4 Lake Mills wrestlers still in contention to place at state
Published 11:57 am Friday, February 16, 2024
Landon Price cradles up Tristan Becker of CAM (Anita) during a match at the Iowa state wrestling tournament. Photo courtesy Lory Groe
Steve Brandenburg looks for an opening in his 4-2 win over Holden Koele of Woodbury Central. Photo courtesy Lory Groe
Lucas Oldenkamp wrestles Jesus Lara of Clayton Ridge, winning with a 14-second pin. Photo courtesy Lory Groe
Wyatt Hanna scored a late takedown to secure a 4-3 win at state. Photo courtesy Lory Groe
From left, in front, are coaches Mike Piper, Chris Helgeson, Brad Helgeson, Brett Peterson, Alex Brandenburg and PT Brian Budach. In back, from left, are Wyatt Hanna, Landon Price, Andrew Grunhovd, Garrett Ham, Lucas Oldencamp and Steve Brandenburg. Photo courtesy Lory Groe
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Six Lake Mills athletes began competition at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday. Each was placed in a 24-man bracket with the hopes of placing in the top eight.
Lucas Oldenkamp is the lightest competitor at 106 pounds. He received a first round bye before taking on Jesus Lara of Clayton Ridge and picking up the quick :13 fall. On Thursday, Oldenkamp fell in the quarterfinals, 4-2, to Liam Adlfinger of Wilton.
Landon Price, 132 pounds, pinned Tristan Becker of CAM (Anita) in :57 in the first round. He then avenged a loss from State Duals to Ethan Sachau of Hinton, 3-0, before falling to top-ranked Dawson Youngblut of Don Bosco in the quarterfinals.
Next up for Lake Mills was Steve Brandenburg at 138 pounds. Brandenburg received a bye before defeating Holden Koele of Woodbury Central, 4-2, to advance to the quarters. In the quarters, he fell to defending state champ Blake Allen of Underwood, 8-1.
Garrett Ham competed at 157 pounds and lost two close matches. In the first round, he fell to Jackson Carey of Nashua-Plainfield 6-5 on a last second reversal. In the first consolation match, he lost 6-3 to Owen Milder of Wilton.
At 190 pounds, Andrew Grunhovd lost 5-2 to Blake Myrtue of Ridge View before falling 13-1 to Kyle Kuhlmann of Sumner-Fredericksburg.
The final Bulldog was Wyatt Hanna at 215 pounds. Hanna opened with a bye before dropping a 6-4 overtime match to Parker Timp of South Winneshiek. On the consolation side, he picked up a quick :55 pin over Nick Saxton of Emmetsburg and an exciting 4-3 win over AIden Sullivan of Nashua-Plainfield.
Heading into Friday, Oldenkamp, Price, Brandenburg and Hanna needed to win their first match to place in the top eight. Ham and Grunvhovd have been eliminated.
