Waukon wrestling team falls in final home duals, finishes third at Riceville Tourney
The Waukon wrestling senior pair of Gunnar Grangaard (pictured above) at 152 pounds and Adam Benzing at 145 pounds wrapped up the final home dual meet of their high school wrestling careers in victorious fashion, book-ending the Indians’ 52-20 home loss to Oelwein Thursday, January 22 with half of the four Indian wins in the dual. Grangaard opened the dual getting a leg up on Oelwein junior Alexander Hepperle before pinning him in a time of 2:22 and Benzing’s result was right on the nose as he finished off the dual with a 10-0 major decision over Oelwein junior Elliott Phillips. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.
The Waukon wrestling team brought its regular season to a close this past week, completing its dual meet season with a pair of losses before wrestling to a third-place finish at the Riceville Tournament. The wrestling Tribe fell to both Class 3A 10th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock, 56-18, and Oelwein, 52-20, in its final dual meet event of the regular season Thursday, January 22 before claiming five individual runner-up finishes on the way to finishing third in the eight-team Riceville Tournament Saturday, January 24.
The Indians finished the regular season with an overall record of 7-17, 0-6 in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC). They will now prepare for the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament to be held at New Hampton Saturday, January 31 before opening postseason tournament competition at their Class 2A Sectional Tournament being hosted by North Fayette Valley in West Union Saturday, February 7.
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