LMNK wrestlers take 4th at invite

Published 10:02 pm Saturday, December 5, 2009

Three Lake Mills/Northwood-Kensett wrestlers won their finals matchups Saturday at the Twin River Valley Invitational at Gilmore City as LMNK finished fourth overall in the seven-team field.

Spencer Capitani at 140, Royce Byrnes at 152 and 10th-ranked Jake Brekken at 215 advanced to the finals and won their matches to help give LMNK 144.5 points.

Battle Creek-Ida Grove/Odebolt-Arthur won the invite with 245.5 points while Clarion-Goldfield took second with 193 and Sheldon/South O’Brien was third with 175.

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“I think we were more aggressive as a team than Thursday, and that is definitely a positive,” said LMNK head coach Alex Brandenburg. “The kids are trying hard to get better by being aggressive and trying new moves.”

Capitani pinned Jake Haberman in 1 minute, 25 seconds for a finals victory while Byrnes earned a 3-2 victory against Tanner Bengford and Brekken pinned Brandon Hodges at 1:38.

Cameron Batton finished third at 112 for LMNK while Logan Butler at 103, Junior Gallardo at 130, Calvin Beal at 135, Isaac Buffington at 145 and Levi Dahle at 189 all finished fourth in their weight classes.

Standings: Battle Creek-Ida Grove/Odebolt-Arthur 245.5, Clarion-Goldfield 193, Sheldon/South O’Brien 175, LMNK 144.5, Twin River Valley 99, Pocahontas 99, Laurens-Marathon/Sioux Central 87.

Finals:

103—Brance Simms (TRV) maj. dec. Aaron Anderson (CG)

112—Devin Pierce (BC) pinned Taylor Hallberg (P) 1:11

119—Maxx Schultz (CG) pinned Dylan Logan (S) 1:39

125—Darius Dutcher (B) pinned Matt Odland (CG) 4:33

130—Dalton Hemer (BC) pinned Mike Faust (S) 2:52

135—Pat Eason (BC) dec. Sam Solis (CG) 9-3

140—Spencer Capitani (LMNK) pinned Jake Haberman 1:25

145—Dillon Anderson (CG) dec. Patrick Patterson (BC) 10-6

152—Royce Byrnes (LMNK) dec. Tanner Bengford (BC) 3-2

160—Cody Hubrich (TRV) dec. Tanner Mathews 9-6

171—Levi Peters (TRV) pinned Eric Meyer 3:27

189—Chaps Wilcke (BC) pinned Tony Harrington (P) 2:48

215—Jake Brekken (LMNK) pinned Brandon Hodges (P) 1:38

285—Jon Feekes (S) pinned Tanner Thompson (BC) 5:28