Wrestlers compete at Groton Invitational

The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers were in action on Saturday at the Groton Invitational Tournament. I/B placed sixth of the 12 teams in the meet.

Wessington Springs/ Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington won the tourney with 190 points. Clark/Willow Lake was second with 145 points.

"I felt the team had a great performance at Groton," said Coach Todd Naasz. "We were able to see some more region opponents before the region date which was very crucial for seeding criteria. I felt that the athletes wrestled with a lot of heart. This helped push them through some really tight matches and come out victorious. Lucas and Tanner had multiple state qualifiers in their brackets," he said. "The tournament was a great indicator of where we are and where we need to improve before regions."

Five of the I/B wrestlers earned placings. I/B results:

106 - Lane Miller was pinned :55, lost by technical fall 16-0

113 - Brady Unser was pinned 1:30, won by pin :46, was pinned 2:06 for fourth place (7.0 team points)

132 - Tanner Frickson won 7-6, was pinned 5:49, won by major decision 14-2, lost by major decision 11-2 for fourth place (8.0 team points)

145 - Adam Kanable was pinned :10, was pinned :43

170 - Grant Weisser was pinned 1:39, won by pin :59, won by pin 2:31 for third place (12.0 team points)

182 - Tyler Tran won 8-1, was pinned :57, was pinned 2:48 (2.0 team points)

182 - Kadyn Weisser won by pin 2:34, was pinned 3:08, won by major decision 12-0, won by pin 2:11 for third place (15.0 team points)

195 - Justin Rohrbach was pinned 5:58, was pinned 2:49

285 - Lucas Rowland won by pin 1:09, was pinned 1:07, won by pin 2:02, won 6-3 for third place (14.0 team points)

This was the last tournament for the team prior to the Regional Tournament on February 20. The team will close out the regular season with dual action on Thursday, Feb. 4 in Faulkton, Friday, Feb. 5 in Warner and ending the season on Tuesday, Feb. 9 in Miller.