Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Okoboji/HMS wrestlers finish with 5-2 Siouxland mark
An unofficial Siouxland Conference dual tournament to complete six teams' schedules was held at Sioux Center on Feb. 2. Okoboji/HMS won one dual, lost one by a single point and dropped another to a highly-ranked team.
The Pioneers defeated MOC-Floyd Valley, 46-30; lost to Sioux Center, 34-33, by the tie-breaker criteria; and fell to Top 10-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 50-24. With those results, Okoboji/HMS finished the conference dual season with a record of 5-2, and was 9-6 overall.
H-M-S senior Bryce Dodge pinned two opponents, both in less than a minute, and won a decision to finish 3-0. James Gellerman and Ethan Wiersma were 1-2, with Wiersma earning his win by fall.
The following are results of the duals with MOC-FV, Sioux Center and BH/RV.
106: Forfeit; Open; Forfeit.
113: Mike Gonnerman won by forfeit; won decision, 3-2; lost by fall, 1:14.
120: Dylan Jones won decision, 12-6; won by fall, 1:14; won by fall, 1:33.
126: Cole Becker lost by fall, 1:31; lost by fall, 3:09; lost by fall, 1:07.
132: Dillion Wittrock lost by fall, 2:44; lost by fall, 2:58; won by fall, 2:49.
138: Brennan Baschke lost by fall, 1:26; won by fall, 1:04; lost by fall, 5:59.
145: Ryan Pyle lost by fall, 0:29; lost by technical fall, 15-0/4:00; lost by fall, 0:41.
152: Bryce Dodge won decision, 21-15; won by fall, 0:33; won by fall, 0:41.
160: Noah Strantz won major decision, 19-9; lost decision, 2-0; lost major decision, 14-6.
170: Nathaniel Franklin won by forfeit; lost by fall, 3:39; won decision, 7-2.
182: James Gellerman won by forfeit; lost decision, 6-5; lost by fall, 0:35.
195: Ethan Wiersma won by fall, 2:52; lost major decision, 16-4; lost major decision, 14-4.
220: Sam Pas won by forfeit; won by fall, 1:58; won decision, 6-5.
285: Keyshawn Smith won by forfeit; won by fall, 4:29; lost by fall, 1:00.