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Pioneers finish 1-2 in wrestling quad at E-LC

The Okoboji/H-M-S wrestling invitational on Dec. 5 was cancelled, but the Pioneers still competed on the mat as Estherville-Lincoln Central hosted a quadrangular featuring three teams that were to wrestle at Milford.

The Pioneers won one of three duals, topping Sioux Central (42-24) while losing to E-LC (51-27) and West Hancock (48-24).

Individually, Nick Bronstad finished 3-0 at 285 pounds, including two wins by fall. Chayton Faulkner was 2-1 at 170 pounds, Jonathan Ortiz won a match at 138 and Bryce Dodge added a win by forfeit at 113 pounds. Matthew Meyers was 0-3 at 160.

The Pioneers (2-3) are scheduled to compete in a dual at Sioux Center on Dec. 10 and at the Emmetsburg tournament on Dec. 12.

QUAD AT ESTHERVILLE

(Sioux Central, E-LC, West Hancock)

106: Forfeit; forfeit; forfeit.

113: Bryce Sehman lost by fall to Keagan Riley, 1:57; lost by fall to Austin Hansen, 2:55; Bryce Dodge won by forfeit.

120: Dylan Jones lost by fall to Kaben Morrow, 1:03; won by fall over Isaac Reineke, 0:33; won by fall over Luis Sandoval, 2:23.

126: Caleb Jones won by fall over Devyn Wilson, 0:46; lost decision to Parker Duitsman, 7-6; lost by fall to Kellen Smith, 3:59.

132: Ryan Pyle won by forfeit; lost by fall to Will Martin, 0:42; lost SV-1 to Jacob Larson, 10-8.

138: Jonathan Ortiz lost decision to D’Angelo Love, 11-6; lost by fall to Quintin Marquez, 5:47; won decision over Isaac Madson, 10-3.

145: Caden Larue won by fall over Camryn Van Zee, 2:51; won by fall over Alex Sheridan, 4:20; lost decision to Matt Larson, 12-6.

152: Noah Strantz won by fall over Anthony Durazo, 2:51; won decision over Zack Anderson, 4-3; won decision over Irvin Gomez, 8-1.

160: Mitchell Meyers lost decision to Jake Gunderson, 8-7; lost by fall to Raul Diaz, 1:21; lost by fall to Kane Zuehl, 0:22.

170: Chayton Faulkner won by fall over Connor Lathrop, 4:17; won by fall over Eli Hanson, 3:51; lost by fall to Bryer Subject, 1:53.

182: Open; forfeit; forfeit.

195: Open; forfeit; forfeit.

220: Sam Pas won by forfeit; lost by fall to Zavion McMurran, 1:41; lost by fall to Mathew Francis, 1:34.

285: Nick Bronstad won by forfeit; won by fall over Nick Lyman, 1:19; won by fall over David Smith, 2:00.

• Seven place-finishers at Sheldon JV tournament

Seven Okoboji/H-M-S wrestlers were place finishers at the season-opening JV tournament hosted by Sheldon/South O’Brien on Nov. 30.

H-M-S wrestler Jonathan Ortiz placed second. He won his first match by no contest; won by fall over Ashton Devall of Sergeant Bluff-Luton (0:46); won by fall over Jack Moreau of SB-L (5:28); and lost by fall to Braden Simington of Spencer (1:19).

Bryce Dodge placed third, losing a major decision to Jace Nelson-Brown of Emmetsburg (13-0); losing by fall to Seth Persinger of West Sioux (1:10) and winning by fall over Sam Tischer of SB-L (0:27).

Also placing for Okoboji/H-M-S were Caleb Jones and Dylan Jones, first; Michael Gonnerman and Ryan Pyle, second; and Nate Hinshaw, third.