By Becky Walz,
Two Vikes reached the finals at the Northeast Iowa Conference championship Saturday, hosted by New Hampton.
As a team, Decorah finished sixth overall with 90 points. Waverly-Shell Rock picked up the team title with 321 points.
Two Vikes reached the finals at the Northeast Iowa Conference championship Saturday, hosted by New Hampton.
As a team, Decorah finished sixth overall with 90 points. Waverly-Shell Rock picked up the team title with 321 points.
In the finals
Two Vikings worked their way into the finals Saturday to finish runner-up in their respective weight classes.
At 132 pounds, junior Lane Rolfs began with a fall in 5:11 over Kaedyn Anderson of Waukon. In the semifinal match, Rolfs squared off with Crestwood’s Ethan Govern and trailed 5-3 entering the final period. In the third, Rolfs earned a penalty point and an escape to tie the score 5-5. A takedown with three seconds remaining handed the Viking grappler the 7-5 decision to advance to the finals. In the championship bout, Rolfs faced Class 3A No. 5 Carter Fecht of Waverly-Shell Rock, falling 5-1 to take second place.
A first-round bye put 145-pound Brady Stille in the semifinal versus Ethan Bibler of Waverly-Shell Rock. The two went the three-period distance with Class 2A ninth-ranked Stille walking off the mat with a 12-0 major decision. The junior then looked at another Waverly-Shell Rock grappler in the finals as he battled Class 3A No. 4 Bas Diaz to a 7-1 decision to finish as the runner-up at 145 pounds.
What’s up next?
Things get serious next weekend as the road to the state tournament begins.
The Vikes will be at Crestwood for the sectional meet Saturday, Feb. 5, at noon. Other teams include Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center, Charles City, Dike-New Hartford, Waukon and the host Cadets.
The top two grapplers at each weight from sectionals advance to the district meet Saturday, Feb. 12, at New Hampton at 11 a.m.
Teams from the other side of the bracket are BCLUW-SH, Independence, New Hampton, North Fayette Valley, Oelwein and Union.
The top two place winners from each district move on to state, which is Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 17-19, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
NEIC team scores
1. Waverly-Shell Rock 321.5; 2. Crestwood 217; 3. New Hampton/Turkey Valley 153; 4. Waukon 133.5; 5. Charles City 103; 6. Decorah 90
Individual results
106 – Justin Fortman, 6th place
Quarters – LBF 1:51 to Mitchell Schmauss (Crestwood); cons. rd. 1 – won 3-1 dec. over Landon Bruess (NH/TV); cons. semi – LBF 0:58 to Skyler Dugan (Waukon); 5th place – lost 21-6 tech fall in 6:00 to Gabrik Jones (W-SR)
113 – Kollin Henry, 3rd place
Quarters – WBF 1:01 over Mason Howe (Waukon); semifinal – LBF 4:49 to Zane Behrends (W-SR); cons. semi – WBF 1:24 over Ethan Gibbs (Waukon); 3rd place – WBF 0:57 over Edgar Nunez (NH/TV)
120 – D’mitry Lesser, DNP
Quarters – LBF 0:53 to Kole Johnson (Crestwood); cons. rd. 1 – LBF – 0:42 to Owen Malone (Waukon)
126 – Daniel See, DNP
Quarters – LBF 1:00 to Jakob Regan (Waukon); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 3:17 to Justin Murphy (Waukon)
132 – Lane Rolfs, 2nd place
Quarters – WBF 5:11 over Kaedyn Anderson (Waukon); semifinal – won 7-5 dec. over Ethan Govern (Crestwood); final – lost 5-1 dec. to Carter Fecht (W-SR)
138 – Braden Darling, DNP
Quarters – LBF 4:45 to Burke Busta (NH/TV); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 1:01 to Lucas Byrnes (Waukon)
145 – Brady Stille, 2nd place
Quarters – bye; semifinal – won 12-0 maj. Dec. over Ethan Bibler (W-SR); final – lost 7-1 dec. to Bas Diaz (W-SR)
152 – Holten Palmer, 4th place
Quarters – lost 15-5 maj. Dec. to Colton Crooks (CC); cons. rd. 1 – bye; cons. semi – won 8-5 dec. over Brody Hanson (Dec); 3rd place – LBF 1:09 to Colton Crooks (CC)
152 – Brody Hanson, 5th place
Quarters – WBF 2:00 over Joshua Scott (NH/TV); semifinal – LBF 4:42 to Cayden Langreck (W-SR); cons. semi – lost 8-5 dec. to Holten Palmer (Dec); 5th place – won 6-1 dec. over Joshua Scott (NH/TV)
160 – Austin Wilkins, 3rd place
Quarters – LBF 4:54 to Zander Wedemeier (W-SR); cons. rd. 1 – WBF 1:24 over Rony Gonzalez (CC); cons. semi – WBF 4:35 over Kayden Blunt (CC); 3rd place – won 7-0 dec. over Gavin Rings (NH/TV)
170 – Gavin Stortz, DNP
Quarters – LBF 1:10 to Ben Tenge (NH/TV); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 3:06 to Ashton Howe (Crestwood0
220 – Oskar Paulson, DNP
Quarters – LBF 0:46 to Layne McDonald (W-SR); cons. rd. 1 – LBF 1:44 to Alex Goetzinger (Waukon)
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