Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers to host quadrangular Thursday at home

The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers competed in Miller on January 8 at the Miller/Highmore-Harrold Invitational.

Six I/B wrestlers competed with five bringing home placing medals. Brady Unser dropped down to 113 pounds to lead the team with a third place. Tanner Frickson and Marcus Hofer placed fifth. Kadyn Weisser placed sixth and Grant Weisser placed eighth. The I/B team placed eleventh out of sixteen teams. Redfield won the tournament with 215.5 points, followed by Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/ Corsica-Stickney with 159 points.

Coach Todd Naasz said, "The wrestling team competed very well this weekend. I feel we are on track to achieve our goals by the end of the season. The team continues to improve every week and their hard work and dedication continues to show each week. This was our toughest tournament so far this year with a lot of state-rated athletes competing."

The wrestling team will be in action twice this week. They have a home quadrangular on Thursday, Jan. 13 versus Fauklton, Miller/ Highmore-Harrold and Mobridge-Pollock with wrestling starting at 5:30 p.m. The wrestlers will travel to Gettysburg for the Battler Invitational Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. They will participate in the Mobridge-Pollock Invitational Tournament on Jan. 18.

Individual results in Miller were:

113 - Brady Unser (3rd place) received a bye, won by major decision 13-0, was pinned 5:28, won by fall 0:42, won by major decision 10-1 (18 team points)

132 - Tanner Frickson (5th place) won by fall 5:40, lost by major decision 12-1, won 12-5, won 5-4, lost 6-0, won by fall 2:54 (13 team points)

170 - Justin Rohrbach was pinned 4:35, won by fall 4:20, lost 9-2 (3 team points)

182 - Grant Weisser (8th place) received a bye, lost by tech fall 15-0, won by fall 2:43, lost 8-4, was pinned 2:22 (4 team points)

195 - Kadyn Weisser (6th place) received a bye, lost by tech fall 16-1, received a bye, won 7-5, lost 4-2, lost by major decision 9-1 (5 team points)

285 - Marcus Hofer (5th place) received a bye, was pinned 3:29, received a bye, won by fall 0:49, was pinned 0:23, won by fall 1:30 (11 team points)