Colton Vest (South Tama County) 41-1, Jr. takes first over Jake Recker (Beckman Catholic, Dyersville) 32-5, Jr. (Dec 5-4) at the 59th Wamac Conference Tournament on Saturday, January 28 in Williamsburg. News Herald Photo/Allison Graham

After a long and grueling day for area wrestlers another WaMaC Conference Tournament is in the books. The eastern and western divisions of the WaMaC Conference gathered at Williamsburg High School for the 59th Annual Conference Tournament on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

South Tama finished in the top 5 with 140.5 overall team points. Solon took the top honors with 221.5 points.

Team results: 1. Solon 221.5, 2. Williamsburg 172.5, 3. Western Dubuque 163.5, 4. Marion 142.5, 5. South Tama 140.5, 6. Mount Vernon 135.5, 7. Beckman Catholic 127, 8. West Delaware 95, 9. Vinton-Shellsburg 90.5, 10. Central DeWitt 90, 11. Independence 80.5, 12. Benton 76, 13. Center Point-Urbana 58, 14. Clear Creek-Amana 43, 15. Anamosa 29, 16. Maquoketa 29

Individually, South Tama placed eight of their wrestlers in the tournament. The Trojans had one champion in Colton Vest (138). Three others, Brady Fritz (126), Tanner Probasco (132) and Isaac Judge (152) finished as runner-up.

STC’s Brady Fritz took 2nd to Solon’s top ranked Drew West. The 126 Championship bout was a rematch for the two as they tangled in December during the STC Invitational. Fritz lost that match 15-4 Major decision but wrestled much better at WaMaC, taking West to a 1-0 decision finish with West once again the victor.

Drew West (Solon) 46-1, Sr. takes first over Brady Fritz (South Tama County) 39-5, Jr. (Dec 1-0) at the 59th WaMaC Conference Tournament on Saturday, January 28. News Herald Photo/Allison Graham

STC’s Tanner Probasco faced Class 3A third ranked Bradan Birt in the championship round. The match went into overtime with Birt getting a takedown for the win (SV-1 6-4). The win made Birt a three time WaMaC Conference Champion.

STC’s Isaac Judge (152) also faced a Class 3A wrestler, Colin Conway from Marion. Judge took second to Conway after an 8-4 decision win by Conway. This was another championship rematch as Judge took a 10-6 decision win against Conway back in December. Thus far, Conway has only posted losses against Class 2A top ranked Joe Kelly (West Liberty) and second ranked Judge.

Others STC place winners included Josh Thiessen (160) who took 5th over Kyle Irwin (Central Clinton). Dalton Rosenberg (182) took 5th over Camron Woodley (Mount Vernon). Cael Kellogg (195) took 7th over Bryce Timmerman (Benton) and Kyle Kucera (220) took 5th over Spencer Schlarman (Beckman).

With WaMaC action in the books, it is now officially time to focus on the Road to the Well. The Trojans will be at Bondurant-Farrar HS this Saturday for the Class 2A Sectional 9 tournament. Other teams in attendance include Bondurant-Farrar, Grinnell, Knoxville, PCM (Monroe), Saydel. The top two wrestlers in each weight class will advance on to the district tournament on Saturday, February 11 at Knoxville HS. State Wrestling runs from Thursday, Feb. 16 to Saturday, Feb. 18 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Bradan Birt (Western Dubuque) 41-3, Sr. takes first over Tanner Probasco (South Tama County) 40-4, Jr. (SV-1 6-4) at the 59th WaMaC Conference Tournament on Saturday, January 28. News Herald Photo/Allison Graham

Colin Conway (Marion) 39-3, Sr. takes first over Isaac Judge (South Tama County) 39-4, Jr. (Dec 8-4) at the 59th WaMaC Conference Tournament on Saturday, January 28. News Herald Photo/Allison Graham

Kyle Kucera (South Tama County) 10-13, Sr. takes fifth over Spencer Schlarmann (Beckman Catholic, Dyersville) 8-16, Jr. (Fall 1:27) at the 59th WaMaC Conference Tournament on Saturday, January 28. News Herald Photo/Allison Graham