Senior heavyweight Jackson Lukes maneuvers his opponent during last week’s Warrior wrestling dual against Postville. In a busy week, Lukes improved his season mark to 28-6, giving him the fourth-most wins on the team. (Kris Van Sickle photo)
South Winn Warriors reach 21 dual wins
Zakary Kriener
News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com
The Warriors brought 13 wrestlers to the Alburnett Invitational Saturday; they came home with three individual titles, three runners-up, three third-place finishers, 28 total pins, and one team title.
South Winneshiek was led by first-place finishes from Tanner Tollefsrud (152, Rodney Schwartzhoff (160, and Gabe Kipp (182. The three wrestlers accumulated 12 of the team’s pins, including five by Kipp.
Warriors to finish second in their weight brackets included Zach Taylor (132, Damon Meyer (220, and Jackson Lukes (285, while Toby Conway (113, Gabe Sadler (120, and No. 7-ranked Manning Kuboushek (195 each brought home bronze. Kuboushek’s day included a pair of wins via fall with both of his losses coming to top-two ranked individuals (No. 1 Tanner Sloan of Alburnett and No. 2 Garet Sims of Iowa Valley.
The team title was decided by an impressive 56 points as the Warriors (272 finished ahead of Dike-New Hartford (216, Monticello (204, Iowa Valley (160, and No. 8-ranked Alburnett (155.