By Becky Walz,
SW’s Bo Wangsness drags Blake Sparrgrove of NFV to his knees in the 126-pound semifinals Thursday in Calmar. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
A year removed from finishing third, the South Winn boys’ wrestling team is back on top of the Upper Iowa Conference, coming away with the tournament title with 227 points. In second was North Fayette Valley with 209 points followed by MFL MarMac with 191.
The Warriors hosted the event Thursday and put eight wrestlers in the finals with four winning their respective weight divisions.
“As a team we talked about everyone doing their job and if that happened we would be in good shape to win it. I am incredibly proud of this team and how they are wrestling. This team has stayed very focused on their goals and the work at hand. We look forward to finishing the season on a high note,” said Coach Jacob Elsbernd.
Senior Aiden Feickert put an exclamation point on his season with his third UIC title at 113 pounds. A quarterfinal bye led to a semifinal match against Central’s Jamison Feickert who was turned over in 1:15. In the finals, the Class 1A No. 12 Warrior pinned Kade Meyer of North Fayette Valley in 2:31.
At 144 pounds, Class 1A No. 3 Collin Holm earned the title with a bye and pair of falls. In the semifinals, the SW senior threw Bryce Matt of Tripoli in 34 seconds and won his second conference title after pinning Central’s Preston Kulper in 1:05.
Winning his first UIC title was Kyle Kuboushek at 165 pounds. It took him 1:05 to put Caleb Lawrence of Clayton Ridge on his back in the semifinals. Then it was on to Quinn McGeough of MFL MarMac in the finals. There, the SW wrestler outlasted the Bulldog to win a 5-2 decision.
Parker Timp won his second conference title as well. The Class 2A No. 8 wrestler pinned Matthew Praska of Riceville in 47 seconds to advance to the final against Postville’s Sam Acevedo. In the championship bout, Timp got the fall in 1:31.
Others in the finals included Gavin Thuente (106), Bo Wangsness (126), Landen Schnuelle (150) and Brady Ohrt (157).
With a long layoff coming until district competition Saturday, Feb. 10, the Warriors added a night of wrestling on Friday, Feb. 2, at East Buchanan beginning at 5:30 p.m.
UIC tnmt. team scores
1. South Winn 227; 2. North Fayette Valley 209; 3. MFL MarMac 191; 4. Postville 122.5; 5. Riceville 107; 6. Clayton Ridge 94; 7. Central Elkader 78.5; 8. Tripoli 32
Individual results
106 – Gavin Thuente, 2nd place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 0:43 over Michael Hill (Postville); Final – LBF in 2:28 to Jesus Lara (Clayton Ridge)
113 – Aiden Feickert, 1st place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 1:15 over Jamison Feickert (Central); Final – WBF in 2:31 over Kade Meyer (NFV)
120 – Jamison Zweibahmer, 4th place
Quarters – WBF in 2:39 over Rudy Chilel (Postville; Semis – LBF in 1:02 to Kyson Moss (NFV); Cons. semi – bye; 3rd place – LBF in 1:09 to Keith Anderson (MFL MM)
126 – Bo Wangsness, 2nd place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 5:11 over Blake Sparrgrove (NFV); Final – LBF in 5:30 to Braxton Bormann (Central)
132 – Parker Dahl, DNP
Quarters – LBF in 1:10 to Gavin Kishman (MFL MM); Cons. rd. 1 – lost 8-2 dec. to Gael Torres (Postville)
138 – Lukas Weiss, 3rd place
Quarters – bye; Semis – LBF in 0:55 to Tate Germann (NFV); Cons. semi – WBF in 0:39 over Paxton Ehrhardt (Clayton Ridge); 3rd place – WBF in 0:30 over Will Felper (Riceville)
144 – Collin Holm, 1st place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 0:34 over Bryce Matt (Tripoli); Final – WBF in 1:05 over Preston Kulper (Central)
150 – Landen Schnuelle, 2nd place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 0:29 over Patrick Boyle (Riceville); Final – lost 5-4 dec. to Logan Boehm (NFV)
157 – Brady Ohrt, 2nd place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 2:35 over Wesly Brandt (Tripoli); Final – lost 8-2 dec. to Tristen Koehn (MFL MM)
165 – Kyle Kuboushek, 1st place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 1:05 over Caleb Lawerence (Clayton Ridge); Final – won 5-2 dec. over Quinn McGeough (MFL MM)
175 – Quinn Huinker, 4th place
Quarters – WBF in 1:15 over Caleb Zuercher (MFL MM); Semis – LBF in 1:56 to Kenny Kerr (NFV); Cons. semi – WBF in 0:48 over Connor Ehrhardt (Clayton Ridge); 3rd place – LBF in 2:50 to Reagan Richardson (Riceville)
190 – Ray Lienau, 4th place
Quarters – WBF in 5:44 over Conner Wenthe (Postville; Semis – LBF in 1:33 to Dayne Kohrs (MFL MM); Cons. semi – bye; 3rd place – lost 6-1 dec. to Andrew Pridgen (Riceville)
215 – Parker Timp, 1st place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 0:47 over Matthew Praska (Riceville); Final – WBF in 1:31 over Sam Acevedo (Postville)
285 – Kolton Brummond, 4th place
Quarters – WBF in 1:10 over Caleb Marr (Riceville); Semis – LBF in 1:25 to Will Howes (MFL MM); Cons. semi – bye; 3rd place – LBF in 0:39 to Gannon Jaster (Clayton Ridge)
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