Rams' Sanders will wrestle for state title

DES MOINES - For the third straight season, a Glenwood wrestler will compete for a state title.

The Rams’ Caleb Sanders, the top ranked heavyweight entering the tournament, will face No. 4 ranked Dylan Olson of Dubuque Hempstead in Saturday night’s sold out finals at the Wells Fargo Arena.

Sanders pinned his way to the semifinals Friday night, where, looking determined and focused, he dispatched Griffen Liddel of Bettendorf 9-3 to reach Saturday’s finals.

Entering the Saturday night’s finals, Waukee holds a 135 to 134 edge in points over Fort Dodge, winner of the Class 3A state duals title. Glenwood sits sixth with 72.5 points.

Sanders won’t alone on the medal stand on Saturday night.

Glenwood’s Trevor Anderson (145 pounds), Anthony Sherry (182) and Isaac Bales (22) all earned medals with strong finishes at state.

No. 2 ranked Anderson dominated his first two matches in wins over Elijah Demmer of EWD and Council Bluffs Lewis Central’s Gabriel Kjeldgaard before falling in the semifinals. On Friday night, Cade DeVos of Southeast Polk, ground out a 7-2 win over Anderson to send the Ram senior to the consolation bracket.

But Anderson battled back in the consolations to win a 5-3 decision over Mason Morris of Bettendorf to reach the consolation finals where he defeated Brock Park of WU 5-3 for third place.

Sherry, who won his first match by technical fall over Zach Needham of Dallas Center-Grimes, suffered a second round loss to top ranked Joel Shapiro to go to the backside of the bracket.

The Iowa State recruit didn’t let the loss get to him and bounced back to reach the consolation finals where he finished third with a 12-3 rematch win over Needham.

Bales defeated West Des Moines Valley’s Beau Lombardi 6-3 before falling to DCWD’s Greg Hagan 5-2 in the quarterfinals. Bales won his opening consolation match before suffering a fall at the hands of Zach Petersen of NSE in the third place finals. Bales finished fourth.

160-pounder Brett Mower lost his opening round match to top ranked Nelson Brands of Iowa City West by technical fall 22-7. Mower came back in the consolation bracket to defeat Jake Matthaidess of NSE 11-4 before seeing his season come to an end in a 19-5 technical fall loss to Waverly-Shell Rock’s Bryson Hervol.

Kenny Lampman, the Rams’ 195-pounder, lost his opener to Dalton Sell of Muscatine 14-8. Kenny Lampman came back to score a win in the backside of the bracket a 15-9 defeat of Enutifa Gamia of Iowa City West 15-9. He saw his state run come to an end with a Gabe Christenson of SOPO 15-9 before seeing his run come to an a 11-3 major decision.

Jordan Renshaw lost to Jacob Herrmann of Waverly-Shell Rock by a 6-3 decision then was eliminated in a 5-3 loss to NSE’s Austin Clark in the consolation round.