Benjamin Squires stuffs the head and lips in a Half Nelson on his opponent. The freshman had four wins at the Ben Van Wyk Memorial Tournament on Saturday.
Lynnville-Sully’s wrestling team had a week of tough competition, battling against eight different teams throughout the week.
L-S grapplers fought it out on the mat at Iowa Valley on Tuesday, Dec. 13, coming home with a 23-12 win over Collins-Maxwell. In the dual, sophomore Terran Gosselink defeated Blake Huntrods with a tech fall of 16-0 in 4:27 in the 152-pound weight class. Junior Trevor Van Wyk made short work in his match and battled for just 59 seconds in his victory over Austin Boege.
The Hawks fell, 64-12, to Iowa Valley with only two pins recorded for the team. Gosselink pinned Josh Read in 1:47, while T. Van Wyk defeated Zayden Keim in 1:41.
Wilton managed a blow-out dual against L-S with a score of 78-6. Gosselink was the only Hawk wrestler to gain a pin, over Jensen Boorn in 2:55.
Senior Kyle Squires went 2-1 at 195 pounds with a pin over Marshall Day of Collins-Max-well in 2:57. Senior Reese Dunsbergen 2-1, earned a pin over Hunter Lee in one minute flat in the 170-pound weight class. Freshman Hunter Van Wyk went 0-3 in the duals
The Hawks proved their hard work at their home meet on Saturday, Dec. 17, with a victory in three of their five duals, earning 13 pins. “We had a good weekend going 3-2 at the Ben Van Wyk Memorial Tournament. The boys wrestled hard, and it showed,” said coach Jason Walston.
L-S was defeated by Baxter, 46-23. At 120 pounds, senior Gentry Walston pinned Maddox Peters in 32 seconds. Gosselink earned a tech fall win, 15-0, in 3:36 over Anderson Jack. Dunsbergen fell to Callyn Bishop in 5:06. T. Van Wyk fell to Koltin Hurd in four minutes flat.
Senior Gentry Walston picked up his 100th win against Cardinal on Saturday, Dec. 17.
L-S crushed Cardinal 42-12. Freshman Ben Squires, a 285 pounder, pinned Jesse Hughes in 2:39. Walston pinned Kyran Spees in 43 seconds where he earned his 100th career win. T. Van Wyk pinned Bradly Snook in 2:37, and Dunsbergen pinned Brock Lewman in 3:47. Freshman Kendric Johnson fell to Dylan Johnson in 3:06.
The Hawks outwrestled Colfax-Mingo, 36-30. Johnson defeated Sullivan Wilkins in 1:17 in the 132 division. Gosselink was victorious against Seth Brant in 3:36, and Dunsbergen took over Austin Lane in 4:28. B. Squires was defeated by Donavan Baucom in 44 seconds.
It was a Hawk victory over Collins-Maxwell with a score of 39-18. K. Squires earned a win over Marshall Day in an 8-1 decision. B. Squires collected his third pin of the day against Lucas Robinson in 1:37. T. Gosselink defeated Hunter Lee in 41 seconds.
The Hawks dropped a close match against Moravia, 40-36. Dunsbergen remained undefeated on the day and came out victorious over Cameron Nicoletto in 3:02. H. Van Wyk pinned Kaleb Rebenack in 57 seconds. B. Squires came out on top over Brant Spring in 3:17 for his fourth win of the day. Gosselink defeated Noah Kok in 1:22 for his seventh straight win.
Kendric Johnson takes his opponent down to the mat. Johnson went 1-3 at the Ben Van Wyk Memorial Tournament held at Lynnville-Sully on Saturday, earning a pin against a Colfax-Mingo opponent.
Johnson went 1-3 in the tournament with a pin over Sullivan Wilkins from Colfax-Mingo in 1:17. T. Van Wyk was 3-2 with pins over Bradly Snook of Cardinal and Austin Boege of Collins-Maxwell, as well as earning points for the Hawks through a forfeit at 138 pounds.
L-S will resume its season after Christmas break on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at PCM.
