Anthony Cassioppi, Nelson Brands, and Justin Stickley won titles at the Grand View Open in the Open division. The competition was held at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, Iowa and provided good competition from 25 programs from across the country.
Cassioppi pinned all four of his opponents at Hwt. in the first period with pins in 2:53, 2:26, 1:08, and 2:38. With only 9:08 of wrestling for the day in four matches, Cassioppi made a very impressive debut for his college career.
Brands was also dominating with a Fall, Tech Fall, and Major Decision before picking up a Medical Forfeit in the finals to win the title at 165. This was also the college debut for Brands. Justin Stickley had a very good tournament with a 4-0 record to win the 141 lbs. weight class. Stickley was varsity for Iowa in the early part of the season last year at 125 as a freshman.
Jeremiah Moody placed second at 157, Keegan Shaw placed third at 157, Zach Axmear placed sixth at 149. Joe Kelly placed third at 157 in the Freshman/Sophomore division.
Preston Stephenson (157), Danny Murphy (157), Tristan McDonald (165), and Cade Brownlee (197) did not place.
This was a very good showing for the Iowa Wrestling program.
I will keep you up to date with any additional tournaments that this group of Iowa wrestlers will be competing in throughout the season.
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
Fresh/Soph 157
- Champ. Round 1 – Joe Kelly (Iowa) won by fall over Jared Serville (Benedictine) (Fall 3:53)
- Champ. Round 2 – Joe Kelly (Iowa) won by fall over Darren Stewart (Iowa Western Comm College) (Fall 3:12)
- Quarterfinal – Joe Kelly (Iowa) won by fall over Cooper McCullough (North Idaho) (Fall 1:31)
- Semifinal – Cayd Lara (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Joe Kelly (Iowa) (Dec 14-7)
- Cons. Semi – Joe Kelly (Iowa) won by medical forfeit over Zach Garza (Ellsworth Community College) (MFF)
- 3rd Place Match – Joe Kelly (Iowa) won by decision over Isaac Judge (Iowa State University) (Dec 6-5)
Open 141
- Champ. Round 1 – Justin Stickley (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 – Justin Stickley (Iowa) won by major decision over Gabe Blough (Saint Mary`s) (Maj 14-1)
- Quarterfinal – Justin Stickley (Iowa) won by decision over Ryan Leisure (Iowa State University) (Dec 6-3)
- Semifinal – Justin Stickley (Iowa) won by major decision over Gaige Torres (Indiana Tech) (Maj 15-7)
- 1st Place Match – Justin Stickley (Iowa) won by decision over Eric Clarke (Grand View ) (Dec 6-3)
Open 149
- Champ. Round 1 – Zach Axmear (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Quarterfinal – Zach Axmear (Iowa) won by decision over Zemua Baptista (Nebraska) (Dec 8-5)
- Semifinal – Devin Reynolds (Grand View ) won by decision over Zach Axmear (Iowa) (Dec 7-2)
- Cons. Semi – Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Zach Axmear (Iowa) (Dec 9-4)
- 5th Place Match – Zemua Baptista (Nebraska) won by decision over Zach Axmear (Iowa) (Dec 13-6)
Open 157
- Champ. Round 1 – Preston Stephenson (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 – Steven Lawrence (Grand View ) won by decision over Preston Stephenson (Iowa) (Dec 6-5)
- Cons. Round 2 – Preston Stephenson (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 – Preston Stephenson (Iowa) won by decision over Hunter Washburn (Northern Iowa) (Dec 10-4)
- Cons. Round 4 – Preston Stephenson (Iowa) won by decision over David Hollingsworth (Iowa Lakes Community College) (Dec 7-5)
- Cons. Round 5 – Caleb Licking (Nebraska) won in sudden victory – 1 over Preston Stephenson (Iowa) (SV-1 6-4)
Open 157
- Champ. Round 1 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 – David Carr (Iowa State University) won by decision over Keegan Shaw (Iowa) (Dec 6-3)
- Cons. Round 2 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) won by tech fall over Patrick Boulanger (Saint Mary`s) (TF 23-8)
- Cons. Round 4 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) won by major decision over Jake Silverstein (Nebraska) (Maj 12-3)
- Cons. Round 5 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) won by fall over Peyton Robb (Nebraska) (Fall 2:24)
- Cons. Semi – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) won by fall over Steven Lawrence (Grand View ) (Fall 4:31)
- 3rd Place Match – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) won by decision over Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (Grand View ) (Dec 7-6)
Open 157
- Champ. Round 1 – Danny Murphy (Iowa) won by fall over Pat Schoenfelder (Northern Iowa) (Fall 5:31)
- Champ. Round 2 – Jake Silverstein (Nebraska) won by injury default over Danny Murphy (Iowa) (Inj. 0:09)
- Cons. Round 2 – Mason Gaines (Indiana Tech) won by injury default over Danny Murphy (Iowa) (Inj. 0:00)
Open 157
- Champ. Round 1 – Jeremiah Moody (Iowa) won by fall over Mason Gaines (Indiana Tech) (Fall 4:16)
- Champ. Round 2 – Jeremiah Moody (Iowa) won by tech fall over Dylan Brazell (Graceland) (TF 25-10)
- Quarterfinal – Jeremiah Moody (Iowa) won by decision over David Hollingsworth (Iowa Lakes Community College) (Dec 5-4)
- Semifinal – Jeremiah Moody (Iowa) won in sudden victory – 1 over Steven Lawrence (Grand View ) (SV-1 14-12)
- 1st Place Match – David Carr (Iowa State University) won by major decision over Jeremiah Moody (Iowa) (Maj 9-0)
Open 165
- Champ. Round 1 – Nelson Brands (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 – Nelson Brands (Iowa) won by fall over Ron Evans (Lindenwood – Belleville (Ill.), IL) (Fall 2:23)
- Quarterfinal – Nelson Brands (Iowa) won by tech fall over Sal Arzani (Grand View ) (TF 20-4)
- Semifinal – Nelson Brands (Iowa) won by major decision over Jacob Gross (Indiana Tech) (Maj 12-4)
- 1st Place Match – Nelson Brands (Iowa) won by medical forfeit over Ryan Niven (Grand View ) (MFF)
Open 165
- Champ. Round 1 – Tristan McDonald (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 – Hunter Gasper (Indiana Tech) won by decision over Tristan McDonald (Iowa) (Dec 3-2)
- Cons. Round 2 – Tristan McDonald (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 – Tristan McDonald (Iowa) won by major decision over James Buckhanan (Briar Cliff) (Maj 12-2)
- Cons. Round 4 – Syd Ohl (Life) won by major decision over Tristan McDonald (Iowa) (Maj 15-6)
Open 197
- Champ. Round 1 – Joe Teague (Iowa State University) won by major decision over Cade Brownlee (Iowa) (Maj 12-2)
- Cons. Round 1 – Cade Brownlee (Iowa) won by fall over Steven Gregory (Grand View ) (Fall 7:24)
- Cons. Round 2 – Cade Brownlee (Iowa) won by fall over Sheldon Rodriguez (William Penn ) (Fall 4:20)
- Cons. Round 3 – Diallo Matsimella (Life) won by major decision over Cade Brownlee (Iowa) (Maj 14-4)
Open 285
- Champ. Round 1 – Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa) won by fall over Austin Emerson (Nebraska) (Fall 2:53)
- Quarterfinal – Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa) won by fall over Ethan Andersen (Iowa State University) (Fall 2:26)
- Semifinal – Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa) won by fall over Jimsher Sudhu (Life) (Fall 1:08)
- 1st Place Match – Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa) won by fall over Cooper Thomas (Grand View ) (Fall 2:38)
