By Becky Walz,
The mats were packed Saturday in Calmar as the South Winn wrestling team hosted nine other squads at the South Winn Invite, including teams from Nebraska and Minnesota.
Class 2A No. 1 Osage took the team title with 286.5 points, while Class 2A No. 2 West Delaware was second with 185 points. South Winn claimed eighth with 93 points.
The mats were packed Saturday in Calmar as the South Winn wrestling team hosted nine other squads at the South Winn Invite, including teams from Nebraska and Minnesota.
Class 2A No. 1 Osage took the team title with 286.5 points, while Class 2A No. 2 West Delaware was second with 185 points. South Winn claimed eighth with 93 points.
“I thought our kids wrestled hard throughout the day. I think we need to continue working on setting ourselves up better for attacks in the neutral position and also focus on wrestling from the bottom position. I was happy with how some of our guys battled back in tough brackets to place once they were beat on the front side. We love hosting this tournament and seeing such a tough group of teams battle it out in our own gym,” said Coach Jacob Elsbernd.
Only one Warrior grappler reached the finals Saturday. Collin Holm finished his day as the runner-up at 138 pounds. In the quarterfinals, the junior picked up a 10-2 major decision over Darren Adams of Osage. In the semifinal, Class 2A No. 3 Nick Koch of North Fayette Valley suffered a shoulder injury during the match and was forced from the mat. In the finals, Holm dropped a 4-2 decision to Cohen Wiste of GMLOS.
Three other wrestlers won bronze including Aiden Feickert (113), Kyle Kuboushek (152) and Kaden Bullerman (160).
South Winn will be at Oelwein Tuesday, Dec. 13, against the Huskies and Anamosa at 6:15 p.m. The Warriors will finish 2022 off at the Dike-New Hartford duals, then enjoy the holiday break.
South Winn Invite team scores
1. Class 2A No. 1 Osage 286.5; 2. Class 2A No. 2 West Delaware 185; 3. GMLOS (Minn.) 141; 4. New Hampton/Turkey Valley 114; 5. Vinton 105; 6. Denver 101; 7. North Fayette Valley 99; 8. South Winn 93; 9. Starmont 49.5; 10. Omaha Concordia (Neb.) 34.5
Individual results
106 – Jamison Zweibahmer, 5th place
Quarterfinal – LBF 0:38 to Trevor Hancock (Omaha); cons. rd. 1 – WBF 2:32 over Jericho Gremmit (Denver); cons. semifinal – lost 13-5 maj. dec. to Eli Ollinger (Vinton); 5th place – WBF 1:42 over Landen Juenger (GMLOS)
113 – Aiden Feickert, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – WBF 0:17 over Jon Smeltser (Denver); semifinal – lost 7-3 dec. to Lane German (Starmont); cons. semi – WBF 0:57 over Travyn Sullivan (WD); 3rd place – WBF 3:18 over Kyson Moss (NFV)
120 – Bo Wangsness, 4th place
Quarterfinal – bye; semifinal – LBF 1:03 to Cael Smith (GMLOS); cons. semifinal – WBF 1:45 over Zach Taylor (Starmont); 3rd place – lost 18-10 maj. dec. to Connor McLaughlin (Denver)
126 – John Donovan, DNP
Quarterfinal – LBF 2:37 to Carson Less (WD); cons. rd. 1 – lost 9-1 maj. dec. to Ty Voigt (Osage)
132 – Lukas Weiss, DNP
Quarterfinal – LBF 1:09 to Anders Kittelson (Osage); cons. rd. 2 – LBF 2:44 to Christian Latham (Starmont)
138 – Collin Holm, 2nd place
Quarterfinal – won 10-2 maj. dec. over Darren Adams (Osage); semifinal – won by inj. default over Nick Koch (NFV); final – lost 4-2 dec. to Cohen Wiste (GMLOS)
145 – Dylan Taylor, DNP
Quarterfinal – lost 17-2 tech fall in 3:10 to Keaton Moeller (Starmont); cons. rd. 1- lost 11-5 dec. to Gavin McLaughlin (Denver)
152 – Kyle Kuboushek, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – LBF 2:53 to Braxten Wiste (GMLOS); cons. rd. 2 – bye; cons. rd. 3 – WBF 1:57 over Jack Cantwell (WD); cons. semifinal – WBF 3:25 over Leander Reicks (NH/TV); 3rd place – WBF 3:37 over Braxton Wiste (GMLOS)
160 – Kaden Bullerman, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – won 7-3 dec. over Brant Dickinson (Vinton); semifinal – LBF 4:23 to Max Gast (Osage); cons. semi – won 13-4 maj. dec. over Kenny Kerr (NFV); 3rd place – won 10-5 dec. over Brant Dickinson (Vinton)
170 – Brady Ohrt, 5th place
Quarterfinal – LBF 1:29 to Drake Payne (GMLOS); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. semifinal – LBF 1:20 to Brody Wolf (Osage); 5th place – won 8-3 dec. over Angello Wittenburg (Denver)
182 – Quinn Huinker, DNP
Quarterfinal – LBF 0:15 to Ledger Nehls (Osage); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 0:18 to Ayden Stier (GMLOS)
195 – Parker Timp, DNP
Quarterfinal – LBF 0:32 to Curtis Erickson (Vinton); cons. rd. 1 – lost by injury default to Corbin Hill (Denver)
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