By Becky Walz,
The Decorah boys’ wrestling team was faced with some stiff competition last week as it took on Waverly-Shell Rock in a conference dual Thursday and competed in the Flanagan Invite in Cresco Saturday, where the Vikes finished third.
The Decorah boys’ wrestling team was faced with some stiff competition last week as it took on Waverly-Shell Rock in a conference dual Thursday and competed in the Flanagan Invite in Cresco Saturday, where the Vikes finished third.
Tough dual
It was an uphill battle all night for the Vikings Thursday as Decorah met Class 3A No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock on the mats, recording just one match win to fall 70-3.
The lone win was had by Mason Avila at 126 pounds as he survived the dual with Sam Hornyak for the 5-4 decision. It was a close battle for Class 2A No. 3 Brady Stille at 145 pounds who ultimately lost the battle in a 3-2 decision to Bas Diaz, who is No. 1 in Class 3A. At 170 pounds, Thomas Sexton gave Class 3A No. 12 Robert Poyner a battle to the 9-7 decision which fell in the Go-Hawks’ favor.
Decorah 3, Waverly-Shell Rock 70
106 – Dec lost by forfeit; 113 – Dec lost by forfeit; 120 – Will Larson (Dec) LBF 0:50 to Alex Hornyak (W-SR); 126 – Mason Avila (Dec) won 5-4 dec. over Sam Hornyak (W-SR); 132 – Kollin Henry (Dec) lost 8-0 maj. dec. to Zane Behrends (W-SR); 138 – Lane Rolfs (Dec) LBF 3:34 to Ryder Block (W-SR); 145 – Brady Stille (Dec) lost 3-2 dec. to Bas Diaz (W-SR); 152 – Braden Darling (Dec) LBF 027 to Ethan Bibler (W-SR); 160 – Brody Hanson (Dec) LBF 2:28 to Zander Wedemeier (W-SR); 170 – Thomas Sexton (Dec) lost 9-7 dec. to Robert Poyner (W-SR); 182 – Aaron Busta (Dec) LBF 0:57 to Cole Thompson (W-SR); 195 – Kaiden Youngblood (Dec) LBF 0:43 to McCrae Hagarty (W-SR); 220 – Dec lost by forfeit; 285 – Dec lost by forfeit
Flanagan Invite
Flanagan Invite team scores
1. Crestwood 234.5; 2. Hampton-Dumont-CAL 185; 3. Decorah 158.5; 4. Waukon 152.5; 5. North Fayette Valley 142.5; 6. Dubuque Senior 86.5; 7. Waterloo West 82
The Vikings put on a heck of a show Saturday, finishing with 158.5 points in third place behind Crestwood (234.5) and Hampton-Dumont-CAL (185).
Decorah had two grapplers finish in the top spot.
Leading the charge was Class 2A No. 3 Brady Stille at 145 pounds. Stille started with a bye in the quarterfinal round before taking the mat against Crestwood’s Ryan Wilson in the semifinals. The Viking senior took 1:50 to turn Wilson and advance to the finals. Stille held tough for a 9-3 decision to improve to 13-4 for the year.
At 170 pounds, Thomas Sexton was 2-0 for the day to make his season record 9-3. He also received a quarterfinal round bye. Sexton threw Kaelin Crawford of Waukon in the semifinal match in 3:30. In the finals, the Viking earned the win by a 7-2 decision over Crestwood’s Tyler Pisney.
Kollin Henry placed second at 132 pounds to improve to an 8-3 record.
Individual results
120 – Will Larson, 3rd place
Quarters – WBF 3:26 over Blake Sparrgrove (NFV); semifinal – LBF 3:36 to Brody Strother (H-D-CAL); cons. semi – WBF 0:59 over Josiah Wendland (WW); 3rd place – WBF 1:38 over Sparrgove (NFV)
126 – Mason Avila, 4th place
Quarters – won 10-2 maj. dec. over Daniel Schwickerath (Crestwood); semifinal – lost 4-1 dec. to Jakob Regan (Waukon); cons. semi – WBF 1:52 over Aiden Henning (DS); 3rd place – lost 11-5 dec. to Charlie Showalter (H-D-CAL)
132 – Kollin Henry, 2nd place
Quarters – WBF 1:48 over Chase Johnson (H-D-CAL); semifinal – won 8-1 dec. over Tyler Smith (DS); final – lost 13-0 maj. dec. to Nick Koch (NFV)
138 – Lane Rolfs, 3rd place
Quarters – WBF 0:41 over Caden Baca (Crestwood); semifinal – lost 5-1 dec. to Cade Korsmo (Crestwood); cons. semi – won19-2 tech fall in 5:00 over Loren Cain (DS); 3rd place – WBF 5:02 over Brady Dean (WW)
145 – Brady Stille, 1st place
Quarters – bye; semifinal – WBF 1:50 over Ryan Wilson (Crestwood); final – won 9-3 dec. over Cooper Paxton (WW)
152 – Braden Darling, 5th place
Quarters – LBF 4:45 to Kenny Kerr (NFV); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. semi – LBF 1:59 to Colin Bird (H-D-CAL); 5th place – bye
160 – Brody Hanson, 3rd place
Quarters – WBF 1:06 over Karter Janssen (H-D-CAL); semifinal – lost 11-5 dec. to Beau Healey (DS); cons. semi – WBF 1:30 over Michael Dunn (WW); 3rd place – WBF 3:10 over Holten Palmer (Waukon)
170 – Thomas Sexton, 1st place
Quarters – bye; semifinal – WBF 3:30 over Kaelin Crawford (Waukon); final – won 7-2 dec. over Tyler Pisney (Crestwood)
182 – Aaron Busta, 5th place
Quarters – lost 14-12 OT dec. to JJ Wright (DS); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. semi – LBF 0:30 to Cullen Dickson (Waukon); 5th place – bye
195 – Kaiden Youngblood, 3rd place
Quarters – bye; semifinal – LBF 2:45 to Cody Kerian (Crestwood); cons. semifinal – WBF 1:25 over Preston McCabe (Crestwood); 3rd place – WBF 0:49 over Blake Kennedy (Crestwood)
285 – Anthony Putnam, 6th place
Quarters – LBF 0:56 to Carter Heilskov (H-D-CAL); cons. rd. 1 – won inj. default over James Baumler (NFV); cons. semifinal – LBF 5:24 to Anell Kudic (WW); 5th place – lost 2-1 dec. to Isaac Ericson (Waukon)
This week
The Vikes host Crestwood for a NEIC dual Thursday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m., and are at the Osage tournament Saturday, Jan. 14, at 9 a.m.
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