GHV wrestlers working hard

On Thursday, Jan. 14, the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura wrestling team competed in a quadrangular at Osage.  The Cardinals were 1-2 at the quadrangular.  GHV topped Northwood-Kensett, 42-36, but fell to North Butler, 42-35 and to Osage, 54-27.

“The scores of the duals don’t reflect the kid’s efforts,” said Coach Cory Jenniges.  “We had a couple of open weights and that has been hurting us all year.”

Jace Pringnitz, Conner Shaw and Cade Baker all finished with perfect 3-0 records.  Pringnitz wrestled at 126-pounds, Shaw won at 170-pounds and Baker wrestled at 182-pounds.  Austin Case, 113-pounds and Chase Ulven, heavyweight both finished with records of 2-1.

Lake Mills Tournament

Despite a disappointing record of 0-4 at the Lake Mills Dual Tournament held on Saturday, Jan. 16, GHV is holding its head high.

“We did not win a dual, but we had some good performances,” said Coach Cory Jenniges.  “We also only have one open weight now and we are happy about that, since we’ve had three open all year.”

The Cardinals fell to Lake Mills, 54-28; to North Butler, 42-36, to New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, 48-29 and to Southeast Polk, 54-30.

Three wrestlers finished the day with perfect 4-0 records, Austin Case at 113-pounds, Conner Shaw at 170-pounds and Cade Baker at 182-pounds.  Shaw earned his 100th career victory against Southeast Polk when he pinned Rider Brommet in 1:08.

Case won by fall in 3:56 against Lake Mills, got another pin against North Butler in 2:42, earned a 10-2 major decision against NRHE and pinned his Southeast Polk opponent in 2:31.

Baker won by forfeit against Lake Mills, won by a 9-3 decision in the North Butler match, won by an 8-1 decision in the NRHE match and pinned his Southeast Polk opponent in :50.

Shaw won by an 11-3 major decision against Lake Mills, pinned his North Butler opponent in 2:31, picked up a 17-5 major decision in the NRHE match and pinned his Southeast Polk opponent in 1:08.

Jace Pringnitz also had a good day, finishing with a 3-1 record at 126-pounds.  He pinned his Lake Mills opponent in 1:22, won by a 10-8 against North Butler and picked up another pin against NRHE in 3:35.  His only loss of the tournament was to the eighth ranked wrestler in Minnesota.

Jon Erdman picked up a pin over North Butler’s Jacob Groeneveld in 2:56.  Chase Ulven also picked up a win in the North Butler match over Owen Landers with a pin in 2:37 and Spencer Formanek pinned Joe Bachelor in 2:50.

In the NRHE match, Formanek picked up another pin in 5:24.  John Hulbert pinned NRHE’s Lucas Herrmann in 3:05.  Grady Umbarger won by fall in 1:32.

Colyn Schoneman picked up a pin in :43 against Southeast Polk.

GHV travels to Newman Catholic on Thursday, Jan. 21.  The meet starts at 6 p.m.