Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: Cyler Cirks of Humboldt works his way toward a sixth-place showing on Saturday in Des Moines. For more photos, visit CU.messengernews.net

DES MOINES — Humboldt seniors Cyler Cirks and Tyce Clarken finished their careers where they wanted to be: on the state podium.

Both Cirks (132) and Clarken (138) placed sixth to close out their time as Wildcat wrestlers with medals around their necks.

“They have been a huge part of this program,” said Humboldt head coach Chad Beaman. “The first couple of days here especially, they did an outstanding job.”

Sophomore Broedy Hendricks (190) took fourth, a year after earning a state runner-up medal.

The Humboldt trio all made Friday night’s semifinal round, losing to higher-seeded wrestlers.

Cirks (34-11) a three-time state qualifier, lost his fifth-place match to Steele Diericks (33-8) of Davenport Assumption. He fell to Kaiden Parker (38-8) of Oskaloosa, 7-1 in the consolation semifinals.

Cirks, the 11 seed, beat sixth-seeded Charlie Showalter (45-6) of Hampton-Dumont/CAL, 10-3, in the second round, an opponent he lost to three times during the season. He then upset third-seed Mason Avila (14-4) of Decorah, 11-8 in the quarterfinals.

Cirks finished with 137 career wins.

“Cyler had a great tournament,” Beaman said. “Winning multiple matches over higher seeds takes the pressure off.”

Clarken (39-8) lost by tech fall to Logan McDonald (48-5) of Grinnell for fifth. He suffered a 14-4 major decision setback to Tanner Wilson (32-8) of Independence in the consolation semifinals.

“I give credit to the coaches competing against Tyce, with his wide-open style,” Beaman said. “He likes to throw and create opportunities.”

Hendricks (45-5) advanced to the third-place match with a 15-0 technical fall win over Brendan Lamfers (41-11) of Sioux Center.

“Broedy knew where the competition was, and that was going all the way to 190,” Beaman said. “Being realistic, any of the top four guys could win that bracket on any given weekend.”

In a match not indicative of the final tally, Hendricks fell 11-4 in SV-1 to Brent Yonkovic (43-6) of West Delaware.

“Now he gets to be the guy in his bracket that nobody wants to be in,” Beaman said. “He is a great competitor. He didn’t beat himself (this year) and competed tough. He fell short and will be back and hungry.

“I’m excited to see where Broedy goes from here.”

Senior Landon Halverson (43-10) went 1-2 at 175 pounds. He had earned a fall on the consolation side.

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Senior Tate Slagle (157) reached the state semifinals in each of the last three seasons, and finished his career with a fourth-place medal.

Slagle wrapped up his time as a Bulldog with an overall mark of 164-21. He was fifth at state last season and third as a sophomore.

The fourth-seeded Slagle (33-4) lost to top-seeded Lucas Kral (50-3) of Garner-Hayfield/Ventura by a final of 7-1 in the third-place match.

Slagle beat Owen Klocke (35-12) of Carroll, 2-1, in the consolation semifinals. He went 3-2 in the tournament.

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The Cowboys sent nine wrestlers to the state tournament and came away with three medals.

Junior Linden Phetxoumphone (35-4), the No. 2 seed at 120 pounds, placed fourth.

Phetxoumphone lost to fourth-seeded Mitchell Schmauss (42-3) of Crestwood, 1-0. He beat Jon Gonzalez (41-6) of West Marshall, 6-3.

He advanced to the semifinals with a decision and technical fall.

Phetxoumphone, was a state runner-up a year ago at Webster City and took third as a freshman. His career mark is 111-9.

Younger brother Adrian Phetxoumphone (42-4) was seventh at 126 pounds. On Saturday morning, he beat Jesse Jens (50-5) of Harlan, 7-1, in the seventh-place match.

Fifth-seed Charlie Campbell (43-5) earned seventh at 175 pounds. He beat Blake Matther (36-12) of West Delaware, 5-3, in the medal round.

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Junior Hayden Schafer (157) took eighth for the Eagles. Schafer (44-14) lost to Cason Miller (39-4) of Fairfield in the seventh-place match, 11-2.

After a 17-2 technical fall win in the first round, Schafer dropped a 10-4 decision to Lucas Kral (50-3). He then reeled off three straight victories, with a tech fall and two decisions, before losing to Kral in the fifth round of consolations.