NRHEG Wrestling drops 2 matches, Lake Mills goes 2-1 in Quad
December 2, 2022 10:05AM CST
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Triangular in St Peter
Story by Head Coach Shawn Larson
Tonight the NRHEG Panthers wrestled in St. Peter, in a triangular with St. Peter and Watertown-Mayer/ Mayer Lutheran. The scores were WMML 71 – NRHEG 11, and St. Peter 72 – NRHEG 6.
Our only wins came from Reese Routh, who earned a technical fall at 152 against WMML, and Makota Misgen finished the day 2-0 with a forfeit win against WMML, and Makota also earned a fall against St. Peter.
Comments:
There is not much to say about our team tonight, except for we have to get better. Both of the teams we faced tonight are good wrestling teams and they wrestled well. We are excited to be back out on the mat, and the good thing is that we have an opportunity to improve. Like the rest of the world, I do not like losing, however, I do love to have the opportunity to work with a team like this in order to make them better.
Our next competition will be at the Paul Krueger Classic, an individual tournament in St. James. This tournament takes place on Saturday, December 3, starting at 9:45.
Bulldogs Win Two of Three Opening Night
Story by Head Coach Alex Brandenburg
The Lake Mills wrestling team opened their season Thursday night in Garner and came away with two Top of Iowa Conference dual wins. In the opener, the Bulldogs took on host Garner-Hayfield/Ventura and fell into a big hole early, trailing 27-6. Lake Mills battled back to win the next 5 bouts en route to a 39-31 comeback victory. “The dual against GHV started in the weight classes where they were heavily favored,” said Coach Alex Brandenburg. “I was proud of our kids keeping their composure and coming back to win the dual.” Up next for the team was Newman Catholic. Once again, the Bulldogs fell behind early but dominated the tail end of the dual to put away the Knights, 48-28. “We wrestled pretty well in the second dual,” Brandenburg said. “It was nice to come away with another win tonight, despite missing some starters.” The nightcap ended up being a rough one for Lake Mills, as they were easily handled by Nashua-Plainfield, 56-19. In the dual, only four wrestlers were able to pick up wins against the Huskies. “We faced one of the best dual teams in the state tonight, as N-P is ranked 2nd in one preseason poll,” noted Brandenburg. “Our team is very young and will take some lumps this year, but we have to stay positive and keep working to get better every day.” Three Bulldogs finished the night with three wins: Lucas Oldenkamp, Steve Brandenburg, and Wyatt Hanna.
Lake Mills 39, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 31
152- Lucas Kral (G) pinned Austin Stene, 1:45. 160- Garrett Ham (L) pinned Parker Stearns, :51. 170- Michael Ohotto (G) dec. Beau Kaufman, 6-0. 182- Parker Moritz (G) pinned Joe Young, :50. 195- Jacob Hanson (G) pinned Ethan Lawson, :19. 220- Trenton Robinson (G) pinned Mason Gaetzke, :33. 285- Wyatt Hanna (L) pinned Tristan Smith, 2:20. 106- Lucas Oldenkamp (L) pinned Kaleb Feld, 1:21. 113- open. 120- Geraldo Vazquez (L) won by forfeit. 126- Royce Peterson (L) dec. Jace Hendrickson, 7-2. 132- Hayden Helgeson (L) won by forfeit. 138- James Cash (G) maj. dec. Carter Christianson, 10-2. 145- Steve Brandenburg (L) won by forfeit.
Lake Mills 48, Newman Catholic 28
160- Ham (L) pinned Gage Petersen, 1:28. 170- Kaufman (L) won by forfeit. 182- Hank Brandenburg (N) pinned Young, :30. 195- Logan Lursen (N) pinned Lawson, 1:16. 220- Kael Hanig (N) won by forfeit. 285- Hanna (L) pinned Jackson Sable, :38. 106- Oldenkamp (L) won by forfeit. 113- open. 120- Liam Stockberger (N) dec. Vazquez, 15-4. 126- Peterson (L) won by forfeit. 132- Helgeson (L) pinned Alex Bosch, 3:21. 138- Brandenburg (L) inj. def. Pete Miller. 145- Gabe Lewerke (N) pinned Isaiah Torres, :42. 152- Stene (L) won by forfeit.
Nashua-Plainfield 56, Lake Mills 19
170- Kaufman (L) pinned Maverick Dietz, 1:06. 182- Tate White (N) won by forfeit. 195- Aiden Sullivan (N) won by forfeit. 220- Hanna (L) pinned Jackson Zwanziger, 3:55. 285- Isaac Jones (N) won by forfeit. 106- Oldenkamp (L) dec. Nic Brase, 7-2. 113- Jayden Rinken (N) won by forfeit. 120- Hayden Munn (N) pinned Vazquez, 3:11. 126- Garret Rinken (N) tech. fall Helgeson, 19-3. 132- Kendrick Huck (N) pinned Christianson, 2:54. 138- Brandenburg (L) maj. dec. Kaden Wilken, 12-0. 145- Aiden Geiner (N) won by forfeit. 152- Jackson Carey (N) pinned Stene, :57. 160- Eli Kalainoff (N) dec. Ham, 6-3.
