Numbers continue to fall amid injuries to the South Winn girls wrestling team, and those still competing are fighting for every win.
Round robin tourney
Friday, the Lady Warrior wrestling team made the short trek to Postville for a round robin tournament with four of its squad members.
Waukon topped the 10-team field with 154.5 points and Crestwood finished as the runner-up with 143. South Winn finished the night with 35 points in 10th place.
Wrestling in the 125B division, freshman Jena Peters went 3-0 to finish first. Peters picked up three falls during the competition, throwing Waukon’s Ruin Mathis in 1:42, before disposing of Brooklyn Larson of Boscobel/Wauzeka-Steuben in 3:59. She finished her quest for first by putting Ruby McKinney of Denver on her back in 3:27.
Gracie Walz went 2-2 for the night at 135 pounds to finish third, pinning Postville’s Fernanda Hernandez in 4:21 and Ayla Kass of Boscobel/Wauzeka-Steuben in 41 seconds.
Sophia Dvorak and Isabelle Goltz wrestled at 110 pounds, with Dvorak throwing her teammate Goltz in 1:05 to finish in third and putting Goltz in fourth.
Postville tnmt. team scores
1. Waukon 154.5; 2. Crestwood 143; 3. North Fayette Valley 105; 4. Postville 94; 5. Janesville 66; 6. Cascade 65.6; 7. Central Elkader 57.5; 8. Denver 54; 9. Boscobel/Wauzeka-Steuben 42.5; 10. South Winn 35
Individual results
110 – Isabelle Goltz, 4th place
Rd. 1 – LBF in 3:13 to Emily Reinhardt (Waukon); Rd. 2 – LBF in 0:29 to Addison Buseman (Janesville); Rd. 3 – LBF in 1:05 to Sophia Dvorak (SW)
110 – Sophia Dvorak, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:41 to Addison Buseman (Janesville); Rd. 2 – LFB in 0:43 to Emily Reinhardt (Waukon); Rd. 3 – WBF in 1:05 over Isabelle Goltz (SW)
125B – Jena Peters, 1st place
Quarters – WBF in 1:42 over Ruin Mathis (Waukon); Rd. 2 – WBF in 3:59 over Brooklyn Larson (B/W/S); Rd. 3 – WBF in 3:27 over Ruby McKinney (Denver)
135 – Gracie Walz, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – LBF in 3:22 to Amber Harmening (Crestwood); Rd. 2 – WBF in 4:21 over Fernanda Hernandez (Postville); Rd. 4 – WBF in 0:41 over Ayla Kass (B/W/S); Rd. 5 – LBF in 1:00 to Carly Maternach (Cascade)
Back in action
Tuesday the Warriors assembled a slightly larger squad to compete at the Cougar Invite hosted by Sumner-Fredericksburg to finish with 48 points in sixth place. The host Cougars won the event with 143, edging Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center by one.
Maddy Jansen (130) and Walz (135) collected third place finishes, while Goltz (110) and Odessa Oyloe (125) picked up fourth place points.
Jansen went 3-1 on the night with a quarterfinal fall over Anamosa’s Paige Heims in 32 seconds. In the semifinal, the junior battle S-F’s Isabel Christensen to an 8-3 decision loss. She then threw Alannah Hanson of St. Ansgar in 3:26 in the consolation bracket to advance to the third place match where she met Heims for a second time and earned another fall in 1:07.
Walz initally lost to Lila Reints of Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center in the quarterfinal by fall in 4:33 and battle her was through the consolation bracket with falls over Emerie Parkes of S-F and Starmont’s Josi Munger to get revenge on Reints in the third place match, throwing the AP/GC grappler in 44 seconds.
Cougar Invite team scores
1. Sumner-Fredericksburg 143; 2. AP/GC 142; 3. Anamosa 135; 4. Saint Ansgar 69; 5. Denver 66.5; 6. South Winn 48; 7. Central Elkader 40; 8. Union 33; 9. Riceville 26; 10. Starmont 18; 11. Oelwein 15; 12. Columbus Catholic 7
Individual results
110 – Isabelle Goltz, 4th place
Quarterfinal – won by 20-3 tech fall over Merissa Rogers (Oel); Semifinal – LBF in 0:52 to Braelyn Suckow (S-F); Cons. semifinal – WBF in 2:34 over Jasmine Bassett (Union); 3rd place match – LBF in 0:51 to Kylie Belinsky (S-F)
110 – Sophia Dvorak, DNP
Quarterfinal – LBF in 2:53 to Jules Neubauer (Denver); Cons. rd. 1 – LBF in 2:49 to Jasmine Bassett (Union)
125 – Odessa Oyloe, 4th place
Rd. 1 – bye; Quarterfinal – LBF in 3:57 to Ella Pitz (S-F); Cons. rd. 1 – WBF in 0:52 over Alexus Umbaugh (Union); Cons. semifinal – WBF in 4:55 over Ruby McKinney (Denver); 3rd place match – LBF in 0:35 to Ella Pitz (S-F)
130 – Maddy Jansen, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – WBF in 0:32 over Paige Heims (Ana); Semifinal – lost 8-3 dec. to Isabel Christensen (S-F); Cons. semifinal – WBF in 3:26 over Alannah Hanson (St. Ans); 3rd place match – WBF in 1:07 over Paige Heims (Ana)
130 – Jena Peters, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Quarterfinal – LBF in 0:19 to Ellie Reints (AP/GC); Cons. rd. 1 – LBF in 0:24 to Alannah Hanson (St. Ans)
130 – Mackenzi Maxwell, DNP
Rd. 1 – bye; Quarterfinal – LBF in 0:33 to Isabel Christensen (S-F); Cons. rd. 1 – LBF in 1:30 to Paige Heims (Ana)
135 – Gracie Walz, 3rd place
Quarterfinal – LBF in 4:33 to Lila Reints (AP/GC); Cons. rd. 1 – WBF in 2:50 over Emerie Parkes (S-F); Cons. semifinal – WBF in 0:58 over Josi Munger (Star); 3rd place match – WBF in 0:44 over Lila Reints (AP/GC)
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