Stories from Saturday, February 22, 2014

It's Saturday at the IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire's Cody Thompson is alive and well, in the hunt for third place in the Class 1A 285-pound bracket. Thompson earned a pair of wins Friday, including a rough-and-tumble 7-4 decision over Manson Northwest Webster's Tim Butcher in the quarterfinals to make it to the final day...

With a 7-1 loss at the hands of Wapello senior Ryan Howell in the consolation semifinals, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire heavyweight Cody Thompson will wrestle for fifth place in Class 1A later today. Thompson and Howell were tied at 0-0 after the first period, but Howell scored an escape and a takedown in the second and ran away with the match from there as Thompson struggled to mount any offense...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire junior heavyweight Cody Thompson placed sixth at the IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Squaring off with Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction's Luke Kuennen, the 285-pound Titan looked to have the upper-hand early, taking a 2-1 lead after scoring a takedown in the first period...