Waugh (West Delaware, Manchester) 28-9 (Dec 4-3)

144 – Brady Patterson (37-2) placed 1st and scored 26.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Patterson won by tech fall over JT Malcolm (Marion) 6-17 (TF-1.5 2:24 (21-5))
Quarterfinal – Patterson won by tech fall over Jett Arant (Clear Creek-Amana) 16-17 (TF-1.5 3:36 (21-6))
Semifinal – Patterson won by tech fall over Jadyn Bevans (Solon) 27-19 (TF-1.5 5:04 (22-4))
1st Place Match – Patterson won by decision over Carver Wieland (Independence) 40-7 (Dec 9-5)

150 – Beckett Sexton (9-20)

Champ. Round 1 – Wyatt Johnson (West Delaware, Manchester) 11-2 won by tech fall over Sexton (TF-1.5 5:07 (19-3))
Cons. Round 2 – Eli Cash (Solon) 21-12 won by decision over Sexton (Dec 4-2)

157 – Elias Bieschke (33-10) placed 2nd and scored 19.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Bieschke won by major decision over Eli Petersen (Vinton-Shellsburg) 14-11 (MD 18-7)
Semifinal – Bieschke won by decision over Carson Kidwell (Solon) 35-11 (Dec 4-2)
1st Place Match – Liam Weber (West Delaware, Manchester) 26-2 won by major decision over Bieschke (MD 20-9)

175 – Derek Roos (11-24) placed 6th and scored 6.5 team points.

Quarterfinal – Blake Mather (West Delaware, Manchester) 29-6 won by fall over Roos (Fall 3:31)
Cons. Round 3 – Roos won by tech fall over Brayden Hakert (Center Point-Urbana) 7-13 (TF-1.5 4:34 (19-1))
Cons. Semi – Marcus Bear (South Tama County) 29-8 won by tech fall over Roos (TF-1.5 3:43 (20-5))
5th Place Match – Cael Troutman (Independence) 17-8 won by fall over Roos (Fall 0:55)

190 – Trey Sharp (10-21)

Champ. Round 1 – Elias Schanz (Williamsburg) 23-20 won by fall over Sharp (Fall 1:18)
Cons. Round 2 – Jay Georgen (West Delaware, Manchester) 22-20 won by fall over Sharp (Fall 1:16)

215 – Keason Louis (10-27) placed 7th and scored 4.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Danny Small (Center Point-Urbana) 27-6 won by fall over Louis (Fall 1:08)
Cons. Round 3 – Manuel Cervantes (South Tama County) 29-10 won by tech fall over Louis (TF-1.5 5:00 (21-5))
7th Place Match – Louis won by fall over Lincoln Stensrud (Grinnell) 7-9 (Fall 3:17)

285 – David Jones (3-3) placed 8th and scored 4.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Andrew Dix (Mount Vernon) 32-8 won by fall over Jones (Fall 1:26)
Cons. Round 2 – Jones won by fall over Malachi Parker (Vinton-Shellsburg) 6-9 (Fall 2:24)
Cons. Round 3 – Lakyr Peska (South Tama County) 25-11 won by fall over Jones (Fall 0:57)
7th Place Match – Dylan Schaul (West Delaware, Manchester) 18-20 won by fall over Jones (Fall 3:00)

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