Two Eagles head to districts

Wrestling

     Midland came away with two champions at the Class 1A sectional wrestling tournament Feb. 2 at Cascade.

     Freshman Damon Huston, with a 40-1 record, was champion at 106 pounds. After a bye in the quarterfinals, Huston pinned Nick Schmidt of Dyersville Beckman in 56 seconds, and scored a 6-4 decision over Jaymus Wilson of Alburnett in the finals.

     Senior Brett Schoenherr, 37-3, also received a bye in the quarterfinals before pinning Kolby Morris of Alburnett in the semifinals, in 3:40. In the championship match, Schoenherr earned a 3-1 decision over Luke Recker of East Buchanan.

     Carson Hunter finished third at 145. He won a third place match, but didn’t get the chance to wrestle for the true second spot as his semifinal opponent lost in the finals.

     Taking fourth for the Eagles were Cayden Miller at 138 and Trevor Fitzpatrick at 195. Kaleb Westphal was sixth at 152.

     As a team, Midland finished seventh with 112 points. The top two teams – Dyersville Beckman with 174 and Alburnett with 171 – qualified for the regional duals tournament.

     The district meet will be Saturday, Feb. 9 at Jesup, starting at noon.

Girls basketball

     Three road games all ended in defeat for the Midland girls basketball team recently.

     On Jan. 25, the Eagles (5-6, 7-11) suffered a 42-39 loss at Calamus-Wheatland, in a game that was close throughout. Drew Jensen led the Eagles with 11 points, Morgan Soper and Delanie Uppena had nine points apiece, and Mikayla Dosland added six. Uppena had 10 rebounds.

     Midland then played at Clinton Prince of Peace Feb. 1, and lost 46-38. Jensen had 12 points and five steals in that game. Soper scored nine. Uppena had 16 rebounds and four assists.

     At Easton Valley Feb. 2, the Eagles lost 45-31. Dosland led Midland with nine points, and Allison Paulsen came off the bench to score eight. Uppena had 10 rebounds, and Jensen had seven rebounds and four assists. Ella Rupp made three steals.