By Becky Walz,
Hitting the mats in an all-girls wrestling tournament at Central Elkader, the Decorah girls’ team walked away with the crown after earning 197 points Friday night. Second went to Charles City with 173 points. South Winn also was in action in Elkader, finishing with 42 points in 12th place.
Hitting the mats in an all-girls wrestling tournament at Central Elkader, the Decorah girls’ team walked away with the crown after earning 197 points Friday night. Second went to Charles City with 173 points. South Winn also was in action in Elkader, finishing with 42 points in 12th place.
Decorah dominates
The Vikings had three grapplers on top of the medal stand, including Anya Lovstuen (113 pounds), Naomi Simon (170) and Maia Foster (195).
Lovstuen recorded two falls and a decision en route to her title. She first squared off against Emma Hall of Saint Ansgar, throwing her in 3:55. Advancing to the semifinal, Lovstuen earned a win by a 13-7 decision over Kassandrea Mueller of Holmen to move into the finals against Crestwood’s Kinze Shea. The Viking ended the match in 1:55 with a throw.
In round robin action, Simon pinned her way to the top of the podium, throwing all five of her opponents. The sophomore pinned Kloe Hemmersbach of Waukon in 1:28 and moved on to throw Charles City’s Kylie Vance in 39 seconds. It took Simon 44 seconds to pin Kloey Dowse of Saint Ansgar and 1:35 to turn teammate Camielle Wiedow. In round five, Clayton Ridge’s Samantha Spielbauer was a little more competition; however, Simon pinned her in 3:02.
At 195 pounds, Foster also threw all three of her foes. She won by fall in 42 seconds over Gabby Garcia of Postville in the quarterfinals, then tossed Emma Speicher on her back in 31 seconds in the semifinal. South Winn adversary Isabelle Kipp fought until the 1:16 mark when Foster ended the match.
Warrior trio
South Winn had three ladies in action and saw two make the finals, both finished in second.
At 126 pounds, Kaydn Meyer threw Holmen’s Molly Towner in 2:43 in the quarterfinals to advance. In the semifinals, she picked up a fall in 4:33 over Brandy Beatty of Central, before facing Holmen’s Jaida Harshman in the finals. There she was turned in 45 seconds.
Isabelle Kipp threw her first two opponents to advance to the finals. Kipp put the shoulders of Decorah’s Skyla Jevne on the mat in 3:26 in the quarterfinals and pinned Decorah’s Riley Wilson in 1:45. In the finals she faced her third Viking of the night, falling to Maia Foster in 1:16.
Also, on the mats at 138 for South Winn was senior Riley Meyer.
Central Invite team scores (Top 12)
1. Decorah 197; 2. Charles City 173; 3. Holmen 153; 4. Crestwood 152; 5. Sumner-Fred 82; 6. Anamosa 79; 7 East Buchanan 79; 8. Central Elkader 65; 9. Waukon 60; 10. Dubuque Wahlert 57; 11. Saint Ansgar 57; 12. South Winn 42
Individual results
106 – Chloe Sheffield (Dec), 8th place
Rd. 1 – WBF 0:27 over Paige Dulin (Tripoli); quarters – lost 13-9 dec. to Mariah Michels (St. Ansgar); cons. rd. 2 – WBF 5:08 over Taylor German (Starmont); cons. semi – LBF 1:33 to Nora Lee (Holmen); 7th place – LBF 2:49 to Bella Xiong (Holmen)
113 – Anya Lovstuen (Dec), 1st place
Quarters – WBF 3:55 over Emma Hall (St. Ansgar); semifinal – won 13-7 dec. over Kassandra Mueller (Holmen); final – WBF 1:55 over Kinze Shea (Crest)
126 – Kaydn Meyer (SW), 2nd place
Quarters – WBF 2:53 over Molly Towner (Holmen); Semifinal – WBF 4:33 over Brandy Beatty (Central); Final – LBF 0:45 to Jaida Harshman (Holmen)
126 – Ashley Bjork (Dec), 3rd place
Rd. 1 – WBF 3:04 over Jorgie Wendling (Independence); quarters – WBF 2:51 over Alexa Szak (Holmen); semifinal – LBF 0:24 to Jaida Harshman (Holmen); 3rd place – WBF 1:24 over Brandy Beatty (Central)
132 – Madison Heim (Dec), DNP
Rd. 1 – lost 11-5 dec. to Sydni Schindler (Eau Claire North); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. rd. 2 – lost by medical forfeit
138 – Amelia Wadsworth (Dec), 7th place
Rd. 1 – WBF 1:53 over Maddie Hall (Holmen); quarters – LBF 1:21 to MacKenzie Bachman (MFL MM); cons. rd. 2- WBF 3:54 over Riley Meyer (SW); cons. semi – LBF 5:10 to Leslie Graves (NFV); 7th place – WBF 0:32 over Isabella Sprosty (N. Crawford)
138 – Riley Meyer (SW), DNP
Rd. 1 – lost 8-5 dec. to Kyra Butikofer (Crest); Cons. rd. 1 – bye; Cons. rd. 2 – LBF 3:54 to Amelia Wadsworth (Dec)
145 – McKenzie Tollefson (Dec), 8th place
Quarters – lost 4-1 dec. to Ali Russler (NH/TV); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 1:29 to Katlyn Grant (Eau Claire North); 7th place – LBF 0:49 to Drew Chesvold (NFV)
152 – Mairi Sessions (Dec), 2nd place
Quarters – WBF 0:39 over Kate Hingtgen (Wahlert); semifinal – WBF 1:32 over Evelyn Vetsch (Holmen); final – LBF 1:25 to Keeley Kehrli (EB)
152 – Kamryn Steines (Dec), 3rd place
Quarters – LBF 1:43 to Destiny Kolheim (CC); cons. rd. 1 – WBF 0:52 over Jazmyn Manske (Holmen); cons. semi – WBF 3:43 over Evelyn Vetsch (Holmen); 3rd place – won 7-2 dec. over Morgan Maloy (CC)
160 – April Kruse (Dec), 4th place
Quarters – WBF 1:12 over Nicole Williams (Tripoli); semifinal – LBF 1:32 to Emily Szak (Holmen); cons. semi – WBF 0:46 over Reagan Lubahn (Waukon); 3rd place – LBF 1:32 to Saydey Scholbrock (Crestwood)
170 – Naomi Simon (Dec), 1st place
Rd. 1 – WBF 1:28 over Kloe Hemmersbach (Waukon); Rd. 2 – WBF 0:39 over Kylie Vance (CC); Rd. 3 – WBF 0:44 over Kloey Dowse (St. Ansgar); Rd. 4 – WBF 1:35 over Camielle Wiedow (Dec); Rd. 5 – WBF 3:02 over Samantha Spielbauer (CR)
170 – Camielle Wiedow (Dec), 4th place
Rd. 1 – LBF 0:19 to Samantha Spielbauer (CR); Rd. 2 – LBF 1:21 to Kloe Hemmersbach (Waukon); Rd. 3 – WBF 1:16 over Kylie Vance (CC); Rd. 4 – LBF 1:35 to Naomi Simon (Dec); Rd. 5 – WBF 1:10 over Kloey Dowse (St. Ansgar)
195 – Maia Foster (Dec), 1st place
Quarters – WBF 0:42 over Gabby Garcia (Postville); semifinal – WBF 0:31 over Emma Specher (S-F); final – WBF 1:16 over Isabelle Kipp (SW)
195 – Isabell Kipp (SW), 2nd place
Quarters – WBF 3:26 over Skyla Jevne (Dec); Semifinal – WBF 1:45 over Riley Wilson (Dec); Final – LBF 1:!6 to Maia Foster (Dec)
195 – Riley Wilson (Dec), 3rd place
Quarters – WBF 1:36 over Vanessa Schnuelle (Postville); semifinal – LBF 1:45 to Isabelle Kipp (SW); cons. semi – WBF 1:20 over Cambree Lokken (Eau Claire North); 3rd place – WBF 0:51 over Emma Speicher (S-F)
195 – Skyla Jevne (Dec), 7th place
Quarters – LBF 3:26 to Isabelle Kipp (SW); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 2:20 to Vanessa Schnuelle (Postville; 7th place – WBF 1:59 over Gabby Garcia (Postville)
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