Salgado’s pin provides lone victory for Ankeny wrestlers in 70-6 loss to S.E. Polk

Ankeny’s Eddie Salgado works for a fall against Southeast Polk’s Jaxsen Vestal during a 113-pound match in Thursday’s dual meet at Southeast Polk. Salgado had the lone win of the night for the Hawks, who went on to drop a 70-6 decision to the Rams. (Photo by Evan Reiter)

Coming out of the holiday break, the Ankeny wrestling team couldn’t have asked for a tougher matchup than the one that faced the Hawks on Thursday.

Coach Jack Wignall’s team traveled to Southeast Polk for a CIML Conference dual meet and dropped a 70-6 decision to the Rams, who recorded eight pins and two technical falls. The Hawks were without two of their top wrestlers in Ben Walsh and Calvin Rathjen.

Ankeny’s lone win of the night came at 113 pounds, where Eddie Salgado pinned Jaxsen Vestal. He got the fall in 1 minute 23 seconds.

**Ankeny’s Ryleigh Egeberg looks for an opening against Southeast Polk’s Scott Smith during a 190-pound match on Thursday. Egeberg went on to drop an 8-7 decision. (Photo by Evan Reiter)**

The Hawks lost a pair of close decisions at 190 and 215. After Ryleigh Egeberg dropped an 8-7 decision to Scott Smith, Layne Hearne suffered a 4-2 loss to LaFoy Hall.

Seven of Southeast Polk’s eight pins came in the opening period. The Rams also won by forfeit at 165.

The loss dropped Ankeny’s records to 2-2 in the conference and 7-3 overall.

**Ankeny’s Kash Johnson tries for a takedown against Southeast Polk’s Taylor Floyd during the 175-pound match on Thursday. Floyd went on to record a pin in 56 seconds. (Photo by Evan Reiter)**

The Hawks will compete in the Jack Mendenhall Invitational on Saturday at Ames. They placed fourth at last year’s tournament.

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

Southeast Polk 70, Ankeny 6

106: Newman-Winfrey pinned L. Haase, :32; 113: Salgado (A) pinned Vestal, 1:23; 120: Prine pinned Lonsdale, 1:07; 126: Woody pinned Bunte, 1:09; 132: Hanson pinned Alhussaini, 3:01; 138: DeSalvo won by technical fall over Winkie, 22-5; 144: Oberbroeckling pinned Henderson, 1:21; 150: Jesuroga won by technical fall over J. Haase, 19-3; 157: Runyon pinned Gatewood, 1:12; 165: Biladeau won by forfeit; 175: Floyd pinned Johnson, :56; 190: Smith beat Egeberg, 8-7; 215: Hall beat Hearne, 4-2; 285: Roberts pinned Bakker, 1:04.