McKenzie Tollefson works an opponent to the mat at 135 pounds during Decorah’s competition at the Anamosa tournament Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Stello)
The Decorah girls’ wrestling team rebounded from a close conference dual loss Thursday to finish second at Anamosa Saturday, crowning five grapplers as champions.
Close dual
Back on the mats Thursday, the Vikings came up short in a conference dual with Waverly-Shell Rock falling 42-33 at home.
Decorah picked up five wins and a forfeit against the Go-Hawks.
At 100 pounds, Chloe Sheffield threw Amber Hoth in 4:50. Then Ellie Adams was on the right side of a 5-2 decision against Addison Buseman at 115 pounds. Ana Simon needed just 1:49 to record a fall over Kasey Stone at a 145 pounds. At 155 pounds, Lauren Luzum put Evie Wagner on her back in 3:00 and Naomi Simon turned Ava Soesbe in 1:31 at 190 pounds. At 140 pounds, Amelia Wadsworth received a forfeit.
Decorah 33, W-SR 42
100 – Chloe Sheffield (Dec) WBF in 4:50 over Amber Hoth (W-SR); 105 – Dec lost by forfet; 110 – Cassie Wilkins (Dec) LBF in 1:26 to Macy Tiedt (W-SR); 115 – Ellie Adams (Dec) won 5-2 dec. over Addison Buseman (W-SR); 120 – Dec lost by forfeit; 125 – Dec lost by forfeit; 130 – Stella Grinna (Dec) LBF in 2:33 to Lilly Stough (W-SR); 135 – McKenzie Tollefson (Dec) lost 4-2 dec. to Makana Miller (W-SR); 140 – Amelia Wadsworth (Dec) won by forfeit; 145 – Ana Simon (Dec) WBF in 1:49 over Kasey Stone (W-SR); 155 – Lauren Luzum (Dec) WBF in 3:00 over Evie Wagner (W-SR); 170 – Annaleissa Arnold (Dec) LBF in 2:59 to Karissa Oldenburger (W-SR); 190 – Naomi Simon (Dec) WBF in 1:31 over Ava Soesbe (W-SR); 235 – Kamryn Steines (Dec) lost 4-0 dec. to Madison Hinrichs (W-SR)
Anamosa tourney
Nine points separated the Vikes from the title Saturday at the Anamosa tournament. Cedar Falls won the team title with 229, while Decorah came in second with 220, followed by East Buchanan with 192.
Five Decorah grapplers climbed to the top of the podium, including Sheffield (100), Wadsworth (140), A. Simon (145), Luzum (155) and N. Simon (170).
Sheffield put up the winning effort that began with a 10-second pin over AnnMarie Morgan of Mt. Vernon in the opening round. In 1:34, the Vikings threw Elizabeth Burns of Cedar Rapids Prairie in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinal match against Natalie Blake of Cedar Falls. In her next-to-last match, Sheffield turned Blake in 5:57. In the finals, she picked up her fourth fall of the day in 1:21 over Solon’s Kara VeDepo.
The second champion crowned was Wadsworth with four falls. In 2:40, she turned Irelan Brown of Center Point-Urbana before pinning Bettendorf’s Izzy Giza in the quarterfinals in 5:11. Wadsworth then threw Andelyn Cabalka of East Buchanan in 3:19 to advance to the finals. There the Viking earned the title with a fall recorded in 2:59 over Adeline Whisner of Mt. Vernon.
Sophomore A. Simon pinned her way to the finals and capped off the day with a decision for the 145-pound title. In round one, she took just 15 seconds to throw Dakota Pederson of Iowa Valley. She followed it up with a fall in 3:23 over Haylee Karr of Vinton-Shellsburg in the quarterfinals. Putting the shoulders of Emerson Bartlett of Cedar Falls on the mat in 1:43, put the Viking in the finals against Tayla Stiefel of East Buchanan. In her only match to go all three periods, A. Simon won the final by a 7-1 decision.
Luzum won her four matches by fall Saturday for the championship at 155 pounds. In 26 seconds, the sophomore pinned Clair Priebe of Independence. In the quarterfinal match against Shaona Emmanuel of City High, the Viking threw 3:06. Facing Cedar Falls’ Macie Graves in the semifinal, Luzum turned her opponent in 3:45. In the final against Miley Walz, the Decorah grappler pinned her way to the top of podium in 3:08.
With none of her four matches reaching the second period, top-ranked N. Simon won at 170-pounds. She threw Rylee Froh of Bettendorf in 36 seconds. In the quarterfinals, the senior put Camryn Cothrell of Cedar Rapids Prairie on her back in 1:33. It was a fall in 42 seconds in the semifinal against Raelene Hawkins of Iowa Valley. Independence’s Izzy Strickert fell to N. Simon in the finals in 1:40.
Anamosa team scores
1. Cedar Falls 229; 2. Decorah 220; 3. East Buchanan 192; 4. Vinton-Shellsburg 180; 5. Bettendorf 174; 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 137; 7. Mount Vernon 119; 8. Independence 116; 9. Linn-Mar 104; 10. Anamosa 79; 11. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 59; 12. Solon 58; 13. Iowa City City High 57; 14. Iowa Valley 56; 15. Cedar Falls JV 47; 16. Pleasant Valley 44; 17. Center Point-Urbana 28; 18. Midland 22; 19. Saydel 13
Individual results
100 – Chloe Sheffield, 1st place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 0:10 over AnnMarie Morgan (Mt. Vernon); Quarters – WBF in 1:34 over Elizabeth Burns (CR Prairie); Semis – WBF in 5:57 over Natalie Blake (Cedar Falls); Final – WBF in 1:21 over Kara VeDepo (Solon)
110 – Cassie Wilkins, 6th place
Rd. 1 – won by medical forfeit over Karlena Buford (Midland); Quarters – LBF in 1:41 to Emily See (Bettendorf); Cons. Rd. 2 – WBF in 2:44 over Mazam Bodjona (CR Jefferson); Cons. rd. 3 – LBF in 1:22 to Kate Seery (Linn-Mar); 5th place – LBF in 2:25 to Emily See (Bettendorf)
115 – Ellie Adams, 6th place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 3:41 over Ryan Carlson (Anamosa); Quarters – LBF in 2:59 to Ava Hofer (Linn-Mar); Cons. rd. 2 – won 8-5 dec. over Kate Richards (Solon); Cons. rd. 3 – LBF in 2:42 to Annabelle Rohret (Cedar Falls); 6th place – LBF in 3:21 to Mia Ahrendsen (Cedar Falls JV)
125 – Stella Grinna, DNP
Rd. 1 – LBF in 0:37 to Destiny Hoeppner (Cedar Falls); Cons. rd. 1 – lost 11-4 dec. to Claire Carey (Independence)
135 – McKenzie Tollefson, 3rd place
Rd. 1 – WBF in 3:44 over Alexis Anderson (Solon); Quarters – WBF in 5:45 over Bree Brophy (Anamosa); Semis – lost 1-0 dec. to Morgan Stief (Bettendorf); Cons. rd. 3 – won 5-0 dec. over Kyna Moffit (Pleasant Valley); 3rd place – WBF in 3:05 over Josphine Budederi (CR Jefferson)
140 – Amelia Wadsworth, 1st place
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – WBF in 2:40 over Irelan Brown (Center Point-Urbana); Quarters – WBF in 5:11 over Izzy Giza (Bettendorf); Semis – WBF in 3:18 over Andelyn Cabalka (East Buchanan); Final – WBF in 2:59 over Adeline Whisner (Mt. Vernon)
145 – Ana Simon, 1st place
Rd. 1- WBF in 0:15 in Dakota Pedersen (Iowa Valley); Quarters – WBF in 3:23 over Haylee Karr (Vinton-Shellsburg); Sims – WBF in 1:43 over Emerson Bartlett (Cedar Falls); Final – won 7-1 dec. over Tayla Stiefel (East Buchanan)
155 – Lauren Luzum, 1st place
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – WBF in 0:26 over Clair Priebe (Independence); Quarters – WBF in 3:06 over Shaona Emmanuel (City High); Semis – WBF in 3:45 over Macie Graves (Cedar Falls); Final – WBF in 3:08 over Miley Walz (East Buchanan)
155 – Annaleissa Arnold, 6th place
Rd. 1 – bye; Rd. 2 – WBF in 2:33 over Zoey Sarsfield (Anamosa); Quarters – LBF in 1:51 to Dakota Cornell (Vinton-Shellsburg); Cons. rd. 4 – WBF in 0:56 over Kaylee Jordan (Mt. Vernon); Cons. Rd. 5 – WBF in 2:00 over Addison Bowman (CR Prairie); Cons. semi – lost 14-5 maj. dec. to Macie Graves (Cedar Falls); 5th place – LBF in 2:22 to Dakota Cornell (Vinton-Shellsburg)
170 – Naomi Simon, 1st place
Rd. 1- WBF in 0:36 over Rylee Froh (Bettendorf); Quarters – WBF in 1:33 over Camryn Cothrell (CR Prairie); Semis – WBF in 0:42 over Raelene Hawkins (Iowa Valley); Final – WBF in 1:40 over Izzy Strickert (Independence)
190 – Kamryn Steines, 2nd place
Quarters – WBF in 0:43 over Reese Winslow (Pleasant Valley); Semis – won 1-0 dec. over Brooklyn Graham (East Buchanan); Final – lost by injury default to Libby Dix (Mt. Vernon)
235 – Izabelle Alley, 7th place
Rd. 1- won by forfeit over Aly Lashley (Mt. Vernon); Quarters – LBF in 0:48 to Alyson Krum (East Buchanan); Cons. rd. 2 – LBF in 1:09 to Avery Tisor (CR Jefferson); Cons. rd. 3 – WBF in 3:35 over Rylee Passmore (Linn-Mar); 7th place – won by forfeit over Aly Lashley (Mt. Vernon)
One match
The Vikings will only see action once this week as Decorah will compete in a NEIC dual at Crestwood Thursday, Jan. 11, at 6:15 p.m.
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