By Becky Walz,
The No. 8 Decorah girls’ wrestling team is peaking at the right time with a close finish at No. 3 Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday and a team title at the Central Elkader Invite Friday night.
Oh, so close
It all came down to matches forfeited by Decorah Thursday as Waverly-Shell Rock claimed victory 48-36 in the NEIC dual in Waverly.
The Vikes won six matches at Waverly including No. 5 Chloe Sheffield (105), Kaitlyn Bjork (115), Ana Simon (135), No. 9 Mairi Sessions (155), No. 1 Naomi Simon (170) and Kamryn Steines (190).
The No. 8 Decorah girls’ wrestling team is peaking at the right time with a close finish at No. 3 Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday and a team title at the Central Elkader Invite Friday night.
Oh, so close
It all came down to matches forfeited by Decorah Thursday as Waverly-Shell Rock claimed victory 48-36 in the NEIC dual in Waverly.
The Vikes won six matches at Waverly including No. 5 Chloe Sheffield (105), Kaitlyn Bjork (115), Ana Simon (135), No. 9 Mairi Sessions (155), No. 1 Naomi Simon (170) and Kamryn Steines (190).
Decorah 36, Waverly-Shell Rock 48
100 – Dec lost by forfeit; 105 – Chloe Sheffield (Dec) WBF 1:36 over Macy Tiedt (W-SR); 110 – Dec lost by forfeit; 115 – Kaitlyn Bjork (Dec) WBF 1:59 over Ashley Heine (W-SR); 120 – Rorie Weidow (Dec) LBF 0:47 to Brinley Meier (W-SR); 125 – Dec lost by forfeit; 130 – Ashley Bjork (Dec) LBF 3:27 to Lilly Stough (W-SR); 135 – Ana Simon (Dec) WBF 4:37 over Evie Wagner (W-SR); 140 – McKenzie Tollefson (Dec) LBF 1:36 to Kiara Djoumessi (W-SR); 145 – Lauren Luzum (Dec) LBF 1:39 to Haidyn Snyder (W-SR); 155 – Mairi Sessions (Dec) WBF 3:46 over Alli Seegers (W-SR); 170 – Naomi Simon (Dec) WBF 0:38 over Alexis Johnson (W-SR); 190 – Kamryn Steines (Dec) WBF 2:23 over Karissa Oldenburger (W-SR); 235 – Madysen Lippe (Dec) LBF 1:48 to Madison Hinrichs (W-SR)
Central tourney
Central Invite team scores (Top 10)
1. Decorah 208; 2. East Buchanan 170; 3. Southeast Polk 152; 4. Sumner-Fred 92.5; 5. Holmen (Wis.) 89; 6. Dubuque Senior 80; 7. Waukon 78; 8. North Central 75; 9. South Winn 75; 10. Crestwood 68
Back on the mats less than 24 hours later, the Lady Vikes dominated to claim the team title with 208 points at Central Elkader Friday night.
Decorah saw two grapplers earn titles with four others bringing home silver.
Topping the podium for the Vikes were Ana Simon at 135 pounds and No. 1 Naomi Simon at 170 pounds.
A. Simon, a freshman, opened her quest for the crown with a fall over Waukon’s Ava Bossom in 1:27 in the quarterfinal. She pulled off an upset in the semifinal, defeating No. 4 Cecilia Scarff of Southeast Polk by a 3-1 decision to advance to the finals. A. Simon secured her top spot in the weight class with a 3-0 decision over East Buchanan’s Destiny Krum.
At 170 pounds, N. Simon has been a force and Friday was no different as she threw Aleah Eichenberger of New Hampton/Turkey Valley in 37 seconds in the quarterfinal. She kept her night alive with a 6-0 decision over No. 8 Brooklyn Graham of East Buchanan and finished by pinning Rachel Schauer of Fennimore (Wis.) in 1:45.
Coming up just short of the title for Decorah were Ashley Bjork (130), McKenzie Tollefson (140), Lauren Luzum (145) and Madysen Lippe (235).
Individual results
105 – Chloe Sheffield, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – WBF 1:23 over Tatum Carey (Eau Claire North); quarterfinal – WBF 0:58 over Valeria Torres (East Buchanan); semifinal – LBF 3:38 to Hillary Trainor (S-F); 3rd place – WBF 0:17 over Ava Bilden (NFV)
115 – Kaitlyn Bjork, 4th place
Rd. 1 – WBF 1:30 over Jasmine Schwartz (North Central); quarterfinal – won 7-6 dec. over Hannah Reel (Dubuque Senior); semifinal – LBF 3:06 to Reese Berns (Central Elkader); 3rd place – LBF 1:01 to Ava McDermott (Dubuque Wahlert)
120 – Rorie Weidow, 3rd place
Rd. 2- WBF 3:21 over Leah Luedtke (Eau Claire North); quarterfinal – bye; semifinal – LBF 3:41 to Sammi Isham (East Buchanan); 3rd place – won 11-5 dec. over Zyla Wright (Dubuque Senior)
130 – Ashley Bjork, 2nd place
Quarterfinal – WBF 3:05 over Alyssa Seippel (Dubuque Senior); semifinal – WBF 5:48 over Tierny Perkins (Crestwood); final – lost 9-0 maj. dec. to Destiny Krum (East Buchanan)
135 – Ana Simon, 1st place
Quarterfinal – WBF 1:27 over Ava Bossom (Waukon); semifinal – won 3-1 dec. over Cecilia Scarff (Southeast Polk); final – won 3-0 dec. over Miley Walz (East Buchanan)
140 – McKenzie Tollefson, 2nd place
Quarterfinal – won 15-2 maj. dec. over Mya Peterson (North Central); semifinal – WBF 4:51 over Ryanne Dunn (Bellevue); final – LBF 1:15 to Andelyn Cabalka (East Buchanan)
145 – Lauren Luzum, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – WBF 5:09 overJolee Strohmeyer (Dubuque Senior); quarterfinal – WBF 3:28 over Evelyn Vetsch (Holmen); semifinal – WBF 3:06 over Tayla Stiefel (East Buchanan); final – LBF 4:55 to Ali Russler (NH/TV)
155 – Mairi Sessions, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – WBF 1:13 over Karise Benson (Dubuque Senior); quarterfinal – WBF 1:22 over Jamie Jones (S-F); semifinal – lost 3-0 dec. to Keeley Kehrli (East Buchanan); 3rd place – WBF 2:30 over Alexa Szak (Holmen)
170 – Naomi Simon, 1st place
Quarterfinal – WBF 0:37 over Aleah Eichenberger (NH/TV); semifinal – won 6-0 dec. over Brooklyn Graham (East Buchanan); final – WBF 1:45 over Rachel Schauer (Fennimore)
190 – Skyla Jevne, 5th place
Quarterfinal – LBF 1:54 to Kylie Vance (N-P); cons. rd. 2 – WBF 1:24 over Kennedee Dunning (Waterloo West); cons. semifinal – WBF 3:45 over Abigail Gauf (Dubuque Senior); 5th place – WBF 1:50 over Avery Hoffmeyer (North Central)
235 – Madysen Lippe, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – LBF 1:34 to Maci Bergmann (Tripoli); Rd. 2 – WBF 4:15 over Vanessa Schnuelle (Postville); Rd. 3 – WBF 1:10 over ava Woltzen (North Central)
This week
In their lone action of the week, Decorah will host a NEIC dual with Crestwood Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6:15 p.m.
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