Revenge is sweet for CL grapplers

The Clear Lake wrestling team picked up two big North Central Conference wins Thursday.  The Lions avenged a loss to Webster City, then rolled over St. Ed’s in a triangular held on the Lions’ home mat.  The Lions also got revenge against a good Humboldt team at Saturday’s Osage Tournament.

“Overall, we are seeing the improvement needed as we close in on the NCC tournament this weekend and ultimately the sectional tournament in February,” said Coach Mike Lester.

CL 45, Webster City 24

CL 78, St. Ed’s 3

Earlier this season Webster City topped the Lions, 36-31.  But Thursday night, fueled by a huge home crowd, the Lions posted a 45-24 victory.

Rhys Glidden started the night off with an impressive pin at 160-pounds to get the Lions rolling in the right direction.  Webster City moved its lineup up and put Clear Lake’s Chance Poley in a position where he battled back from a deficit to get another impressive pin at 170. Dalton Mennenga avenged a loss at 195 with a commanding 5-0 win and Kyle Willms battled back from a deficit to get another pin for Clear Lake at 220.

To secure the chance for a victory Clear Lake Head Coach Mike Lester moved the lineup, which gave a forfeit at 113 to Connor Morey and moved the Lions usual 113-pounder, Eric Faught, into a match with Drake Doolittle, ranked second at 120.

“Eric was a huge team player making this move.  It also avoided him getting two forfeits for the night.  These high caliber matches are great for an athlete going for a state title,” noted Coach Lester.

Faught dropped his first match of the season, 8-4.

Jackson Hamlin picked up a 6-1 decision at 126, and Braxton Doebel was able to avenge a loss. He topped Carson Hartnett with an 8-5 decision at 132.  Ryan Leisure and Ben Finn sealed the dual and wrapped up the win with two more pins at 145 and 152.

Against St. Ed’s falls were recorded by Finn (152) and Hamlin (120).  The Gaels forfeited at 11 weights.

“The crowd was amazing and fueled the excitement and drive that our wrestlers showed that night.  We have a great community to wrestle for,” added Coach Lester.

Osage Duals

The Lions went 3-2 against a number of quality opponents at Saturday’s Osage Duals.  The team picked up big wins against Independence and Osage, as well as avenge another loss— this time against Humboldt.

Clear Lake wrestled a close match against Dike-New Hartford, but fell 34-28.  Top rated Ryan Leisure  helped his team and moved up to wrestle second rated Trent Johnson at 152.  Leisure sustained a chest injury in the match, but ended up winning 9-4.   Jackson Hamlin continues to wrestle well and won by fall at 120.  Eric Faught won the first of his five matches on the day.  He was a 12-11 winner at 113, and Dalton Mennenga won by major decision, 9-1, at 195.

Against Humboldt, Mennenga had another big win.  He earned a 5-2 decision in sudden victory to spark the Lions in the first match.  Kyle Willms followed with a fall at 220 in 3:47.  In the lower weights, Faught recorded a fall in :37 at 113.  Rhys Gladden picked up a win at 160 by technical fall.  Chance Poley and Kade Hambly closed out the match with falls.

The Lions got their second win of the day against Independence, 48-28.  Hambly, Willms, Hamlin, Doebel, Leisure and Finn were winners by fall.

Clear Lake also dropped host Osage by a score of 42-32.  Faught won by fall, as did Bryan Hillyer, Doebel and Mennenga.  Hamlin was an 8-2 winner at 120 and Aaron Canchola earned a 4-3 decision at 138.

Kasson-Mantorville, top ranked in Minnesota, dominated Clear Lake and the rest of the field Saturday.  They were 70-3 winners over the Lions.  The lone win for Clear Lake was earned by Faught, who posted a 6-3 decision.

CL 78,  St. Ed’s 3

145: Ryan Leisure (CL) (For.) 152: Ben Finn (CL) over Ty Smith (Fall 0:50) 160: Rhys Glidden (CL) (For.) 170: Chance Poley (CL) (For.) 182: Kade Hambly (CL)  (For.) 195: Dalton Mennenga (CL) (For.) 220: Kyle Willms (CL) (For.) 285: Spencer Christensen (CL) (For.) 106: Conner Morey (CL) (For.) 113: Eric Faught (CL) (For.) 120: Jackson Hamlin (CL) over Noah Carlson (Fall 4:36) 126: Bryan Hillyer (CL) (For.) 132: Connor  Allison (STED) over Braxton Doebel (Dec 7-4) 138: Aaron Canchola (CL) over (For).

CL 45, Webster City 24

160: Rhys Glidden (CL) over Carter Bedford (Fall 1:16) 170: Chance Poley (CL) over Zane Carter (Fall 3:44) 182: Zane Williams (WCI) over Kade Hambly (Fall 0:57) 195: Dalton Mennenga (CL) over Rocco Miller (Dec 5-0) 220: Kyle Willms (CL) over Caleb Olson (Fall 3:43)

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285: Bryer McCoy (WC) over Spencer Christensen (Fall 1:30) 106: Trey Nelson (WC)  (For.) 113: Conner Morey (CL) (For.) 120: Drake Doolittle (WC) over Eric Faught (Dec 8-4) 126: Jackson Hamlin (CL) over Brady Auderer (Dec 6-1) 132: Braxton Doebel (CL) over Carson Hartnett (Dec 8-5) 138: Luke Rohmiller (WC) over Aaron Canchola (Dec 11-5) 145: Ryan Leisure (CL) over Cade Felts (Fall 0:49) 152: Ben Finn (CL) over Harrison Hayes  (Fall 1:25).

Dike-New Hartford 34, CL 28

106: Zack Nicol (DNH) over Conner Morey (Dec 8-6) 113: Eric Faught (CL) over Jacob Sigler (Dec 12-11) 120: Jackson Hamlin (CL) over Grant Bixby (Fall 5:05) 126: Reece Roberts (DNH) over Bryan Hillyer (Dec 3-2) 132: Braxton Doebel (CL) (For.) 138: Jacob Pingel (CL) (For.) 145: Tristan Cleveland (DNH) over Aaron Canchola (Dec 4-3) 152: Ryan Leisure (CL) over Trent Johnson (Dec 9-4) 160: Tanner Smith (DNH) over Rhys Glidden (Fall 1:06) 170: Noah Heathcoate (DNH) over Chance Poley (Fall 3:11) 182: Nick Durnin (DNH) over Kade Hambly (MD 11-3) 195: Dalton Mennenga (CL) over Zach Starbuck  (MD 9-1) 220: Ethan Huntington (DNH) over Kyle Willms (Dec 10-3) 285: Chase  Ahrends (DNH) over Spencer Christensen (Fall 1:29).

CL 38, Humboldt 28

195: Dalton Mennenga (CL) over Brandon Johnson (SV-1 5-2) 220: Kyle Willms (CL) over Hunter Egdorf (Fall 3:47) 285: Justin Jones (H) over Spencer Christensen (Fall 1:08) 106: Tanner Myer (H) over Conner Morey (Dec 7-1) 113: Eric Faught (CL) over Cole Nelson (Fall 0:37) 120: Cresten Craven (H) over Jackson Hamlin (Dec 6-3) 126: Zach Kollmorgen (H) over Bryan Hillyer  (MD 9-1) 132: Braxton Doebel (CL) (For.) 138: Joey Busse (H) over Aaron Canchola (Fall 3:24) 145: Davion Goodell (H) over Jacob Pingel (Dec 7-1) 152: Jaden Kampen (H) over Ben Finn (Dec 4-1) 160: Rhys Glidden (CL) over Walter Delenoit (TF 16-1 2:11) 170: Chance Poley (CL) over Logan Moser (Fall 2:24) 182: Kade Hambly (CL) over Joel Osborn (Fall 4:00).

CL 48, Independence 28

160: Seth House (I) over Rhys Glidden (Dec 6-5) 170: Jacob Schwarting (I) over Chance Poley (Fall 3:40) 182: Kade Hambly (CL) over Joe Kaiser (Fall 1:29) 195: Tayten Freidhof (I) over Dalton Mennenga (Fall 1:02) 220: Kyle Willms (CL) over Hunter Crawford (Fall 3:16) 285: Drew Evens (I) over Spencer Christensen (Dec 7-4) 106: Conner Morey (CL) over Brock Elridge  (Fall 1:49) 113: Eric Faught (CL) (For.) 120: Jackson Hamlin (CL) over Fischer Crawford (Fall 1:44) 126: Matthew Doyle (I) over Bryan Hillyer  (MD 8-0) 132: Braxton Doebel (CL) over Christian Kremer (Fall 2:28) 138: Tanner Erickson-Dale (I) over Jacob Pingel (Fall 3:42) 145: Ryan Leisure (CL) over Sam Graeser  (Fall 0:36) 152: Ben Finn (CL) over Spencer Shonka (Fall 4:35)

CL 42, Osage 32

220: Kyle Willms (CL) (For.) 285: Spencer Christensen (CL) (For.) 106: Joe Jacob (O) over Conner Morey (TF 15-0 4:25) 113: Eric Faught (CL) over Ryan Adams (Fall 3:14) 120: Jackson Hamlin (CL) over Joe Sullivan (Dec 8-2) 126: Bryan Hillyer (CL) over Nolan Byrnes (Fall 1:14) 132: Braxton Doebel (CL) over Brody Roll (Fall 5:46) 138: Aaron Canchola (CL) over Lucus Weigle (Dec 4-3) 145: Meirick Huffman (O) over Jacob Pingel (Dec 6-4) 152: Derek Fox (O) over Ben Finn (Fall 1:56) 160: Zach Williams (O) over Rhys Glidden (Fall 1:08) 170: Micheal Uthe (O) over Chance Poley (Fall 1:17) 182: Brock Jennings (O) over Kade Hambly (Fall 1:00) 195: Dalton Mennenga (CL) over Dalton Wright  (Fall 5:0).

Kasson-Mantorville 70, CL 3

182: Garsen Schorr (KM) over Kade Hambly (Fall 1:02) 195: Jim Paulson (KM) over Dalton Mennenga (Fall 0:55) 220: Noah Ryan (KM) over Kyle Willms (MD 17-6) 285: Brett Paulson (KM) over Spencer Christensen (Fall 1:20) 106: Bennett Berge (KM) over Conner Morey (Fall 1:27) 113: Eric Faught (CL) over Jared Johnson (Dec 6-3) 120: Matthew Harfmann (KM) over Jackson Hamlin (MD 8-0) 126: Robby Horsman (KM) over Bryan Hillyer (TF 18-3 5:33) 132: Brady Laumb (KM) over Braxton Doebel (Dec 7-2) 138: Keaten Schorr (KM) over Aaron Canchola (Fall 1:06) 145: Isaac Haman (KM) over Jacob Pingel (Fall 1:20) 152: Ethan Shea (KM) over Ben Finn (Fall 3:50) 160: Brady Berge (KM) over Rhys Glidden (Fall 0:22) 170: Dalton Andrist (KM) over Chance Poley (Fall 0:37).

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