By Becky Walz,
Thirteen teams converged on Luther College Regents Center Friday night for the inaugural South Winn girls’ invitational. New champions were crowned, including the Warriors’ own Izzy Kipp.
Finishing the night with 86 points, South Winn finished sixth in the team standings which was won by Waverly-Shell Rock who tallied 243.5 points.
Thirteen teams converged on Luther College Regents Center Friday night for the inaugural South Winn girls’ invitational. New champions were crowned, including the Warriors’ own Izzy Kipp.
Finishing the night with 86 points, South Winn finished sixth in the team standings which was won by Waverly-Shell Rock who tallied 243.5 points.
“First off, we want to thank all the staff at Luther College for their excellent facilities, their staff and for all the work in setup and tear down. We were fortunate to hold our inaugural South Winn Girls Wrestling Tournament at Luther and look forward to what the future holds. Thanks to our SW administration, namely Alex Smith, for all the work that went into setting this up. And thank you to all the parents who helped set up, work, and tear down. Thank you,” said Coach Ethan Adams.
On the mat, the Warriors competed well. Several girls wrestled their best matches of the season.
At 190 pounds, Izzy Kipp bested her lone opponent Kylie Vance of Nashua-Plainfield to win the title, pinning the Husky wrestler twice. In round one, Kipp threw Vance in 1:13 and later won by fall in 28 seconds.
South Winn had two wrestlers finish third.
Wrestling at 115 pounds, senior Josie Hageman had a busy night, going 5-1. Hageman pinned her opening opponent, Amberley Gerholdt in 35 seconds. In the quarterfinal, she was turned to her back in 3:37 by Osage’s Jalynn Goodale, then had to fight her way back through the bracket. In the second round of consolations, Hageman pinned Oelwein’s Emmah Hoveland in 21 seconds to advance against Ryan Reams of Nashua-Plainfield in the third round of consolations where she picked up the fall in 1:50. In the consolation semifinal, Hageman earned a 2-0 decision over Sierra Hansmeier of Crestwood. She finished the night against Dulce Lopez of Postville and picked up an 8-0 major decision to secure third place.
Kaydn Meyer (125) went 3-1 for the night with pins over Melody Grimm of MFL MarMac in 1:34, Zoey Johnson of Osage in 5:07 and Kaylie Havig of Osage in 2:42. Her only loss of the night came in the semifinal to Waverly-Shell Rock’s Eva Heise by fall in 38 seconds.
“It is hard for some of our newer wrestlers to see progress when wins aren’t coming, but we have several girls who are absolutely getting better, and our coaches couldn’t be prouder of their effort. They worked hard all night and have great heads on their shoulders. We are very fortunate with this group. We executed well and are bringing good things to the mat technically. Our leaders are also making strides, and as a group we are buying into what is asked of us on a day to day basis. I’m proud to work with these young women,” added Coach Adams.
South Winn Invite team scores
1. Waverly-Shell Rock 243.5; 2. Osage 181.5; 3. Crestwood 154; 4. Sumner-Fredericksburg 100; 5. Waukon 97; 6. South Winn 86; 7. New Hampton/Turkey Valley 73; 8. MFL MarMac 59; 9. Denver 52; 10. Oelwein 49; 11. Postville 43; 12. Starmont 41; 13. Nashua-Plainfield 17
Individual results
115 – Josie Hageman, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – WBF 0:35 over Amberley Gerholdt (N-P); quarterfinal – LBF 3:37 to Jalynn Goodale (Osage); cons. rd. 2 – WBF 0:21 over Emmah Hoveland (Oelwein); cons. rd. 3 – WBF 1:50 over Ryan Reams (N-P); cons. semifinal – won 2-0 dec. over Sierra Hansmeier (Crestwood); 3rd place – won 8-0 maj. dec. over Dulce Lopez (Postville)
120 – Sophia Dvorak, DNP
Quarterfinal – LBF 0:50 to Odessa Nibbelink (Crestwood); cons. rd. 2 – bye; cons. rd. 3 – LBF 1:06 to Mackenzie Brown (Osage)
125 – Kaydn Meyer, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – WBF 1:34 over Melody Grimm (MFL MM); semifinal – LBF 0:38 to Eva Heise (W-SR); cons. semifinal – WBF 5:07 over Zoey Johnson; 3rd place – WBF 2:42 over Kaylie Havig (Osage)
130 – Grace Zweibohmer, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF 5:48 to Melanie Bruesewitz (Osage); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. rd. 2 – LBF 0:39 to Jaylynn Craun (Oelwein)
130 – Abby Wagner, 5th place
Quarterfinal – WBF 1:43 over Macie Johnson (W-SR); semifinal – LBF 0:40 to Tierny Perkins (Crestwood); cons. semifinal – LBF 4:27 to Maddie Johnson (Denver); 5th place – won medical forfeit over Chloe Bloker (Denver)
140 – Maddy Jansen, 5th place
Quarterfinal – WBF 2:58 over Payton Ruppert (Crestwood); semifinal – lost 17-1 tech fall in 2:16 to Kiara Djoumessi (W-SR); cons. semifinal – LBF 1:50 to Katelynn Huebsch (Osage); 5th place – WBF 4:33 over Payton Ruppert (Crestwood)
145 – Addison Timp, 6th pace
Rd. 1 – WBF 2:59 over Eva Whalen (Waukon); quarterfinal – bye; semifinal – LBF 0:53 to Haidyn Snyder (W-SR); cons. semifinal – LBF 2:47 to Jayden Rankin (Waukon); 5th place – LBF 1:20 to Alli Seegers (W-SR)
155 – Ellie Knutson, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF 1:35 to Saydey Scholbrock (Crestwood); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. rd. 2 – LBF 1:02 to Jamie Jones (S-F)
190 – Izzy Kipp, 1st place
Rd. 1 – WBF 1:13 over Kaylie Vance (N-); Rd. 2 – WBF 0:28 over Vance (N-P)
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