Hawks roll past Marshalltown, will head to Johnston for CIML Invite on Friday

Ankeny’s Devan Julich works for a fall against Marshalltown’s Kenton Niehouse during the 132-pound match in Thursday’s dual meet at Ankeny. Julich got his first varsity pin in 1 minute 6 seconds to help the Hawks to a 66-12 victory. (Photo courtesy of Jackie Frisk)

The Ankeny wrestling team tuned up for Friday’s CIML Invitational by romping to a 66-12 victory over visiting Marshalltown on Thursday.

The eighth-ranked Hawks won 12 of the 14 matches and had eight falls. They finished 6-0 in the CIML Iowa Conference and improved their overall dual-meet record to 15-2.

Heavyweight Joe Kingston opened the meet by pinning Tristan King in 1 minute 39 seconds.

“Big Joe had a big pin and win,” said Ankeny coach Jack Wignall, whose team wrapped up the league’s dual-meet crown. “(King) has only lost a couple times this year.”

Ankeny won the first eight matches to build a 42-0 advantage. Eighth-ranked Truman Folkers followed Kingston’s pin with another one at 106 pounds.

**Ankeny’s Truman Folkers turns Marshalltown’s Lucas Bantz onto his back en route to a fall at 106 pounds. (Photo courtesy of Jackie Frisk)**

“Truman is quietly putting together a great freshman year. He’s only lost twice,” Wignall said. “(Friday will be a) big night for him at the CIML.”

The Hawks also got pins from No. 1 Trever Anderson at 120, No. 6 Ben Hansen at 126, Devan Julich at 132, Xander Kenworthy at 170, No. 2 Cade Bennethum at 182 and Will Hinrichs at 195. Both Julich and Isaac O’Toole, who posted a 7-1 decision over Damien Rodriguez at 113, were inserted into the lineup to fill in for varsity regulars.

“Isaac wrestled a tough match, and Devan got his first varsity pin,” Wignall said.

Ankeny also got a technical fall from Lincoln Folkers at 138 and a major decision from No. 7 Jace Anderson at 145. Teagen Peiffer won by forfeit at 160.

**Ankeny’s Isaac O’Toole controls Marshalltown’s Damien Rodriguez during the 113-pound match. O’Toole posted a 7-1 decision. (Photo courtesy of Jackie Frisk)**

Colton Ricken at 152 and No. 10 Gannon Williams at 220 each had a fall for Marshalltown.

The Hawks will compete in the CIML Invitational on Friday at Johnston. The action gets under way at 4 p.m.

Here are the match-by-match results from Thursday’s meet:

Ankeny 66, Marshalltown 12

285: Kingston pinned King, 1:39; 106: T. Folkers pinned Bantz, 2:46; 113: O’Toole beat Rodriguez, 7-1; 120: T. Anderson pinned Almanza, :46; 126: Hansen pinned X. Anderson, 4:48; 132: Julich pinned Niehouse, 1:06; 138: L. Folkers won by technical fall over Greene, 16-1; 145: J. Anderson beat Hageman, 11-0; 152: Ricken (M) pinned Rose, 2:42; 160: Peiffer won by forfeit; 170: Kenworthy pinned Rebik, 6:43; 182: Bennethum pinned Gomez, :54; 195: Hinrichs pinned Narvaez-Correa, 1:36; 220: Williams (M) pinned Dorfler, 5:32.