By Becky Walz,
Warrior wrestlers Maddy Jansen (left) and Izzy Goltz give a bite on their medals following Friday’s Class 1A Region 3 meet at East Buchanan. (Photo courtesy of Nikki Brodbeck)
Six members of the South Winn girls’ wrestling team donned the singlets Friday evening for the Class 1A Region 3 meet at East Buchanan with one left to carry on the season at state.
As a team the Warriors finished with 51 points in 13th place as Class 1A No. 2 East Buchanan ran away with the team title, tallying 230 points.
For the third time in her high school career fifth-ranked Maddy Jansen will make an appearance on the big stage. Wrestling at 135 pounds, Jansen moved directly to the quarterfinal after a pair of byes Friday. There she threw Gracie Kuhn of North Fayette Valley in 2:35, which would be a critical win later. Sparring with Algona’s Sienna Fehr in the semifinal the Warrior junior picked up the fall in 3:33. In the final, Jansen was turned by sixth-ranked Destiny Krum of East Buchanan in 2:45 and was able to take second place without having to wrestleback as she had already defeated NFV’s Kuhn.
As the sixth seed Jansen, who carries a 25-8 record to state, will open her bid for a state title Thursday afternoon against Cecelia Gryp of Williamsburg who is 33-12 overall.
Isabelle Goltz came up shy of her qualifying bid in third place at 105 pounds. A quarterfinal fall to No. 7 Valeria Torres of East Buchanan left the sophomore battling through the back side of the bracket. A bye in the fourth round of the consolations pushed Goltz into the fifth round, where she picked up a 14-0 major decision win over Maria Ordonez of Postville. The Warrior then threw Alburnett’s Carlyn McGraw in 38 seconds in the consolation semifinal and Addison Donahue of Waukon in 2:51 in the third place match. However, her loss to Torres in the quarterfinal did not allow her a wrestle back to try for second.
Class 1A Region 3 team scores
1. East Buchanan 230; 2. Algona 163.5; 3. Denver 129; 4. Saint Ansgar 98; 5. Wahlert Catholic 95; 6. Center Point-Urbana 89; 7. North Fayette Valley 83; 8. Midland 71.5; 9. Alburnett 63; 10. Postville 59; 11. Janesville 56.5; 12. Central Elkader 56; 13. South Winn 51; 14. Oelwein 45; 14. Waukon 45; 16. Bellevue 39.5; 17. Columbus Catholic 26; 17. Don Bosco 26; 19. Starmont 14
Individual results
105 – Isabelle Goltz, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – bye; Quarterfinal – LBF in 0:25 to Valeria Torres (EB); Cons. rd. 4 – bye; Cons. rd. 5 – won 14-0 maj. dec. over Maria Ordonez (Post); Cons. semifinal – WBF in 0:38 over Carlyn McGraw (Alb); 3rd place match – WBF in 2:51 over Addison Donohue (Waukon); 2nd place match – lost by no contest to Torres (EB)
110 – Sophia Dvorak, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – LBF in 3:42; Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – bye; Cons. rd. 4 – LBF in 1:22 to Brielle Starkweather (NFV)
125 – Odessa Oyloe, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – WBF in 2:45 over Anita Borrenpohl (Bell); Quarterfinal – LBF in 0:24 to Reese Berns (Central); Cons. rd. 4 – LBF in 1:46 over Alysia Dundee (Waukon)
130 – Jena Peters, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – LBF in 3:40 to Taylor Hoskins (CPU); Cons. rd. 2 – bye; Cons. rd. 3 – LBF in 2:46 to Sophia Schuman (Col)
135 – Maddy Jansen, 2nd place
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – bye; Quarterfinal – WBF in 2:35 over Gracie Kuhn (NFV); Semifinal – WBF in 3:33 over Sienna Fehr (Alg); Final – LBF in 2:45 to Destiny Krum (EB); 2nd place match – won by no contest over Kuhn (NFV)
140 – Gracie Walz, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – bye; Quarterfinal – WBF in 2:49 over Jorja Johnson (Waukon); Semifinal – LBF in 0:16 to Andelyn Cabalka (EB); Cons. semifinal – lost 4-1 dec. to Presley Pugh (Janes)
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