By Becky Walz,
The Decorah wrestling team took to the mats at the Chris Flanagan Invite Saturday at Crestwood. Creston won the team title with 214 points. Decorah earned fifth with 91.5 points.
The Decorah wrestling team took to the mats at the Chris Flanagan Invite Saturday at Crestwood. Creston won the team title with 214 points. Decorah earned fifth with 91.5 points.
The Vikings crowned just one champion. At 145 pounds, Brady Stille utilized an 18-3 tech fall in 4:48 to defeat Lukas Carrier of Chatfield in the quarterfinals. It was another decision, this time 10-3 for Stille in the semifinal as he bested Caledonia-Houston’s Tucker Ginther. In the final, the Viking earned a 13-2 major decision over Triston Barncastle of Creston.
Decorah also had Austin Wilkins in the finals, who ended his day as the runner-up at 160 pounds. Wilkins first won a 5-1 decision over William Bolinger of Creston, then defeated Trent Pisney of Crestwood 5-0 in the semifinal. Facing another Creston grappler in the finals, Brennan Hayes, the Viking was rolled to his back in 1:18 to finish his day.
Flanagan Invite team scores
1. Creston 214; 2. Crestwood 203.5; 3. Chatfield 159; 4. Caledonia-Houston 138; 5. Decorah 91.5; 6. Mason City 86; 7. North Fayette Valley 74; 8. Waukon 45.5
Individual results
106 – Justin Fortman, DNP
Prelim 1 – LBF 3:54 to Kaisen Johnson (Chatfield); Prelim 2 – LBF 1:38 to Mitchell Schmauss (Crest)
113 – Kollin Henry, 4th place
Quarters – WBF 3:25 over Hunter Frank (C-H); Semifinal – lost 4-2 dec. to Christian Ahrens (Creston); Cons. Semifinal – won 5-0 dec. over Reed Kruger (MC); 3rd place – lost 10-2 maj. dec. to Gage Bartels (Chat)
126 – Daniel See, DNP
Prelim 1 – WBF 2:30 over Gavin Sandoval (MC); Quarters – LBF 1:37 to Nick Koch (NFV); Cons. Rd. 1 – LBF 1:16 to Ben Carrier (Chat)
132 – Lane Rolfs, 5th place
Quarters – won 1-0 dec. over Trey Chesnut (Creston); Semifinal – lost 5-3 dec. to Owen Denstad (C-H); Cons. Semifinal – lost 4-2 dec. to Ethan Govern (Crest); 5th place – won 12-1 maj. dec. over Trey Chesnut (Creston)
145 – Brady Stille, 1st place
Quarters – won 18-3 tech fall in 4:48 over Lukas Carrier (Chatfield); Semifinal – won 10-3 dec. over Tucker Ginther (C-H); Final – won 13-2 maj. dec. over Triston Barncastle (Creston)
152 – Brody Hanson, DNP
Prelim – WBF 3:59 over Jackson Schild (Chat); Quarters – LBF 1:50 to Briley Hayes (Creston); Cons. Rd. 1 – lost 7-4 dec. to Aidan Skoda (Crest)
160 – Austin Wilkins, 2nd place
Quarters – won 5-1 dec. over William Bolinger (Creston); Semifinal – won 5-0 dec. over Trent Pisney (Crest); Final – LBF 1:18 to Brennan Hayes (Creston)
170 – Gavin Stortz, DNP
Quarters – LBF 5:02 to Ashton Howe (Crest); Cons. Rd. 1 – LBF 3:42 to Aden Kulas (C-H)
182 – Corbyn Palmer, 3rd place
Quarters – WBF 3:23 over Auston Seaton (Creston); Semifinal – LBF 1:57 to Cullen Dickson (Waukon); Cons. Semifinal – WBF 1:13 over Miles Mulhern (Chat); 3rd place – WBF 2:34 over Ty Morrison (Creston)
220 – Oskar Paulson, 4th place
Quarters – LBF 0:34 to Ethan Ruskell (Chat); Cons. Rd. 1 – bye; Cons. Semifinal – WBF 3:21 over Dallas Burris (Chat); 3rd palce – LBF 0:55 to Ethan Ruskell (Chat)
Thursday’s dual
Earlier in the week, Decorah hosted Class 3A No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock in a conference dual, getting shut out by the Go-Hawks, 76-0.
In girls’ action on the mats, the Decorah earned the win, 30-21, with five Vikes winning matches. At 106 pounds, Chloe Sheffield pinned Amber Hoth in 1:20. Amelia Wadsworth threw Alli Seegers in 2:54 for the win at 138 pounds. Facing Gayle Robinson at 152 pounds, Mairi Sessions was the victor with a pin in 3:01. Naomi Simon needed little time to put Mary Carolus on her back, winning in 23 seconds at 170 pounds. At 220 pounds, Maia Foster threw Madison Hinrichs in 3:53.
Decorah 0, Waverly-Shell Rock 76
106 – Justin Fortman (Dec) LBF 2:00 to Alex Hornyak (W-SR); 113 – Kollin Henry (Dec) lost 22-5 tech fall in 6:00 to Zane Behrends (W-SR); 120 – Dec lost by forfeit; 126 – Daniel See (Dec) LBF 1:56 to Sam Honyak (W-SR); 132 – Lane Rolfs (Dec) lost 3-2 dec. to Carter Fecht (W-SR); 138 – Dec lost by forfeit; 145 – Brady Stille (Dec) LBF 5:32 to Bas Diaz (W-SR); 152 – Brody Hanson (Dec) lost 14-10 dec. to Cayden Langreck (W-SR); 160 – Erik Hjelle (Dec) LBF 0:49 to Aiden Riggins (W-SR); 170 – Gavin Stortz (Dec) lost 17-2 tech fall in 5:19 to Sean Mwangi (W-SR); 182 – Corbyn Palmer (Dec) LBF 0:47 to Cole Thompson (W-SR); 195 – Dec lost by forfeit; 220 – Oskar Paulson (Dec) LBF 1:13 to Jacob Willson (W-SR); 285 – Dec lost by forfeit
Girl’s Results
Decorah 30, Waverly-Shell Rock 21
106 – Chloe Sheffield (Dec) WBF 1:20 over Amber Hoth (W-SR); 120 – Anya Lovstuen (Dec) LBF 0:17 to Eva Diaz (W-SR); 126 – Ashley Bjork (Dec) lost 6-4 dec. to Lilly Stough (W-SR); 132 – Madison Heim (Dec) LBF 1:20 to Macy Smith (W-SR); 138 – Amelia Wadsworth (Dec) WBF 2:54 over alli Seegers (W-SR); 145 – McKenzie Tollefson (Dec) LBF 1:04 to Haidyn Snyder (W-SR); 152 – Mairi Sessions (Dec) WBF 3:01 over Gayle Robinson (W-SR); 170 – Naomi Simon (Dec) WBF 0:23 over Mary Carolus (W-SR); 220 – Maia Foster (Dec) WBF 3:53 over Madison Hinrichs (W-SR)
Upcoming meets
The Vikings will be on the road Thursday, Jan. 13, at Crestwood for a NEIC dual, then compete in the Osage team dual tournament Saturday, Jan. 15, at 9 a.m.
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