By Becky Walz,
Kamryn Steines makes her move to take an opponent off her feet in a recent match at the South Winn invite. Over the weekend, Steines picked up a fall at Waukon Thursday and won the 190-pound title at Fort Dodge Friday. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
Competing back-to-back days, the Decorah girls’ wrestling team picked up a conference dual win Thursday, then took the title at the Fort Dodge Girls Invite Friday.
Thursday recap
Making the short trek to Waukon Thursday, the Vikes picked up a 48-27 win over the Indians with eight wins. Earning victories by fall were Ellie Adams (115), Ana Simon (145), Lauren Luzum (155), Naomi Simon (170) and Kamryn Steines (190). Receiving forfeits for Decorah were McKenzie Tollefson (135), Amelia Wadsworth (140) and Chloe Sheffield (100).
Friday tourney
Packing the bags for a long haul Friday, the Viking girls made their way to Fort Dodge and returned to Decorah as the champions with 194 points. Spencer was a distant second with 148 with Algona rounding out the top three with 136 points.
Decorah had five grapplers climb to the top of the podium, with three others in the finals, finishing runner-up.
Fourth-ranked Sheffield was the first to win gold at 100 pounds, first throwing Avery Williams of Clear Lake in 1:18 in the quarterfinals, then Aroura Preston of Spirit Lake Park in 2:51. It took the Viking 5:41 to put Kiara Ruiz of Spencer on her back in the finals for the title.
It was three falls for A. Simon en route to the gold at 145 pounds. The third-ranked sophomore pinned Algona’s Allison Trunkhill in 3:15 to advance to the semifinals. There she threw Lucy Porter of Fort Dodge in 1:06. In the final it took 1:51 for A. Simon to pin Perry’s Julie Maylum.
A quarterfinal-round bye put 155-pound Lauren Luzum directly in the semifinals against Elsie Hubbell of Humboldt, who was put on her back in 1:10. In 2:40, the seventh-ranked Viking got the fall in the finals over Emmetsburg’s Kylie Iverson.
At 170 pounds, top-ranked Naomi Simon continued domination with a trio of first-period falls. In the quarterfinal, the senior put Spencer’s Kiersten Campbell on her back in 47 seconds. Danica Diedrick of Humboldt was rolled by N. Simon in 55 seconds in the semifinal, with the Viking capping off the streak with a pin of Briar Blake of North Tama in 1:36.
Kamryn Steines also pinned her way to the top at 190 pounds. In 40 seconds, Steines pinned Humboldt’s Kennedy Robinson in the quarterfinals. The Decorah grappler got the shoulders of Gretchen Gorham from Algona on the mat in 1:55 to advance to the finals against No. 10 Kaylee Nachtigal of Spencer. It was there that Steines kept the perfect season going with a fall in 3:58.
Also in the finals for Decorah were Ellie Adams (115), No. 6 McKenzie Tollefson (135) and Amelia Wadsworth (140).
One more in 2023
The Lady Vikes have one competition left in the 2023 portion of the season as they host Holmen and Osage Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:30 p.m.
Decorah 48, Waukon 27
100 – Chloe Sheffield (Dec) won by forfeit; 105 – double forfeit; 110 – Cassie Wilkins (Dec) LBF in 3:49 to Makenna Kurth (W); 115 – Ellie Adams (Dec) WBF in 0:51 over Alysia Dundee (W); 120 – Dec lost by forfeit; 125 – Stella Grinna (Dec) lost 5-4 dec. to Jaelyn Johanningmeier (W); 130 – Dec lost by forfeit; 135 – McKenzie Tollefson (Dec) won by forfeit; 140 – Amelia Wadsworth (Dec) won by forfeit; 145 – Ana Simon (Dec) WBF in 2:48 over Ava Bossom (W); 155 – Lauren Luzum (Dec) WBF in 0:33 over Devynne Kruse (W); 170 – Naomi Simon (Dec) WBF in 0:58 over Reagan Lubahn (W); 190 – Kamryn Steines (Dec) WBF in 0:43 over Kloe Hemmersbach (W); 235 – Isabelle Alley (Dec) LBF in 2:23 to Danika Reiser (W)
Fort Dodge Invite team scores
1. Decorah 194; 2. Spencer 148; 3. Algona 136; 4. Humboldt 100; 5. Clear Lake 98; 6. Mason City 87; 7. Perry 74; 8. Fort Dodge 70; 9. West Fork 62; 10. North Tama 60; 11. Emmetsburg 48; 12. Sioux Center 44; 13. Spirit Lake Park 35; 14. Eagle Grove 26; 14. Kuemper Catholic 26; 16. Western Christian 16
Individual results
100 – Chloe Sheffield, 1st Place
Quarters – WBF in 1:18 over Avery Williams (CL); Semis – WBF in 2:51 over Aroura Preston (SLP); Final – WBF in 5:41 over Kiara Ruiz (Spencer)
110 – Cassie Wilkins, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 2:31 to Grace Dvorah (NT); Cons. rd. 1 – LBF in 2:18 to Cate Erickson (Perry)
115 – Ellie Adams, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 1:09 over Avenlee Ulrich (CL); Quarters – won 5-4 dec. over Teaghan Bird (WF); Semis – WBF in 3:14 over Lexi Poeppe (Emmetsburg); Final – lost 12-3 maj. dec. to Cora Schut (SC)
125 – Stella Grinna, DNP
Quarters – LBF in 1:57 to Breanna Johnson (Spencer); Cons. rd. 1 – LBF in 1:58 to Lillian Allie (Algona)
135 – McKenzie Tollefson, 2nd place
Quarters – WBF in 1:07 over Delanie Roland (SC); Semis – WBF in 1:27 over Faith Dvorak (NT); Final – lost 11-3 maj. dec. to Mariaha Benedict (Ft. Dodge)
140 – Amelia Wadsworth, 2nd place
Quarters – WBF in 0:46 over Cecilia Mattis (CL); Semis – WBF in 0:20 over Addion Hochstetler (NT); Final – LBF in 0:45 to Shaylee Sutherland (Spencer)
145 – Ana Simon, 1st place
Quarters – WBF in 3:15 over Allison Trunkhill (Algona); Semis – WBF in 1:06 over Lucy Porter (Ft. Dodge); Final – WBF in 1:51 over Julie Maylum (Perry)
155 – Lauren Luzum, 1st place
Quarters – bye; Semis – WBF in 1:10 over Elsie Hubbell (Humboldt); Final – WBF in 2:40 over Kylie Iverson (Emmetsburg)
170 – Naomi Simon, 1st place
Quarters – WBF in 0:47 over Kiersten Campbell (Spencer); Semis – WBF in 0:55 over Danica Diedrick (Humboldt); Final – WBF in 1:36 over Briar Blake (NT)
190 – Kamryn Steines, 1st place
Quarters – WBF in 0:40 over Kennedy Robinson (Humboldt); Semis – WBF in 1:55 over Gretchen Gorham (Algona); Final – WBF in 3:58 over Kaylee Nachtigal (Spencer)
235 – Isabelle Alley, 4th place
Quarters – WBF in 1:52 over Carlee Allen (Algona); Semis – LBF in 0:28 to Olivia Huckfelt (Spencer); Cons. semi – bye; 3rd place – LBF in 1:59 to Carlee Allen (Algona)
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