Red Oak wrestling takes sixth at Rollin Dyer tourney

 ATLANTIC— The Red Oak wrestling team finished sixth out of nine teams competing at the Rollin Dyer Tournament Saturday at Atlantic High School.

Tanner Mertz (145 lbs.) was the lone Red Oak wrestler to make it to the championship match. He lost an 11-3 major decision to state medalist Caleb Coleman of Bondurant-Farrar.

Mertz, fighting off illness, cruised through the early rounds with a quarterfinal pinfall win over Griswold’s Alex Dollen and a semifinal technical fall victory against Humbolt’s Jaxon Kampen. 

Red Oak had a JV wrestler in the 145 lbs. weight class as Lyndon Bright took fifth with a first period pinfall over Dollen.

The Tigers had two third place finishers in Caleb Orme (126 lbs.) and Alec Selberg (132 lbs.).

Orme won via pinfall over James Lyman of Nodaway Valley, while Selberg had a forfeit win over Chris tian Danker. Tyler McMann placed sixth at 132 lbs. for Red Oak.

Red Oak had two fourth place finishers in Clay Selberg (138 lbs.) and Colin Bruce (182 lbs.). Selberg lost to Austin Williamson of Atlantic, while Bruce lost to James Rowe of Glenwood.

Cam Pryor meanwhile took sixth at 160 lbs. Jackson Welter (170 lbs.) and Dakota McMann (220 lbs.) were both seventh and Carlos Guerra (152 lbs.) finished eighth.

The Tigers had a team score of 90.5. Glenwood was first with 222.5 and Atlantic finished second with 195.

Glenwood Quad

Red Oak lost all three of its dual matches Thursday night at Glenwood High School as part of the quadrangular.

Red Oak fell short against an always tough Glenwood team, 69-9. Orme and Mertz had the wins for Red Oak in the dual.

The Tigers lost close ones to Riverside and East Mills.

Red Oak fell to Riverside 47-31. Six open weights proved to be a big difference for the Tigers as it left a small margin of error for the team. The team went 6-2 in contested matches.

Orme, Clay Selberg, Lyndon Bright, Guerra, Welter and Bruce picked up wins for Red Oak. Bright stepped in for Mertz, who was out with an illness.

The Tigers then fell to East Mills 42-30. Orme, Clay Selberg, Pryor and Welter got the wins. Selberg had the big win out of the dual when he knocked off sixth-ranked Alec Moorman via pinfall.

SWV Quad

The Tigers picked up two wins during the Southwest Valley quadrangular in Corning, last Tuesday.

Red Oak first defeated St. Albert 36-30.

Orme, Clay Selberg, Bright, Mertz and Guerra had the wins for Red Oak. Orme, Selberg and Mertz had the only contested wins for Red Oak. The rest were via forfeit.

The Tigers then went out and defeated Southwest Valley 36-18.

Bruce, Orme, Alec and Clay Selberg, Bright, Mertz and Guerra all got the wins for the Tigers.

Red Oak then lost to Clarinda 57-17.

Orme, Alec Selberg and Mertz got the wins for the Tigers.

Red Oak returns to action Tuesday night when they’re home to host their own quadrangular against Bedford/Lenox, Griswold and SWI. The action kicks off at 5:30 p.m. at Red Oak High School.