Ankeny girls’ wrestling team rolls to wins over N. Polk, Des Moines Public Schools

Ankeny’s Karlie Kruse works for a fall against Amanda Geist-Rochau during a 125-pound match in a double dual meet on Tuesday at Northview Middle School. Kruse got the pin in 1 minute 8 seconds to help her team to a 78-6 victory. (Photo by Evan Reiter)

The Ankeny girls’ wrestling team dropped only one match while defeating a pair of opponents in a double dual meet on Tuesday at Northview Middle School.

Fourth-ranked Ankeny rolled to an 84-0 victory over North Polk before following with a 78-6 win over Des Moines Public Schools to raise its overall record to 11-2. DMPS also lost to Ankeny by the same score at the Ankeny Centennial Duals on Saturday.

Zoe Sullivan at 105 pounds, Isabelle Shafer at 115, Trudy Haag at 120 and fourth-ranked Karlie Kruse at 125 each recorded a pair of falls on the night. Haag, who is ranked 10th at 130, pinned Audrey Lucas of North Polk–her former teammate–in 3 minutes 41 seconds.

Ankeny’s Trudy Haag battles Audrey Lucas of North Polk, her former teammate, during a 120-pound match in Tuesday’s meet. Haag went on to record a fall in 3 minutes 41 seconds to help her team to an 84-0 win over the Comets. (Photo by Evan Reiter)

Shafer’s second fall came against Avah Blakeman of DMPS in 3:08.

“That was a huge win for Izzy,” said Ankeny coach Dustin Roland.

Raegan Semrow at 100, Kaelynn Boston at 130 and Leah Clark at 135 also had pins against the Comets. Each of their falls came in less than 1 minute.

Haley Togba at 140 and Reagan Stephenson at 155 had the team’s other pins against DMPS.

The arm of Ankeny’s Reagan Stephenson is raised by the referee after she won by a fall against Katherine Santana of Des Moines Public Schools in a 155-pound match during Tuesday’s meet. She recorded the pin in 55 seconds. (Photo by Evan Reiter)

Ankeny will compete in the Dallas Center-Grimes Holiday Duals on Saturday.

Here are the match-by-match results from both of Tuesday’s meets:

Ankeny 84, North Polk 0

100: Semrow pinned Powers, :30; 105: Sullivan pinned Keys, 1:07; 110: Watson won by forfeit; 115: Shafer pinned Woods, 1:05; 120: Haag pinned Lucas, 3:41; 125: Kruse pinned Gray, 1:13; 130: Boston pinned Halupnick, :38; 135: Clark pinned Cory, :54; 140: Kasper won by forfeit; 145: Krah won by forfeit; 155: Stephenson won by forfeit; 170: Shade won by forfeit; 190: Rohde won by forfeit; 235: Moser won by forfeit.

**Ankeny’s Kaelynn Boston works for a takedown against Jacie Halupnick of North Polk during a 130-pound match in Tuesday’s meet. Boston went on to record a fall in 38 seconds. (Photo by Evan Reiter)**

Ankeny 78, Des Moines Public Schools 6

100: Semrow won by forfeit; 105: Sullivan pinned LaGrange, :27; 110: Watson won by forfeit; 115: Shafer pinned Blakeman, 3:08; 120: Haag pinned Young, :46; 125: Kruse pinned Geist-Rochau, 1:08; 130: Boston won by forfeit; 135: Clark won by forfeit; 140: Togba pinned Balderds, 1:17; 145: Hansen (D) pinned Kasper, 1:24; 155: Stephenson pinned Santana, :55; 170: Shade won by forfeit; 190: Rohde won by forfeit; 235: Moser won by forfeit.