Wilton Wrestles At State

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

  The Wilton Beavers had three state qualifiers at the state meet last week. They were Cory Anderson at 126, Trey Brisker at 145 and Bryce Oveson at 182. Of those three, two were placewinners and all three gained valuable state tournament experience.
Sophomore Cory Anderson won one match and lost two at the state meet and finished the season 36-14. Anderson won a 6-4 decision over Austin Flynn from Ogden in the first round. Flynn was a sectional champion and a district runner-up after having to win a wrestleback match. Flynn was unranked going into the state meet and had 35 wins coming into state.
  In the match, Cory Anderson scored the first points of the match a two-point takedown, 30 seconds in. Flynn scored escaped Anderson to put the score at 2-1 after the first period.
Flynn outscored Anderson 3-1 in the second period with an escape and a takedown to take a 4-3 lead to the final period. Anderson came out aggressive in the final period and tied the match at 4-4 with an escape with 1:23 left in the match and took a 6-4 lead with 1:04 left in the match. Anderson
would hang on to get the decision win.
  In the quarterfinals, Anderson faced second ranked Kody Berg from Westwood. There, Berg fell via pin in 1:48. Berg scored a takedown with 39 seconds left in the match for a 2-0 lead, moments later, he recorded the pin. Berg would go on to place 3rd and finish 46-2. One of his two losses was in the semifinals.
  That loss sent Anderson to the consolation round where he fell to another state ranked opponent,
5th ranked Ben Moyer from Alburnett. Anderson lost by a 17-1 technical fall in 4:16. Anderson scored his only point in the first period on an escape, but trailed 8-1 after one period. Moyer outscored Anderson 7-0 in the second period and led 15-1 after two periods. Moyer would finish 4th after losing to Berg in the 3rd place match. Moyer finished the year 44-12.
  Wilton junior Trey Brisker placed 3rd at 145. He was ranked #3 at 145. He finishes the year 44-6. Brisker won a 7-1 decision over Kaleb Boleyn of Waterloo Columbus in the first round. Boleyn was ranked #4 at 145. Brisker led 2-0 after one-period after scoring a takedown with 49 seconds left in the period. Brisker took a 4-0 lead to the third period after his second takedown of the match. Brisker outscored Boleyn 3-1 in the final period to get the 7-1 win.
  In the quarterfinals, Brisker won an 11-2 major decision over #7 Logan Scheuermann of AC/GC. Brisker took control of the match in the second period, scoring seven points from two takedowns and a 3-point near fall. That win put Brisker in the semifinals and was his second
win over a top-10 wrestler.
  In the semifinals, was pinned by 2nd ranked Dylan Schuck from Sibley Ocheyedan in 3:34. The loss sent Brisker to the consolation round. Schuck placed second to Trent Johnson of Dike-New Hartford who won the 145-pound weight class. Schuck finished the year with a record of 51-1 with his only loss to Johnson in the finals.
  Brisker met Boleyn again in the consolation round, and took an 8-2 win to get to the third place match. Brisker led 2-0 after the first and 6-0 after the second period after scoring a takedown and a 2-point nearfall.
  Each wrestler scored two points in the final period.
  In the third place match, Brisker beat #10 Braydon Nunemaker from East Buchanan by a 7-4 to claim third place. Brisker led 2-0 after scoring a takedown in the first period. Brisker took a 6-1 lead after two periods. Nunemaker tried to get points late, scoring a takedown with 8 seconds left to get the score to 7-4, but it was too little, too late.
  Wilton senior Bryce Oveson finally made the podium after missing on previous trips to the state meet. Oveson placed 4th at the weight class and ends the season with a record of 40-5. Oveson was ranked #4 entering state.
  In the first round, Oveson won a 5-3 decision over Dante Arzani from I-35, Truro to get to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Oveson won a 6-4 decision over Daniel Bishop from Hinton. Bishop was ranked #2. The win sent Oveson to the semifinals.
Oveson started well in the match, leading 4-1 after the first period. Oveson got two takedowns and only gave up an escape in the period. Oveson led 6-2 after getting his third takedown of the match in the period. Bishop scored two points in the final period, but could not get closer than the final score of 6-4.
  In the semifinals, Oveson lost 3-0 to #3 Alec McDowell of Maquoketa Valley. McDowell
led 2-0 after getting a takedown in the first period. McDowell extended his lead to 3-0 after a second period escape. McDowell would go on to win the 182-pound weight class. He finished the season with a record of 49-2.
  In the consolation round, Oveson beat Zach Ryg of Central Springs by a 4-2 decision. Ryg was ranked #9 at 182. Oveson led 2-1 after the first period. Ryg tied the game at 2-2 after two periods. Oveson won the match with a takedown with 26 seconds left in the match. Ryg finished 6th and ended the year with a record of 41-7.
  In the third place match, Oveson faced Bishop again. This time, Bishop got the win, 4-2 in overtime. The match was scoreless after three periods. Oveson scored a reversal in overtime while Bishop scored four points. Bishop ends the year 39-1 with his only loss to Oveson.
  Lisbon won the class 1A team title with 97.5 points. The Lions also won the state dual tournament last Wednesday. Don Bosco placed second with 76 points and Sibley-Ocheyedan placed third with 75 points.