By Becky Walz,
Despite graduating a lot of wrestlers from last year’s Upper Iowa Conference championship team, the South Winn boys’ wrestling team competed well Thursday at the individual tournament. The Warriors finished third with 171 points, behind MFL MarMac who had 220 points and North Fayette Valley with 218.
In addition, two Warrior matmen claimed titles with two others finishing second.
“I thought we wrestled well as we were able to get four wrestlers into the finals,” said Coach Jacob Elsbernd. “We are still young, but I loved our effort and competitive spirit. We are getting healthier and our guys are still making some nice improvements. I think we are starting to peak and will have two weeks to get some work in before we step on the mat at the district tournament.”
Despite graduating a lot of wrestlers from last year’s Upper Iowa Conference championship team, the South Winn boys’ wrestling team competed well Thursday at the individual tournament. The Warriors finished third with 171 points, behind MFL MarMac who had 220 points and North Fayette Valley with 218.
In addition, two Warrior matmen claimed titles with two others finishing second.
“I thought we wrestled well as we were able to get four wrestlers into the finals,” said Coach Jacob Elsbernd. “We are still young, but I loved our effort and competitive spirit. We are getting healthier and our guys are still making some nice improvements. I think we are starting to peak and will have two weeks to get some work in before we step on the mat at the district tournament.”
After a quarterfinal bye, junior 113-pound Aiden Feickert quickly pinned Clayton Ridge’s Kenny Colsch in the semifinals, needing just 46 seconds to get Colsch on his back. In the finals, Feickert threw Kyson Moss of North Fayette Valley in 1:56.
At 195 pounds, Parker Timp also had a pair of falls to win the title. A quarterfinal bye sent the junior directly to the semifinals against Riceville’s Matthew Praska where he got the fall in 39 seconds. Squaring off with Nolan Lerch of MFL MarMac in the finals, Timp earned the title with a throw in 1:24.
Kyle Kuboushek had a round-robin bracket at 152 pounds and went 2-1 to finish second with a 6-3 decision over Kenny Kerr of North Fayette Valley and a fall in 4:36 over Tripoli’s Wesley Brandt. In round three, the freshman fell to MFL MarMac senior Karter Decker in 49 seconds.
The other runner-up finish was earned by Kaden Bullerman at 170 pounds as he earned his 100th career victory. The senior grappler pinned Marco Avila of Riceville in 3:14 in the quarterfinal and turned Dayne Kohrs of MFL MarMac in the semifinal before dropping out of the final match on a medical forfeit.
Districts ahead
South Winn now has two weeks to prepare for district competition which will take place Saturday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m., in Monona, hosted by MFL MarMac. Other teams in the Class 1A district include Beckman Catholic, Clayton Ridge, Central Elkader, Edgewood-Colesburg, Maquoketa Valley, MFL MarMac, Postville, Starmon and Wapsie Valley.
The top two wrestlers from each weight division will advance to state with 24 qualifiers per weight. The individual state meet will take place Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 15-18, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
UIC tournament team scores
1. MFL MarMac 220; 2. North Fayette Valley 218; 3. South Winn 171; 4. Postville 105; 5. Clayton Ridge 75; 6. Riceville 67; 7. Central Elkader 60; 8. Tripoli 41
Individual results
106 – Jamison Zweibahmer, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – bye; semifinal – lost 15-10 sudden victory to Moe Hashi (Postville); cons. semifinal – WBF 0:45 over Jonah Burns (Central Elkader); 3rd place – WBF 1:28 over Wyatt Mohs (MFL MM)
113 – Aiden Feickert, 1st place
Quarterfinal – bye; semifinal – WBF 0:46 over Kenny Colsch (Clayton Ridge); final – WBF 1:56 over Kyson Moss (NFV)
120 – John Donovan, 4th place
Quarterfinal – won 10-5 dec. over Abdikhalia Ibrahim (Postville); semifinal – LBF 2:48 to Braxton Bormann (Central Elkader); cons. semifinal – bye; 3rd place – lost 9-1 maj. dec. to Chance Christensen (Riceville)
126 – Eric Greve, 4th place
Rd. 1 – LBF 2:42 to Nick Deitchler (Central Elkader); Rd. 2 – LBF 0:25 to Tate Germann (NFV); Rd. 3 – lost 6-3 dec. to Rylee Kugal (MFL MM)
132 – Landen Schnuelle, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – WBF 3:17 over Will Felper (Riceville); semifinal – LBF 3:51 to Nick Koch (NFV); cons. semifinal – WBF 0:49 over Preston Kulper (Central Elkader); 3rd place – WBF 4:23 over Abdiaziz Ibrahim (Postville)
138 – Dylan Taylor, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – LBF 1:18 to Bryce Radloff (MFL MM); Rd. 2 – LBF 2:50 to Caden Kerr (NFV); Rd. 3 – WBF 1:41 over Anthony Sandoval (Clayton Ridge)
145 – Lukas Weiss, 4th place
Quarterfinal – WBF 2:04 over Lane Rork (Clayton Ridge); semifinal – LBF 1:17 to Jesse Grimes (NFV); cons. semifinal – bye; 3rd place – LBF 1:15 to Lane Rork (Clayton Ridge)
152 – Kyle Kuboushek, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – won 6-3 dec. over Kenny Kerry (NFV); Rd. 2 – WBF 4:36 over Wesley Brandt (Tripoli); Rd. 3 – LBF 0:49 to Karter Decker (MFL MM)
160 – Brady Ohrt, 4th place
Quarterfinal – WBF 5:33 over Caleb Lawrence (Clayton Ridge); semifinal – LBF 0:44 to Quinn McGeough (MFL MM); cons. semifinal – WBF 2:39 over Christian Boldt (Tripoli); 3rd place – LBF 2:35 to Anthony Houser (Riceville)
170 – Kaden Bullerman, 2nd place
Quarterfinal – WBF 3:14 over Marco Avila (Riceville); semifinal – WBF 3:49 over Dayne Kohrs (MFL MM); final – lost by medical forfeit to Giles Cowell (Tripoli)
195 – Parker Timp, 1st place
Quarterfinal – bye; semifinal – WBF 0:39 over Matthew Praska (Riceville); final – WBF 1:24 over Nolan Lerch (MFL MM)
220 – Ray Lienau, 5th place
Quarterfinal – lost 4-0 dec. to Antoni Solovi (Postville); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. semifinal – LBF 1:06 to Gannon Jaster (Clayton Ridge); 5th place – bye
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