By Becky Walz,

The Decorah boys’ wrestling team squared off with top teams from throughout the Midwest Friday and Saturday at the Xtreme Arena in Coralville as the Vikes competed in the Dan Gable Donnybrook, finishing with 36 points in 37th place. Chicago/Mt. Carmel came away with the team title, securing 401 points.
The Vikes had seven grapplers score points, led by Michael Clement with a 12th place finish at 126 pounds. At 190 pounds, Tommy Sexton was next with a 19th place finish. Bringing home 21st place at 144 pounds was William Fullhart, while Brody Hanson took 22nd place at 165 pounds. In 23rd were Gavin Knutson (106) and Kollin Henry (150), while Kaiden Youngblood finished the weekend in 24th at 215 pounds.
The next time to catch the Vikes on the mats is Thursday, Dec. 7, as Decorah hosts New Hampton/Turkey Valley and Kasson/Mantorville at 5:30 p.m. The Vikes then will compete in the South Winn invite Friday, Dec. 8, at Luther College beginning at 4 p.m.
Dan Gable Donnybrook team scores (Top 10 plus Decorah)
1. Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 401; 2. Liberty 391; 3. Bettendorf 336; 4. Joliet Catholic Academy 332.5; 5. Aurora Marmion Academy 266; 6. Fort Dodge 254; 7. Kasson-Mantorville 241.5; 8. Bondurant-Farrar 236; 9. Staley 232; 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 232; 37. Decorah 36
Individual results
106 – Gavin Knutson, 23rd place
Rd. 1 – lost 8-0 maj. dec. to Logan Conover (Aurora Marmion Academy); Cons. Rd. 1 – WBF in 0:29 over Kaleb Branch (Lebanon); Cons. Rd. 2 – lost 13-10 dec. to Charles Barnhouse (Iowa City West); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 0:44 to Kavel Moore (Chicago Mt. Carmel); 23rd place match – WBF in 0:43 over Maddox Westendorf (Waverly-Shell Rock)
106 – Kelton Casterton, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:57 to Luke Foster (Joliet Catholic Academy); Cons. Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:57 to Maddox Westendorf (Waverly-Shell Rock); Cons. Rd. 2 – won 13-11 sudden victory over Jaedn Gallagher (Linn-Mar); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 2:25 to August Lubinski (West Bend West); Cons. Rd. 4 – lost 9-5 dec. to Kaleb Branch (Lebanon)
120 – D’mitry Lesser, DNP
Prelim – lost 18-3 tech fall to Adante Washington (Joliet Catholic Academy); Prelim – LBF in 1:03 to Kaden Klappordt (DeKalb)
126 – Michael Clement, 12th place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 5:14 over Caiden Selof (New Lenox/Lincoln Way West; Rd. 2 – LBF in 0:42 to Koufax Christensen (Waukee Northwest); Cons. Rd. 2 – won 7-4 dec. over James Stevens (Hampton-Dumont-CAL); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 2:56 to Matthew McCrea (Bondurant-Farrar); 11th place match – LBF in 4:00 to Isaac Zimmerman (Lockport Twp.)
132 – Mason Avila, DNP
Prelim – won 13-5 maj. dec. over Gavin Nischke (Huntley); Rd. 1 – lost 13-5 maj. dec. to Roman Stewart (Liberty); Cons. Rd. 1 – lost by medical forfeit to Jaxon Larson (Don Bosco); Cons. Rd. 2 – lost by medical forfeit to Perez Perez (Ankeny); Cons. Rd. 3 – lost by medical forfeit to Athen Salcedo (Bellevue West); Cons. Rd. 4 – lost by medical forfeit to Jacob Axsom (Liberty)
138 – Will Larson, DNP
Rd. 1 – lost 8-7 dec. to Andrew Rouh (Ankeny); Cons. Rd. 1 – lost 11-5 dec. to Caden Harrington (Ozark); Cons. Rd. 2 – bye; Cons. Rd. 3 – won 11-0 maj. dec. over McCoy McIlravy (Waverly-Shell Rock); Cons. Rd. 4 – lost 11-2 maj. dec. to Matthew Shomin (Staley)
144 – William Fullhart, 21st place
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:17 to Jayden Haueter (Apple Valley); Cons. Rd. 1 – WBF in 3:52 over Daniel Lynch (Chicago Mt. Carmel); Cons. Rd. 2 – lost 10-7 dec. to Grant Harris (Hortonville); Cons. Rd. 3 – won 10-2 maj. dec. over Vinnie Pinto (New Lenox/Lincoln Way West); 21st place match – WBF 3:37 over Javen Dean (Bettendorf)
150 – Kollin Henry, 23rd place
Rd. 1 – lost 6-2 dec. to Noah Trottier (Apple Valley; Cons. Rd. 1 – won 9-3 dec. over Jace Houston (Albert Lea Area); Cons. Rd. 2 – lost 11-5 dec. to Cory Lindahl (Medford Area); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 2:59 to Kash Johnson (Ankeny); 23rd place match – won 13-3 maj. dec. over Hunter Richardson (Fort Dodge)
157 – Daniel See, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 3:57 to Jacob Whipple (Bettendorf); Cons. Rd. 1 – LBF in 2:51 to Colton Kainz (West Bend West); Cons. Rd. 2 – WBF in 5:26 over Gordey Gambrall (Iowa City West); Cons. Rd. 3 – lost 10-4 dec. to Tony Wei (Waukee); Cons. Rd. 4 – LBF in 3:10 to Kyle Agnew (Hortonville)
165 – Brody Hanson, 22nd place
Rd. 1 – lost 8-2 dec. to Barrett Mieras (Linn-Mar); Cons. Rd. 1 – WBF in 4:53 over Kaylub White (Kasson-Mantorville); Cons. Rd. 2 – lost 11-9 dec. to Marvick Attig (Albert Lea Area); Cons. Rd. 3- WBF in 3:05 over Nic Astacio (Woodstock/Marian); 21st place match – lost 6-4 dec. to AJ Garcia (Apple Valley)
175 – Bradan Darling, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 5:27 to Jacob Schlee (Ankeny); Cons. Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:58 to Kinnick Lechtenberg (Linn-Mar); Cons. Rd. 2 – LBF in 3:47 to Brody Robertson (Hampton-Dumont-CAL); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 5:11 to Trey Stoltenberg (Northwest); Cons. Rd. 4 – won by medical forfeit over Elias Bentley (Antioch)
190 – Thomas Sexton, 19th place
Prelim – WBF in 1:18 over Nathan Treat (Bellevue West); Rd. 1 – lost 7-5 dec. to Nico Ronchetti (Joliet Catholic Academy); Cons. Rd. 1 – WBF in 1:50 over Parker Gasper (Linn-Mar); Cons. Rd. 2 – won 3-0 dec. over Aiden Fartaczek (Wayzata); Cons. Rd. 3 – lost 10-5 dec. to Vinnie Testa (Aurora Marmion Academy); 19th place match – won 5-4 dec. over Austin McHugh (Hortonville)
215 – Kaiden Youngblood, 24th place
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:20 to Dreshaun Ross (Fort Dodge); Cons. Rd. 1 – WBF in 3:16 over Gunner Albin (Lee’s Summit); Cons. Rd. 2 – LBF in 3:59 to Maer Deng (Staley); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 3:15 to Evan Schroeder (Albert Lea Area); 23rd place match – lost 7-2 dec. to Ruben Arvizu (Ozark)
285 – William Tallier, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:39 to Caden Dahlke (Northwest); Cons. Rd. 1 – LBF in 1:04 to Briggs Opp (Wayzata); Cons. Rd. 2 – LBF in 0:18 to Royse Miller (Lee’s Summit); Cons. Rd. 3 – LBF in 0:34 to Wyatt Shumate (Lebanon); Cons. Rd. 4 – LBF in 0:17 to Hsaaban Naim (Iowa City City High)
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