Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers battle in LRC Conference and Warner meets

The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestling team saw only dual action last week with the Lake Region Conference Tournament being held in Ipswich on Feb. 3 and Warner quadrangular on Feb. 4.

The I/B team placed second behind Faulkton in the LRC Tournament.

Results included:

Faulkton Area 42 -

Ipswich/Bowdle 27

Individual results:

106 - Kamryn Rhodes FA by forfeit - 6 points

113 - Brady Unser I/B by forfeit - 6 points

120 - Carter Schulte FA by forfeit - 6 points

126 - Double forfeit

132 - Tanner Frickson I/B by forfeit - 6 points

138 - Caden Wilson FA over Beau Schilling I/B (Fall 3:10) - 6 points

145 - Garrett Cramer FA by forfeit - 6 points

152 - Timmy McGaugh FA over Gunnar Knittel I/B (Fall 0:41) - 6 points

160 - Drake Mueller FA by forfeit - 6 points

170 - Justin Rohrbach I/B over Lincoln Dikoff FA (Dec. 6-3) - 3 points

182 - Grant Weisser I/B over Foster Bode FA (Fall 0:49) - 6 points

195 - Double Forfeit

220 - Kadyn Weisser I/B over Carson Leonhardt FA (Fall 1:47) - 6 points

285 - Parker Bode FA over Marcus Hofer (Fall 5:26) - 6 points

Ipswich/Bowdle 30

Warner/Northwestern 30

The Tigers won the dual on criteria with less weight classes forfeited

113 - Brady Unser I/B by forfeit - 6 points

120 - Double forfeit

126 - Double forfeit

132 - Tanner Frickson I/B by forfeit - 6 points

138 - Clayton Dulany W/N over Beau Schilling I/B (Fall 1:04) - 6 points

145 - Charlie Dulany W/N by forfeit - 6 points

152 - Lincoln Fortin W/N by forfeit -6 points

160 - Double forfeit

170 - Alex Pudwill W/N over Justin Rohrbach I/B (Fall 1:37) - 6 points

182 - Grant Weisser I/B by forfeit - 6 points

195 - Kadyn Weisser I/B over Cole Wilkie W/B (Fall 1:45) - 6 points

220 - Preston Cavalier W/N by forfeit - 6 points

285 - Marcus Hofer I/B by forfeit - 6 points

On February 4 Ipswich/Bowdle competed in Warner for a quadrangular wrestling dual matches between Potter County, Warner/ Northwestern, and Britton/Hecla.

Potter County won the dual vs the Tigers 42 to 30. The Tigers won two of the three matches where both teams had wrestlers, but gave up six forfeits for 36 of the 42 points the Battlers scored.

Warner/Northwestern won 30 to 18 in a rematch of Thursday night, as the Tigers had two additional open weight classes Friday night. There were scoring errors on Track Wrestling so the actual team score for that dual was unknown at this time. Tanner Frickson, Grant Weisser, Kaydn Weisser and Justin Rohrbach all had pin victories in the dual.

Britton/Hecla and I/B tied with 30 points each. "We had six pins they had one and five forfeits," said Coach Naasz. "In a tie breaker forfeits count for more than pins."

"I felt that our athletes came together at the LRC and we wrestled very well. We had some of our younger athletes step up and get some big wins," said Naasz. "Friday the guys wrestled hard. We won most of the matches but because of giving up forfeits we ended up losing the duels."

The wrestling team was scheduled to compete February 8 in Highmore. Participating teams in the triangular were the host team Miller/Highmore-Harrold, as well as Ipswich/Bowdle and Sully Buttes. Then I/B will look forward to the Region Tournament in Britton on February 19 to determine who will qualify for the State Wrestling Tournament February 24-26 in Sioux Falls.