North Tama girls wrestle to third at Perry Tournament
- Members of the North Tama girls wrestling team pictured on Friday, Jan. 16, at the Perry Girls Wrestling Tournament held at Perry High School. The Redhawks placed third out of 12 teams, earning four individual medals. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW KNAACK

Members of the North Tama girls wrestling team pictured on Friday, Jan. 16, at the Perry Girls Wrestling Tournament held at Perry High School. The Redhawks placed third out of 12 teams, earning four individual medals. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW KNAACK
PERRY – The Lady Redhawks wrestled their way to a third-place finish out of a dozen teams at the Perry Girls Wrestling Tournament held on Friday, Jan. 16.
North Tama senior Addison “Addy” Hochstetler earned a runner-up finish in the tournament’s 145-pound bracket, while three of her fellow wrestlers earned bronze, including Lucy Monat (100 pounds), Arabelle Zook (110 pounds), and Alaney Sienknecht (155 pounds).
Dallas Center-Grimes claimed the top spot on the podium with 201 points, followed by Southeast Polk with 185 points, and the Redhawks in third with 107 points – just beating out Kuemper Catholic in fourth with 106 1/2 points and the hosts in fifth with 103 points.
Rounding out the Redhawks scoring, Olivia Youngblood (125 pounds) and Jocelyn Harms (135 pounds) both finished fourth, Grace Dvorak took fifth at 105 pounds, and Eva Williams took sixth at 140 pounds.
MEDALIST RESULTS

145 – ADDY HOCHSTETLER (19-3) placed 2nd and scored 18 team points
Quarterfinal: Hochstetler received a bye
Semifinal: Hochstetler won by fall over Nevada’s Adalynn Muhlbauer (23-17) in 49 seconds
1st Place Match: Dallas Center-Grimes’ Jenah Gra y(27-6) won by fall over Hochstetler in 2:36
100 – LUCY MONAT (15-6) placed 3rd and scored 17 team points
Quarterfinal: Monat won by fall over Nevada’s Rylee Fulton (6-16) in 40 seconds
Semifinal: ATU’s Cecilia Forrester (28-10) won by fall over Monat in 3:01
Consolation Semifinal: Monat won by fall over Southeast Polk’s Erin Speer (19-14) in 1:59
3rd Place Match: Monat won by 10-0 major decision over Perry’s Harper Peterson (15-9)
110 – ARABELLE ZOOK (13-6) placed 3rd and scored 13 team points
Quarterfinal: ATU’s Trinity Bret (20-10) won by fall over Zook in 32 seconds
Consolation Round 1: Zook received a bye
Consolation Semifinal: Zook won by 7-2 decision over Nevada’s Nicole Wittrig (29-15)
3rd Place Match: Zook won by fall over ATU’s Trinity Bret (20-10) in 1:53
155 – ALANEY SIENKNECHT (21-8) placed 3rd and scored 19.0 team points
Preliminary Round: Harlan Community’s Danica Schwery (12-18) won by fall over Sienknecht in 50 seconds
Preliminary Round: Sienknecht won by fall over Grinnell’s Jayla Ingle (0-2) in 36 seconds
Consolation Round 1: Sienknecht won by fall over Nevada’s Madison Ramusson (15-22) in 1:26
Consolation Semifinal: Sienknecht won by fall over Harlan’s Danica Schwery (12-18) in 1:53
3rd Place Match: Sienknecht won by fall over Denison-Schleswig’s Andrea Alcaraz (20-11) in 3:05






