By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
At the IHSAA 1A District 7 meet in Ogden, Cayden Van Meer at 175 and Joel Cooper at 285 earned a trip to the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The tournament begins Wednesday, Feb. 14 and will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 17.
Van Meer placed second at 175 after falling to West Hancock’s Creighton Kelly. Cooper placed first at 285 with the championship coming via fall against Angel Barajas of Alta/Aurelia.
On Wednesday, Cooper will be the No. 10 seed at 285 and faces off against Antoni Solovi of Postville. Van Meer is the No. 12 seed at 175 and will square off against Kody Jacobson of Ridge View. Click here for the link to the brackets for each class. Then select “functions/search events” and type “IHSAA state championships.”
Panorama wrestlers who placed at Districts but will not be advancing include Will Knapp (138, 4th place), Landon Kirtley (144, 4th place) and Gabe Wagner (157, 3rd place). If a first- or second-place finisher cannot advance or compete in the state tournament, the third-place finisher from that district will advance to state competition. If a district champion is unable to compete in the state tournament, the runner-up from that district will take the champion’s place on the state tournament bracket and the 3rd-place wrestler from that district will take the runner-up place on the bracket. If a runner-up is unable to compete, the 3rd-place wrestler from that district will take the runner-up’s place on the bracket.
