A young St. Ambrose team continued its season at the Grand View Open, a tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, featuring nearly 700 wrestlers.

Jayden Terronez was the lone Bee to compete in the open division. He advanced to the quarterfinals at 165 pounds. Terronez got there in dominating fashion, winning his first two matches by tech fall (17-1 and 23-5). He was stopped in the quarters, but bounced back with an 8-4 decision in the consolation run before his tournament came to a close.

The other 10 Fighting Bees entered in the tournament competed in the freshman/sophomore category, and several had impressive showings.

Diego Machado reached the third round at 157 pounds. Like Terronez, Machado also breezed through his first two matches. He won the opener by fall in 4:44 and then earned a 19-6 major decision. After dropping a 10-4 decision, Machado scored back-to-back pins, one in 1:36 and the other in 1:17 before falling in the sixth round of the consolation bracket.

Teammate AJ Johnson also reached the third round at 157 pounds. After pinning his first-round opponent in 1:16, Johnson earned a 7-5 decision in sudden victory to get to the third round. A loss sent him to the consolation draw, where a competitive 13-10 decision ended his run.

Blake Dirksen pinned his first opponent in 2:06 at 149 pounds. He also won by fall in 3:54 on the consolation side.

Cael Grell and Thade Gottschalk had consolation victories for SAU. Grell earned a 15-0 tech fall at 157 pounds and Gottschalk got a pin in 4:16 at 174 pounds.

Jude Rotkis (157 pounds), Parker Terronez (157), Ethan Blair (165), Tyler Casey (197), Abdullah Razzak (285) also competed for St. Ambrose. 

The Bees return to the mat next Saturday at the Coe Invite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.