Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
9 Pioneers finish in Top 6; team finishes 7th overall
Nick Bronstad goes for the pin of Luis Martinez of Sheldon/South O'Brien in the consolation semifinal match at 285 pounds.
Bryce Dodge (bottom) and Bryce Moss of BH/RV create an unusual wrestling position but it is effective for Dodge, who won the fifth-place match.
Nine Okoboji/H-M-S wrestlers placed in the Top 6 in their respective brackets at the 2021 Siouxland Conference tournament, on Jan. 29 at Sioux Center.
The best finishes for the Pioneers came from Noah Strantz, who was the runner-up at 152 pounds, and Sam Pas, who placed third at 220 pounds. Okoboji/H-M-S also had one wrestler finish in fourth place, three place fifth and two finish sixth.
H-M-S's Nick Bronstad faced two rated opponents on his way to a fourth-place finish at 285 pounds. After pinning his first opponent, Bronstad lost by fall to eventual champion Jordan Ver Meer, of West Lyon, the No. 4-ranked heavyweight in Class 2A. Bronstad pinned his consolation semifinal opponent before facing Lyle Moore, of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, in the third-place match. Moore, who is rated No. 7 in Class 2A, scored the only point of the match with an escape.
Bryce Dodge split his four matches at 145 pounds, including a win by fall in the fifth-place match.
Chayton Faulkner won his quarterfinal round match at 170 pounds due to a disqualification. He lost his next match against Kalen Meyer, of CL/GLR (2A No. 4), who won the 170-pound title and would go on to lose the fifth-place match.
CL/GLR won the conference tournament title with 215 points and Sheldon/South O'Brien was runner-up with 195. Okoboji/H-M-S scored 92.5 points to finish seventh.
Complete individual results for wrestlers from H-M-S are included with the placement matches.
SIOUXLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
(Placement match results)
106: 5th Place Match - Michael Gonnerman received a bye.
120: 5th Place Match – Dylan Jones won by fall over Daniel Muniz (BH/RV), 1:00.
132: 5th Place Match – Ryan Pyle lost decision to Logan Siebrecht (BH/RV), 7-0.
145: Quarterfinals – Bryce Dodge lost major decision to Graham Eben (CL/GLR), 11-0; Consolation Round 1: won by fall over Gabe Kempema (SC), 1:29; Consolation Semis – lost by fall to Sterling Haack (MOC-FV), 0:55; 5th Place Match – won by fall over Bryce Moss (BH/RV), 4:18.
152: 1st Place Match – Noah Strantz lost major decision to Zach Strubbe (BH/RV), 15-4.
160: 3rd Place Match – Jesse Bockman lost decision to Jackson Taylor (WL), 5-1.
170: Quarterfinals - Chayton Faulkner won over Jacques Zomermaand (SC), DQ; Semifinals – lost by fall to Kalen Meyer (CL/GLR), 0:35; Consolation Semis – lost by fall to Carson DeYoung (MOC-FV), 3:04; 5th Place Match – Lost by fall to Jacob Van Der Brink (BH/RV), 0:53.
220: 3rd Place Match – Sam Pas won by fall over Uriel Jara (SC), 5:16.
285: Quarterfinals – Nick Bronstad won by fall over Jesus Garcia (BH/RV), 3:02; Semifinals – lost by fall to Jordan Ver Meer, 1:21; Consolation Semis – won by fall over Luis Martinez, (Sheldon/SOS), 2:48; 3rd Place Match – lost decision to Lyle Moore (CL/GLR), 1-0.
Team Scores: CL/GLR 215, Sheldon-South O'Brien 195, Sioux Center 162, West Lyon 154, BH/RV 137, MOC-FV 109, Okoboji/H-M-S 92.5, Sibley-Ocheyedan 64.
