NM Girls Third at Tipton
TIPTON – North Mahaska’s female wrestlers had a solid night of competition at the Tipton Girls’ Invitational meet Monday. The team placed third in the 16-team meet and placed half of their team on the podium.
Macie Little at 130 pounds, Addie Terpstra at 100 and Kaylia Shipman a 120 led the way. Also pacing were Madison Davis and Kieren Perez.
Little (9-1) opened the tourney with a bye then pinned Xavier’s Keara Adams in 1 minute 6 seconds. In her semifinal she won by medical forfeit over Kiley Collins of West Liberty. In the title bout, Little pinned Durant’s Jocelynn Richardson (13-4) in 2:22.
Terpstra (5-2) earned two byes to advance to the semifinals. She met Addison Guerra of West Liberty and defeated her for the second time this season 13-11. Terpstra met Koda Fogg of Tipton in the finals and was pinned in 1:18.
Shipman (7-3) reached the quarterfinals with a bye and pinned Kayley Schlapkohl of Durant in 12 seconds, which was one of the quickest in school history. Shipman fell to Silvia Garcia-Vasquez of West Liberty in 1:50. In the third-place match, Shipman pinned Kyrie Chapman of Grinnell in 54 seconds.
Madison Davis notched fourth place for the Warhawks at 105 pounds. Following a bye she decisioned Chloe Devlin of Durant, 9-7. Davenport’s Jacey Mason won by tech fall over Davis, 21-5. In the match for third place, Davis was pinned by Grinnell’s Piper Madren, in 38 seconds.
Lilly Briggs at 115 pounds set a school record in her first match with a 10-second pin of Grinnell’s Addison Beckman. Alivia Garcia of West Liberty pinned he in the quarterfinal match in 1:09. Briggs rallied in the second round of consolations for a pin of Tori Jones of Durant in 11 seconds and pinned Laylah Perrin of Tipton in 34 seconds to reach the fifth-place match. Mia Rice of West Branch took Briggs into the second period before succumbing to Briggs in 3:02.
Kieren Perez, seeing her first action of the season, pinned Brooklyn Fistler of Center Point-Urbana in 1:42. Hanna Lacina from West Branch sent Perez to the consolation bracket with a fall in 55 seconds. In the consolation bracket, Perez defeated teammate Moriah Stout with a fall in 1:09 and pinned Alejandra Hernandez of Grinnell in 49 seconds. In the fifth-place match, Perez defeated Fistler again in 39 seconds.
Amara Edwards-Hinton did not place but picked up team points for the Warhawks at 170 pounds. She lost in the first round to Maquoketa’s Mariah Capelle in 54 seconds. She had a bye in the consolation match and defeated Jocelyn Flores of Cedar Rapids Prairie in 3:12. Edwards-Hinton lost to Camanche’s Abigail Macke in the consolation semifinal.
Ruby Wallerich at 115 and Marissa Little at 170 went 0-2 on the night and did not place.
North Mahaska will be back in action Thursday when the boys and girls host a five-team meet beginning at 6 p.m.
