Six ACGC Wrestlers Place at Nodaway Valley Meet

The ACGC wrestling team placed six of their own at the Bill Riley Invitational held at Nodaway Valley High School in Greenfield on Saturday. Tegan Slaybaugh led the team with a second place finish at 120 lbs, while Gavin Sloss claimed third place at 113 lbs.

A foursome of Chargers finished in fifth place in their respective weights including Cayden Jensen at 160, Dawson Muller at 170, Bryce Rochholz at 195, and Payton Jacobe at 285.

Charger coach Lane Rumelhart offered these comments after the meet. "Gavin Sloss wrestled well, losing to the eventual champion. Payton Jacobe had a huge overtime win in his first match of the day. Dawson Muller and Cayden Jensen both wrestled up one weight class and did well. Moving forward they will both wrestle in their normal weight classes."

The Chargers finished tenth among the thirteen teams participating with 83 points. Clarinda took the team title with 211 points.

Charger results: 113: Gavin Sloss (ACGC) (3-1) placed 3rd and scored 20.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 Sloss received a bye. Quarterfinal-Sloss won by fall over Brendyn Conn (AHSTW) (Fall 1:55) Semifinal-Marco Alejo (Knoxville) won by major decision over Sloss (MD 9-0) Cons. Round 3-Sloss won by fall over Mizael Gomez (Bedford/Lenox) 2-2 (Fall 3:38) 3rd Place Match-Sloss won by fall over Cassius Henry (Clarke) 2-2 (Fall 1:15)

120: Tegan Slaybaugh (ACGC) (1-1) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 Slaybaugh received a bye. Quarterfinal-Slaybaugh received a bye. Semifinal- Slaybaugh won by fall over Dalton Swartz (Bedford/Lenox) 1-2 (Fall 1:06) 1st Place Match-Payton Harger (Earlham) 3-0 won by decision over Slaybaugh (Dec 11-7)

126: Tatum Bates (ACGC) (0-2) did not place.

132: Lance Railsback (ACGC) (0-2) did not place

138: Jackson Pfrang (ACGC) (0-2) did not place.

152: Blaise Tallman (ACGC) (0-2) did not place.

160: Cayden Jensen (ACGC) (2-2) placed fifth and scored 10 team points. Champ. Round 1 Jensen received a bye Quarterfinal-KJ Fry (Clarke) 8-0 won by fall over Jensen (Fall 2:49) Cons. Round 2-Jensen won by fall over Dominick Polsley (Clarinda) 2-2 (Fall 1:14) Cons. Round 3-Ryder Petry (Southwest Valley) 5-2 won by decision over Jensen (Dec 5-1) 5th Place Match-Cayden Jensen won by injury default over Trenton Beck (Bedford/Lenox) 2-3 (Inj. 2:52)

170: Dawson Muller (ACGC) (3-2) placed fifth and scored 12 team points. Champ. Round 1-Muller won by fall over Austin Koons (Pleasantville) 1-4 (Fall 1:46) Quarterfinal-Gavin Montalvo (Knoxville) 2-2 won by fall over Muller (Fall 4:36) Cons. Round 2-Muller won by forfeit over Mason Fry (Clarke) 1-5 Cons. Round 3-Denver Pauley (AHSTW) 7-1 won by fall over Muller (Fall 1:14)

5th Place Match-Dawson Muller won by decision over Brandon Raasch (Nodaway Valley) 4-6 (Dec 6-0)

182: Jonathon Martinez (ACGC) (0-2) did not place

195: Bryce Rochholz (ACGC) placed fifth and scored 10 team points Champ. Round 1-Bryce Rochholz (AC/GC) 2-2 received a bye Quarterfinal-Trenton Kingrey (Knoxville) 2-2 won by fall over Rochholz (Fall 3:11) Cons. Round 2-Rochholz won by fall over Parker Weirich (AHSTW) 1-4 (Fall 4:31) Cons. Round 3-Trevor Daggett (Pleasantville) 6-1 won by fall over Rochholz (Fall 1:21)

5th Place Match-Bryce Rochholz (AC/GC) 2-2 won by fall over Xavier Adamson (Bedford/Lenox) 1-3 (Fall 0:59)

220: Cooper Tunik (ACGC) (0-2) did not place

285: Payton Jacobe (2-2) placed fifth and scored 11 team points Champ. Round 1-Jacobe received a bye. Quarterfinal-Jacobe won in sudden victory over Colton Miller (Pleasantville) 3-2 (SV-1, 4-2) Semifinal-Logan Green (Clarinda) 5-0 won by fall over Jacobe (Fall 1:16) Cons. Round 3-Trenton Warner (Nodaway Valley) 6-4 won by fall over Jacobe (Fall 1:42) 5th Place Match - Jacobe (AC/GC) won by medical forfeit over Jairus Davis (Clarke) 4-4

Team Scores: Clarinda 211, Knoxville 182.5, Pleasantville 136.5, Nodaway Valley 128, AHSTW 120.5, Clarke 109, SW Valley 106, Earlham 97, Bedford/Lenox 96, ACGC 83, Mount Ayr 54, Creston/O-M 39, Central Decatur 34