Malone, Heggen are champions at Boone Invite – KWBG Radio

The Boone girls’ wrestling team crowned 2 champions at the Boone Invitational Saturday, Dec. 21.

Poppy Malone placed 1^st at 105 pounds, and Cadence Heggen placed 1^st at 190 pounds.

Malone received a bye in the quarterfinals. She won by technical fall over Olivya Mack of East Sac County, 17-0, in the semifinals. In the 1^st place match, Heggen pinned Aubrey Shannon of Gilbert in 3:05.

Heggen also received a bye in the quarterfinals. She pinned Meke Kuipers of East Sac County in 1:27 in the semifinals. In the 1^st place match, Heggen pinned Olivia Wise of Marshalltown in 1:25.

At 140 pounds, Emersyn Zehner placed 3^rd. In her first round, she pinned Brianne Pitcherello of Nevada in :55. In the quarterfinal round, she was pinned by Addyson Lovelace of Marshalltown in 1:03. In the consolation rounds, she pinned Emma Westfall of Boone in 1:05, pinned Samantha Aljets of Ames in 2:30 and pinned Rachel Jones of Manson-Northwest Webster in 1:22. In the 3^rd place match, Zehner won by major decision over Lovelace, 15-7.

At 155 pounds, Phoenix Horvath placed 4^th. In the quarterfinals, she was pinned by Lucy Kohnen of Manson-Northwest Webster in 1:43. In the consolation rounds, she pinned Gabby Mateo Merida of Marshalltown in 2:52 and pinned Elizabeth Vaskova of Nevada in 5:04. In the 3^rd place match, Horvath was pinned by Laila Christophersen of South Central Calhoun in 1:18.

At 190 pounds, Alissa Kirsch placed 4^th. In the quarterfinals, she was pinned by Olivia Wise of Marshalltown in :39. In the consolation rounds, she received a bye and pinned Meke Kuipers of East Sac County in 4:33. In the 3^rd place match, she was pinned by Tatum Tharp of Ames in 1:30.

Boone placed 8^th in the 12-team field with 110.5 points. Ridge View won the meet with 174 points.

Other teams participating were Manson-Northwest Webster, Ames, Nevada, Marshalltown, Gilbert, Independence, Norwalk, South Central Calhoun, Southeast Polk and East Sac County.

Complete results were previously posted to kwbg.com

Boone will host Ogden in a dual meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 6, in Boone.

Jill Lutz reporting