No. 2 NIACC wrestlers place 3rd at Under Armour Invite

January 11, 2020

PELLA - The No. 2 NIACC wrestling team placed third at the Central College Under Armour Invitational on Saturday with 100 points.

Host Central College was the invitational champion with 112 points and University of Wisconson-Platteville was second with 101 points.

NIACC crowned two champions in the gold division. Sophomore Tony Mendoza was the 149-pound gold champion and freshman Christian Minto was the 165-pound gold champion.

Mendoza (11-2) won his title match by injury default over Central's Robert Areyano. Minto edged Graceland's Drew Sams 5-3 in his title match.

Minto (13-0) remained undefeated in his collegiate career with four wins Saturday. Minto gained a fall in his opening round match and claimed the 165-pound title with decisions in the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

Also for the Trojans, Clarence Lee-Green was third at 125 pounds, Hunter Luke was second at 141 pounds, Cody Klettheimer was fourth at 174 pounds, Holton Truax was second at 197 pounds and Zack Santee was fourth at 285 pounds.

Santee, who is ranked second in the NJCAA at 285 pounds, saw his first action of the 2019-20 season on Saturday. He picked up decisions in his first two matches before medical forfeiting in his final two matches and placed fourth.

NIACC returns to action Tuesday in a ICCAC dual meet at Iowa Lakes.

NIACC results

Gold 125

Clarence Lee-Green's place is 3rd and has scored 11.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Clarence Lee-Green (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Anthony Posas (Central) (Dec 9-2)
  • Quarterfinal - Clarence Lee-Green (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over CaRon Watson (Briar Cliff) (Dec 9-8)
  • Semifinal - Dylan Albrecht (Wartburg) won by decision over Clarence Lee-Green (North Iowa Area Community College) (Dec 8-4)
  • 3rd Place Match - Clarence Lee-Green (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Issac Wiegel (Wis.-Platteville) (Dec 6-5)

Gold 133

Coby Willett's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Luke Pradel (Wis.-Platteville) won by tech fall over Coby Willett (North Iowa Area Community College) (TF 16-0)
  • Cons. Round 1 - Carter Logue (Unattached - Grand View) won by fall over Coby Willett (North Iowa Area Community College) (Fall 1:54)

Gold 141

Hunter Luke's place is 2nd and has scored 19.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Hunter Luke (North Iowa Area Community College) won by fall over Brenden Baker (Wartburg) (Fall 1:07)
  • Quarterfinal - Hunter Luke (North Iowa Area Community College) won by injury default over Blake Haney (Unattached - Grand View) (Inj. 0:00)
  • Semifinal - Hunter Luke (North Iowa Area Community College) won by fall over Derek Anderson (Unattached - Grand View) (Fall 0:43)
  • 1st Place Match - Dan Radcliffe (Central) won by fall over Hunter Luke (North Iowa Area Community College) (Fall 1:25)

Gold 149

Tony Mendoza's place is 1st and has scored 18.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Tony Mendoza (North Iowa Area Community College) won by major decision over Graham Evavold (St. Johns (Minn.)) (Maj 15-6)
  • Quarterfinal - Tony Mendoza (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Jared Ellingwood (Wartburg) (Dec 9-3)
  • Semifinal - Tony Mendoza (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Noah Styskal (Morningside) (Dec 5-3)
  • 1st Place Match - Tony Mendoza (North Iowa Area Community College) won by injury default over Robert Areyano (Central) (Inj. 0:00)

Gold 157

Kendall Sandifer's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Xavier Miller (Grand View) won by decision over Kendall Sandifer (North Iowa Area Community College) (Dec 10-9)
  • Cons. Round 1 - Joaquin Bautista (Wartburg) won by medical forfeit over Kendall Sandifer (North Iowa Area Community College) (MFF)

Gold 165

Christian Minto's place is 1st and has scored 17.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Christian Minto (North Iowa Area Community College) won by fall over Marco Guzman (Unattached - William Penn) (Fall 0:43)
  • Quarterfinal - Christian Minto (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Devan VandenBush (Wis.-Platteville) (Dec 11-4)
  • Semifinal - Christian Minto (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Brennan Swafford (Graceland) (Dec 7-6)
  • 1st Place Match - Christian Minto (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Drew Sams (Graceland) (Dec 5-3)

Gold 165

Kameron Black's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Nathan Wynsma (Wis.-Platteville) won by fall over Kameron Black (North Iowa Area Community College) (Fall 2:07)
  • Cons. Round 1 - Andrew McCracken (Central) won by decision over Kameron Black (North Iowa Area Community College) (Dec 5-2)

Gold 174

Cody Klettheimer's place is 4th and has scored 9.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Cody Klettheimer (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Ethan Reed (Morningside) (Dec 4-3)
  • Quarterfinal - Cody Klettheimer (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Peyton Hammerich (Central) (Dec 6-3)
  • Semifinal - Jacob Scherber (St. Johns (Minn.)) won by major decision over Cody Klettheimer (North Iowa Area Community College) (Maj 13-1)
  • 3rd Place Match - Nick Dado (Wis.-Platteville) won by decision over Cody Klettheimer (North Iowa Area Community College) (Dec 7-4)

Gold 184

Reldon Miller's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Elijah Dirkx (Morningside) won by fall over Reldon Miller (North Iowa Area Community College) (Fall 5:35)
  • Cons. Round 1 - Jason Beebe (Unattached - William Penn) won by decision over Reldon Miller (North Iowa Area Community College) (Dec 8-7)

Gold 197

Holton Truax's place is 2nd and has scored 17.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Holton Truax (North Iowa Area Community College) won by fall over Tyler Nguyen (Briar Cliff) (Fall 0:55)
  • Quarterfinal - Holton Truax (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Brock Meyer (Wartburg) (Dec 7-1)
  • Semifinal - Holton Truax (North Iowa Area Community College) won by fall over Jacob Wiley (Morningside) (Fall 2:16)
  • 1st Place Match - Holton Truax (North Iowa Area Community College) and Jose Valdez (Unattached - NIACC) (DFF)

Gold 285

Zack Santee's place is 4th and has scored 9.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 – Zack Santee (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Holden Miller (Central) (Dec 4-1)
  • Quarterfinal – Zack Santee (North Iowa Area Community College) won by decision over Matt Wilke (Briar Cliff) (Dec 6-5)
  • Semifinal - Lucius Rinehart (Wis.-Platteville) won by medical forfeit over Zack Santee (North Iowa Area Community College) (MFF)
  • 3rd Place Match - Eli Pannell (Wartburg) won by medical forfeit over Zack Santee (North Iowa Area Community College) (MFF)

Silver 285

Brennen Davis's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

  • Champ. Round 1 - Bryan Cordova (Simpson) won by fall over Brennen Davis (North Iowa Area Community College) (Fall 3:35)
  • Cons. Round 1 - Brennen Davis (North Iowa Area Community College) received a bye () (Bye)
  • Cons. Round 2 - Cameron Mitchell (Unattached - William Penn) won by fall over Brennen Davis (North Iowa Area Community College) (Fall 1:00)