Six Panthers Claim Titles at the Harold Nichols Open

Sunday, November 10

Ames, Iowa

University of Northern Iowa

Harold Nichols Open

Northern Iowa's Bryce Steiert and Iowa State's Logan Schumacher. Image taken at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship, Sunday, March 10, 2019, BOK Center, Tulsa, OK. Brett Rojo/For The Big 12 Conference

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Six Panthers Claim Titles at the Harold Nichols Open

11/10/2019 9:59:00 PM | Wrestling

Open Division Brackets Fr/So Division Brackets

AMES, Iowa - Six Panthers won titles, including four in the open division to highlight a strong performance for UNI Wrestling at the season-opening Harold Nichols Open hosted by Iowa State in Ames.

Redshirt freshman Michael Blockhus defeated teammate Triston Lara to win the title at 141. Max Thomsen topped returning All-American Jarrett Degen from Iowa State 12-7 to earn the title at 149.

Bryce Steiert dominated throughout the tournament en route to the title at 174. He did not allow an opponent to score a single point. He won his first two matches in technical falls, defeating Wisconsin's Seth Vosters 16-0 and Iowa Central's Ashton Eyler 19-0. He earned a major decision against Iowa State's Mac Southland 9-0 and shut out ISU's Marcus Coleman 6-0.

Taylor Lujan tallied pins against Grand View's Kendrick Jones in the first round and Northwestern's Jon Halvorsen who wrestled unattached. In the championship match, Lujan topped Iowa State Sam Colbray 7-5 to win the title at 184.

Along with Lara's second-place finish, Jay Schwarm finished second at 125 and Carter Isley finished 2nd at 285.

In the freshman/sophomore division, Lance Runyon (unattached) won the title at 165 with three consecutive pins, including a pin in the title match over Wisconsin's Josh Otto.

Parker Keckeisen (unattached) dominated his way through the 184 class in the freshman/sophomore division, winning major decisions in all three matches, including an 18-8 win against Iowa State's Julien Broderson.

Dayton Porsch (unattached) finished second in the freshman/sophomore division at the 157 weight class.

UP NEXT

The Panthers open the dual season against Northwestern Sunday at 5 p.m. UNI is ranked 11th in the Intermat Dual Rankings. Northwestern is ranked 17th overall. UNI opens the home dual schedule on Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. at the West Gym.

Open Division
125 | Jay Schipper – DNP

L - Alex Mackall (Iowa St.) – TF 22-7
L – Jonathan Ortegon (Nebraska – Unatt.) – 6-5

125 | Kyle Biscoglia – 5th

W - Jonathan Ortegon (Nebraska – Unatt.) – 4-0
L - Alex Mackall (Iowa St.) – 3-1
L – Corey Cabanban (Iowa St.) – 3-1
W - Jonathan Ortegon (Nebraska – Unatt.) – 1:20 F

125 | Jay Schwarm – 2nd

Bye
W - Justin Portillo (Grand View) - 3:47 F
L - Alex Mackall (Iowa St.) – TF 20-4

133 | Jack Skudlarczyk – 3rd

Bye
W – Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) – 9-4
L - Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern –unatt.) – TF 19-3
W – Shea Ruffridge (Grand View) – 9-7
W – Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) – 7-3

133 | Drew Bennett – 6th

Bye
W – Jevon Parrish (Unatt.) – 10-7
L – Todd Small (Iowa State) – 6-1
L - Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) – 14-12
L - Shea Ruffridge (Grand View) – 6-2

133 | Jack Wagner – DNP

Bye
L – Todd Small (Iowa State) – 8-3
L - Shea Ruffridge (Grand View) – 13-6

141 | Michael Blockhus – 1st

Bye
W – Trevor Anderson (Grand View) – 19-3
W – Tristan Lara (UNI) – 5-3

141 | Triston Lara – 2nd

W – Matt Robertson (Grand View) – 9-2
W – Kendon Lee (Grand View) – 3-1
L – Michael Blockhus (UNI) – 5-3

149 | Max Thomsen – 1st

Bye
W- Nick Lemmon (Iowa State) - 2:40 F
W – Zemua Baptista (Nebraska) – 8-1
W – Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) – 12-7

.@MadMax_USA takes ??at 149.

Crazy match with reversals & back points final tally 12-7.#PantherTrain #HNCO pic.twitter.com/OUQYyRHr8a
— IAwrestle (@IAwrestle) November 10, 2019