Clear Lake grapplers face tough competition

(Above) Clear Lake’s Caden Jones (138) fights to break away from a Clarion-Goldfield-Dows opponent at a recent triangular.  Jones went 1-1 at the CGD triangular.   -Photo by Les Houser, Mid-America Publishing

by Marianne Gasaway

Competition was fierce for Clear Lake grapplers last week.  They team participated in a North Central Conference triangular with Clarion-Goldfield-Dows and Webster City Thursday night, them traveled to Indianola for a varsity tourney. 

“Last week was a huge eye opener for us as a whole team.  We had the opportunity to wrestle some of the best competition in the conference as well as the state and Midwest as a whole,” said Head Coach Evan Johnson.   “I think that our kids did a great job competing with those teams.  No one just rolled over and quit, no matter how great the competition was. They fought every second they were out there.  We were able to identify the major areas that we need to work on and now we can go into break and rest up and get our bodies back where they need to be.  I thought we ended the week going into break on a high note and I can’t wait to see what our athletes will bring to the mat in 2021.”

Triangular

Five Lion wrestlers recorded wins in a triangular meet with conference powers Clarion-Goldfield-Dows and Webster City Thursday night, Dec. 17.

Tyler LeFevre (106) and Sam Nelson (132) earned victories in a 68-9 loss to C-G-D.  LeFevre posted an 8-1 decision over Rigo Bobadilla, while Nelson struck Jackson Beisel in 1:32.

Against Webster City, Caden Jones (138), Hunter Rieck (145) and Dylan Evanson (285) scored points for the Lions with falls.  The final score of the match was 60-18.

Indianola Tourney

Nine Lion wrestlers participated in the Indianola tourney Saturday.  The event tested their skills against competition from Ankeny, Don Bosco, Liberty (Missouri) Millard South (Nebraska), Union, Laporte City and Indianola.

A pair of fourth place finishes were Clear Lake’s highest placements.  

Sam Nelson lost his opening round match at 132 to Ryder Downey, of Indianola, but he came back to pin Jude Axsom, of Liberty, and post a 9-3 decision over Lincoln Flokers, or Ankeny.  In the third place match he was defeated by Aiden Crawford, of Union, 3-0.

At 152-pounds, Carter Markwardt  pinned Clayton Gibson, of Indianola, but was the victim of falls against opponents from Millard South and Liberty.  A third round bye out him in the third place match against Brock Ruzicka, where Markwardt was pinned.

Finished fifth at the tournament for Clear Lake was Caden ones (138) and Hunter Rieck (145).  Tyler LeFevre (106), Carter Perry (113) and Ethan Gansen (120) were sixth.  Hayden Rieck (182) earned a seventh place finish, while Sam Sestina (170) was eighth.

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows vs. Clear Lake

195: Christian Gaytan (CLGO) over (CLLA) (For.) 220: Camden Hanson (CLGO) over (CLLA) (For.) 285: Kain Nelson (CLGO) over Dylan Evanson (CLLA) (Fall 1:19) 106: Tyler Lefevre (CLLA) over Rigo Bobadilla (CLGO) (Dec 8-1) 113: Kaeden Langfitt (CLGO) over Carter Perry (CLLA) (Fall 0:55) 120: Ethan Traub (CLGO) over Noah Potter (CLLA) (Fall 1:26) 126: Cale Kirstein (CLGO) over Marcus Skidmore (CLLA) (TF 19-3 5:17) 132: Sam Nelson (CLLA) over Jackson Beisel (CLGO) (Fall 1:32) 138: Reed Abbas (CLGO) over Caden Jones (CLLA) (TF 23-8 5:08) 145: Remington Hanson (CLGO) over Hunter Rieck (CLLA) (MD 11-2) 152: Bryce Allen (CLGO) over Carter Markwardt (CLLA) (Fall 5:01) 160: Garrett Seaba (CLGO) over Kaleb Hambly (CLLA) (Fall 0:49) 170: Niklas Christopherson (CLGO) over Sam Sestina (CLLA) (Fall 5:42) 182: Rafael Jimenez (CLGO) over Hayden Rieck (CLLA) (Fall 5:39)

Webster City vs. Clear Lake

106: Carson Doolittle (WECI) over Tyler Lefevre (CLLA) (Fall 3:21) 113: Camron Phetxoumphone (WECI) over Carter Perry (CLLA) (Fall 2:22) 120: Brayden Henely (WECI) over Noah Potter (CLLA) (Fall 1:57) 126: Reece Sadler (WECI) over Marcus Skidmore (CLLA) (Fall 1:09) 132: Chase Rattenborg (WECI) over Sam Nelson (CLLA) (Dec 8-5) 138: Caden Jones (CLLA) over Austin Mason (WECI) (Fall 4:16) 145: Hunter Rieck (CLLA) over Jordan Vankham (WECI) (Fall 4:12) 152: Evan Estlund (WECI) over Carter Markwardt (CLLA) (Dec 6-4) 160: Cole Bingham (WECI) over Kaleb Hambly (CLLA) (Fall 2:25) 170: Skyler Scott (WECI) over Sam Sestina (CLLA) (Fall 2:27) 182: Jaxon Cherry (WECI) over Hayden Rieck (CLLA) (Fall 3:07) 195: CJ Hisler (WECI) over Mitchil Smith (CLLA) (Fall 0:54) 220: Trey Shannon (WECI) over Andrew Fisher (CLLA) (Fall 0:24) 285: Dylan Evanson (CLLA) over Landon Griffin (WECI) (Fall 1:27)