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.
