By Becky Walz,
Warrior Sophia Dvorak eyes her opponent during the opening tournament of the season held in Decorah. Tuesday, the junior finished sixth at the Central tournament at 120 pounds. (Photo by Becky Walz)
With the Thanksgiving break in the rearview mirror, the South Winn girls’ wrestling team was back on the mats Tuesday night at the Central Elkader Girls Tournament with four place winners.
West Delaware won the night with 154 points with Alburnett a close second with 146. The Warriors finished the night with 50 points in 11th place among the 17-team field.
Junior Maddy Jansen was the lone SW grappler to reach the finals. She received a first-round bye at 140 pounds, then put Crystal Goodrich of Central on her back in the first period. In the semifinal, Jansen threw Gracie Kuhn of North Fayette Valley in 5:01 before falling to Union’s Jillian Worthen in 1:28 to earn silver.
At 135 pounds, Gracie Walz won her first two rounds by fall over Chelsea Brumm of St. Ansgar and Oelwein’s Jaylynn Craun. The freshmen dropped her final two matches of the night, a fall to Alburnett’s Lyni Gusick and a 6-1 decision to Josi Munger of Starmont, to take fourth.
Taking fifth at 115 pounds was Violet Schmelzer and sixth went to Sophia Dvorak at 120 pounds.
Central Girls tnmt. team scores
1. West Delaware 154; 2. Alburnett 146; 3. Sumner-Fredericksburg 121.5; 4. North Fayette Valley 114.5; 5. Saint Ansgar 111.5; 6. Postville 86; 7. North Butler-Clarksville 79; 8. MFL MarMac 78; 9. Central Elkader 68; 10. Oelwein 56; 11. South Winn 50; 12. Union 35; 13. Nashua-Plainfield 32; 14. Riceville 25; 15. Starmont 20; 16. Waterloo Columbus 3; 17. Charles City 0
Individual results
110 – Izzy Goltz, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Quarterfinal – LBF in 1:10 to Brielle Starkweather (NFV); Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 1:44 to Jasmine Bassett (Union)
115 – Violet Schmelzer, 5th place
Quarterfinal – LBF in 0:38 to Ryley Hartman (Oelwein); Cons. rd. 1 – WBF in 1:29 over Veda Torkelson (MFL MM); Cons. semifinal – LBF in 0:19 to Cameryn Judisch (Sumner-Fred); 5th place match – won by injury def. over Ryley Hartman (Oelwein)
120 – Sophia Dvorak, 6th place
Quarterfinal – bye; Semifinal – LBF in 1:03 to Alivia White (WD); Cons. semifinal – LBF in 1:07 to Bernice Garcia (Postville)
125 – Odessa Oyloe, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Quarterfinal – LBF in 1:33 to Sophia Salinas (Postville); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. semifinal – LBF in 3:14 to Tori Keonigs (Riceville)
130 – Jena Peters, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 1:04 to Kylee Shoop (WD); Cons. rd. 1 – LBF in 3:59 to Jayla Patten (N-P)
135 – Gracie Walz, 4th place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 2:41 over Chelsea Brumm (St. Ansgar); Quarterfinal – WBF in 2:36 over Jaylynn Craun (Oelwein); Semifinal – LBF in 0:34 to Lyni Gusick (Alburnett); 3rd place match – lost 6-1 dec. to Josi Munger (Starmont)
140 – Maddy Jansen, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – bye; Quarterfinal – WBF in 1:43 over Crystal Goodrich (Central); Semifinal – WBF in 5:01 over Gracie Kuhn (NFV); Final – LBF in 1:28 to Jillian Worthen (Union)
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