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S-O sends eight to districts-Generals place second in 2A mat sectional
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While the Sibley-Ocheyedan Generals consider their second place finish at the Rock Valley Class 2A Sectional wrestling tournament last Saturday a minor setback, S-O head coach Doyle Naig remains optimistic about a team sending eight wrestlers to the district tournament Saturday in Cherokee.
"There weren't too many major upsets," said Naig. "We wrestled to most of our seeds. Sheldon had perhaps their best outing of the year, and wrestled above their seeds. Overall, this was just a minor road bump-we will get through it and make better young men from it. I like our chances next Saturday in Cherokee."
The Generals' 214 team points were narrowly beat by Sheldon/South O'Brien's 223 team points. But at the end of the day, three Generals-Steven Brockshus (130 pounds), Ted Kruger (152 pounds) and Brian Block (171 pounds) emerged as the champions of their respective weight classes and punched their ticket to the district tournament. The Generals will also be sending runners-up Houston Hieronimus, Justin Truckenmiller, Julio Ayala, Jay Kruger and Kyle Trierweiler, with Naig heaping praise on Trierweiler in particular for his efforts. The 285-pound wrestler had a debilitating injury in last Tuesday's Siouxland Conference meet, but chose to wrestle anyway.
"Trierweiler gets the badge of courage," said Naig of his heavyweight. "He gutted it out big time. He has torn cartilage in his rib cage, and it is very painful, but he made it through anyway."
Individual results for the tournament are as follows, with each wrestler's final match listed.
Sectional individual
tournament at Rock Valley
103: Eric Tutje placed third, winning his final match over Brett Stofferan (MOC-FV) by fall in 1:24.
119: Roberto Ayala placed fifth, winning his final match over Matt De Wild (WC) by fall in 0:58.
125: Jesse Glade placed fourth, losing his final match to Casey Jones (SLP) by fall in 1:40.
130: Stephen Brockshus placed first, winning the final over Cullen Andere (SLP) by decision 11-8.
135: Houston Hieronimus placed second, winning his final match over Joe Reinders (MOC-FV) by fall in 2:44.
140: Julio Ayala placed second, winning his final match over Chris Gianopoulous (MOC-FV) by fall in 1:42.
145: Justin Truckenmiller placed second, losing the final to Collin Aschert (MOC-FV) by decision 7-3.
152: Ted Kruger placed first, winning the final over Knute Klinker (SSO) by decision 7-4.
160: Joey Klaassen placed fifth, winning his final match over Sam Van Ginkel (WC) by major decision 12-3.
171: Brian Block placed first, winning the final over Bruce McWilliams (SSO) by decision 8-3.
189: Dylan Vande Garde placed third, losing his final match to Micah Hoogendoorn (BH-RV) by decision 7-4.
215: Jay Kruger placed second, losing the final to Taylor Whitt (MOC-FV) by decision 3-1.
285: Kyle Trierweiler placed second, winning his final match over Joe Feekos (SSO) by decision 7-5.
Following Sheldon/South O'Brien and S-O in the team standings were MOC-Floyd Valley (185.5), Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (157), Spirit Lake Park (157) and Western Christian (67).
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