By Becky Walz,
Collin Holm gets control of Anthony King of Starmont in the Warriors’ quarterfinal match. The senior eventually pinned King and went on to win the title at 144 pounds. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The mats were busy late Friday afternoon and evening at Luther College as the South Winn wrestling team hosted its annual invite.
Featuring 13 teams, West Delaware came out on top with 236.5 points. Osage was second with 193, with New Hampton/Turkey Valley taking bronze with 171. Decorah finished with 148 points, good for fourth, while the host Warriors were sixth with 119 points.
For the Vikes
Decorah had two wrestlers advance to the championship bout. At 106 pounds, Gavin Knutson pinned South Winn’s Gavin Thuente in 24 seconds to advance to the quarterfinals against Lucas Peters of West Delaware. Peters was turned to his back in 39 seconds, setting up the title match between Knutson and Vinton-Shellsburg’s Eli Ollinger. It was another short match of Knutson in the limelight as the Viking won the title with a pin in 30 seconds.
Brody Hanson was the silver medalist at 165 pounds. He pinned Ayden Antonelli of Anamosa in 5:27 in round one action. Hanson then edged Karson Kolbet of New Hampton/Turkey Valley with a 7-6 decision the quarterfinals. In the semifinal match, the senior threw Garrison Gillihan of West Delaware in 3:57. He fell by tech fall in the finals to Osage’s Tucker Stangel, who is the top-ranked wrestler in Class 2A at 157.
Warrior big men
South Winn had three grapplers make it to the finals.
Class 1A No. 2 Collin Holm made his presence known on the mats at 144 pounds, winning the title via two falls and a decision. The senior took Anthony King of Starmont to the mat in 2:25 to advance to the semifinals. Vinton-Shellsburg’s Carter Lamont put up a fight, but eventually fell to Holm, getting pinned in 5:43. Battling Class 1A No. 7 Boden White of Denver in the finals, the Warrior won by a 3-1 decision.
Senior Aiden Feickert, ranked No. 12 in Class 1A, battled his way to the final at 113 pounds, throwing Jaylen Renfro of GMLOS in 58 seconds in the quarterfinal. Conner Bridgewater of Vinton-Shellsburg fell to the Warrior senior in 31 seconds, setting up a finals match between Feickert and Gavin Landers of Denver. Feickert ended the day with a silver, giving up a tech fall to the Class 1A top-ranked Landers.
Also in the finals was 215-pound Parker Timp. The Class 1A No. 12 senior made his way to the finals by way of pinning Rowan Sween of GMLOS in 1:06 in round one, the pinning Logan Baker of Omaha Concordia in 20 seconds in the quarterfinals. It took Timp 2:56 to get Ledger Nehls of Osage on his back in semifinals, but Class 2A No. 2 Braden McShane of New Hampton/Turkey Valley was too much for the Warrior as Timp lost by fall in the second period.
“There were so many good wrestlers and each backet was stacked with great matchups. I am proud of how our kids performed. We had three finalists and eight total placewinners which is a great day considering the competition we had. I was impressed with how we prepared for the matches and the aggressive nature we wrestled with. The guys were looking to score points and the effort was much better than what we saw earlier in the week. There were multiple State Qualifiers who were beaten out of this tournament so it just goes to show how tough these brackets were,” said SW Coach Jacob Elsbernd.
South Winn Invite team scores
1. West Delaware 236.5; 2. Class 2A No. 1 Osage 193; 3. New Hampton/Turkey Valley 171; 4. Decorah 148; 5. North Fayette Valley 129; 6. South Winn 119; 7. Anamosa 117.5; 8. Denver 97; 9. Starmont 83.5; 10. Vinton-Shellsburg 80; 11. GMLOS 72; 12. Omaha Concordia 15; 13. Riceville 9
Individual results
106 – Gavin Knutson, Decorah, 1st place
Quarters – WBF in 0:24 over Gavin Thuente (SW); Semi – WBF in 0:39 over Lucas Peters (WD); Final – WBF in 0:30 over Eli Ollinger (V-S)
106 – Gavin Thuente, SW, 6th place
Quarters – LBF in 0:24 to Gavin Knutson (Dec); Cons. Rd. 2 – WBF in 0:21 over Quinlan Mahoney (NH/TV); Cons. Rd. 3 – WBF in 1:03 over Syrus Baker (Starmont); Cons. semi – LBF in 5:08 to Hunter Campion (Anamosa); 5th place – LBF in 0:56 to Cannen Beaumont (Denver)
113 – Aiden Feickert, SW, 2nd place
Quarters – WBF in 0:58 over Jaylen Renfro (GMLOS); Semis – WBF in 0:31 over Conner Bridgewater (V-S); Final – lost 16-0 tech fall to Gavin Landers (Denver)
113 – Kelton Casteron, Decorah, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:46 to Trevor Hancock (Omaha Concordia); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 2:00 to Jarrett Engel (WD)
120 – D’mitry Lesser, Decorah, 6th place
Quarters – LBF in 1:13 to Brayden Maury (WD); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – won 8-4 dec. over Connor McLaughlin (Denver); cons. semi – lost 7-3 sudden victory to Landon Bruess (NH/TV); 5th place – LBF in 0:39 to Parker Armagost (GMLOS)
120 – Jamison Zweibahmer, SW, DNP
Quarters – LBF in 3:29 to Kyson Moss (NFV); Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 0:17 to Parker Armagost (GMLOS
126 – Michael Clement, Decorah, 3rd place
Quarters – LBF in 1:42 to Cael Smith (GMLOS); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – WBF in 1:59 over Vincent McLaughlin (Denver); Cons. semi – WBF in 1:21 over Blake Sparrgrove (NFV); 3rd place – WBF in 5:07 over Kooper Waugh (WD)
132 – Bo Wangsness, SW, 5th place
Quarters – Lost 6-4 dec. to Easton Soberg (Osage); Cons. rd. 2 – WBF in 1:12 over Kody Rodas (Starmont); Cons. rd. 3 – won 9-2 dec. over Teague Alden (GMLOS); Cons. semi – lost 13-2 maj. dec. to Rylan Gual (WD); 5th place – WBF in 0:53 over Easton Songberg (Osage)
138 – Will Larosn, Decorah, 4th place
Quarters – WBF in 3:39 over Owen Mullinex (V-S); Semi – lost 4-2 dec. to Jax Miller (WD); Cons. semi – WBF in 1:37 over Lukas Weiss (SW); 3rd place – LBF in 1:40 to Tate Germann (NFV)
138 – Lukas Weiss, SW, 6th place
Quarters – LBF in 1:07 to Tate Germann (NFV); Cons. rd. 2 – WBF in 1:10 over Will Felper (Riceville); Cons. rd. 3 – WBF in 3:12 over Timmy Hogfeldt (GMLOS); Cons. semi – LBF in 1:37 to Will Larson (Dec); 5th place – LBF in 4:28 to Jayden Bucknell (NH/TV)
144 – Collin Holm, SW, 1st place
Quarters – WBF in 2:25 over Anthony King (Starmont); Semi – WBF in 5:43 over Carter Lamont (V-S); Final – won 3-1 dec. over Boden White (Denver)
144 – William Fullhart, Decorah 3rd place
Rd. 1 – lost 11-4 dec. to Carter Lamont (V-S); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd. 2 – won 7-3 dec. over Easton Wheeler (Anamosa); Cons. rd. 3 – WBF in 3:02 over Logan Boehm (NFV); Cons. semi – WBF in 2:30 over Carter Lamont (V-S); 3rd place – won 8-6 dec. over Darren Adams (Osage)
150 – Kollin Henry, Decorah, 5th place
Quarters – LBF in 1:28 to Anders Kittelson (Osage); Cons. rd. 2 – WBF in 3:21 over Zac Gehling (GMLOS); Cons. rd. 3 – won 4-2 dec. over Gain McLaughlin (Denver); Cons. semi – LBF in 3:06 to Hudson Scranton (Anamosa); 5th place – won 2-1 dec. over Landen Schnuelle (SW)
150 – Landen Schnuelle, SW, 6th place
Quarters – LBF in 2:55 to Hudson Scranton (Anamosa); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – WBF in 3:14 over Ethan Praska (NH/TV); Cons. semi – lost 11-1 maj. dec. to Liam Weber (WD); 5th place – lost 2-1 dec. to Kollin Henry (Dec)
157 – Daniel See, Decorah, 6th place
Quarters – lost 17-2 tech fall to Miken Wheeler (Anamosa); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – won 7-2 dec. over Isaac Hernandez (NFV); Cons. semi – LBF in 2:30 to Ty Voigt (Osage); 5th place – LBF in 1:02 to Burke Busta (NH/TV)
157 – Brady Ohrt, SW, DNP
Quarters – LBF in 2:31 to Ty Voigt (Osage); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – lost 3-2 dec. to Burke Busta (NH/TV)
165 – Brody Hanson, Decorah, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 5:27 over Ayden Antonelli (Anamosa); Quarters – won 7-6 dec. over Karson Kolbet (NH/TV); semis – WBF in 3:57 over Garrison Gillihan (WD); Final – lost 15-0 tech fall to Tucker Stangel (Osage)
165 – Kyle Kuboushek, SW, 5th place
Quarters – won 2-1 tie-breaker over Braxten Wiste (GMLOS); Semis – LBF in 2:51 to Tucker Stangle (Osage); Cons. semi – LBF in 2:54 to Karson Kolbet (NH/TV); 5th place – WBF in 1:37 over Braxten Wiste (GMLOS)
175 – Bradan Darling, Decorah, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 1:13 to Heath Voigt (Osage); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 0:40 to Darian Schneider (V-S)
175 – Quinn Huinker, SW, DNP
Quarters – LBF in 1:01 to Austin Scranton (Anamosa); Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 1:46 to Kelly Barajas (Starmont)
190 – Tommy Sexton, Decorah, 3rd place
Quarters – WBF in 0:43 over Cayden Rushford (Anamosa); Semi – LBF in 1:41 to Corbin Hill (Denver); Cons. semi – WBF in 1:42 over Malachi Rothlisberger (NFV); 3rd place – won 7-3 dec. over Jeryn Funke (WD)
190 – Ray Lienau, SW, DNP
Rd. 1 – lost 5-4 dec. to Cayden Rushford (Anamosa); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 4:00 to Andrew Pridgen (Riceville)
215 – Parker Timp, SW, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 1:06 over Rowan Sween (GMLOS); Quarters – WBF in 0:20 over Logan Baker (Omaha Concordia); Semi – WBF in 2:56 over Ledger Nehls (Osage); Final – LBF in 2:20 to Braden McShane (NH/TV)
215 – Kaiden Youngblood, Decorah, 6th place
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:36 to Braden McShane (NH/TV); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd 2 – WBF in 0:39 over Logan Baker (Omaha Concordia); Cons. rd. 3 – WBF over Matthew Praska (Riceville); Cons. semi – LBF in 0:32 to Owen Recker (Starmont); 5th place – LBF in 1:29 to Owen Pettlon (WD)
285 – Anthony Putnam, Decorah, DP
Quarters – LBF in 1:06 to Mac Muller (Osage); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – LBF in 0:18 to Gatlin McCumber (NH/TV)
285 – Kolton Brummond, SW, DNP
Rd. 1- LBF in 3:15 to Wes Devaney (WD); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 0:48 to Gatlin McCumber (NH/TV)
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