Lake Mills hosted a quad wrestling meet Thursday night and picked up two victories.
The night started with the Bulldogs wrestling well to beat Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, 54-26, backed by six pins.
The team followed that up with a dominant win over Newman, 66-18.
“GHV has done a good job of getting more kids out and has a much better team this year,” said Lake Mills coach Alex Brandenburg. “I thought we wrestled well against them and Newman.”
The two wins set up a top 5 matchup between fourth-ranked Lake Mills and fifth-ranked Nashua-Plainfield. Over the last dozen years, these two programs have gone back and forth. Thursday was no different, as both teams came up with some big victories to keep the dual tight throughout.
In the end, the Huskies ended up doing enough to outlast Lake Mills, 41-36.
“The dual against Nashua-Plainfield was a classic like always,” Brandenburg said. “There were so many big moments for both teams, but we just couldn’t make enough breaks to get the win.”
Lake Mills 54, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 26
157- Lucas Kral (G) maj. dec. Hayden Helgeson, 11-3. 165- Austin Stene (L) won by forfeit. 175- Luke Fjeld (L) won by forfeit. 190- Parker Moritz (G) pinned Andrew Grunhovd, 1:23. 215- Josiah Kjeldahl (L) pinned Ben Fox, :58. 285- Wyatt Hanna (L) pinned Dom Holder, :59. 106- Gunner Fry (G) won by forfeit. 113- Lucas Oldenkamp (L) pinned Kaleb Feld, 1:05. 120- Case Casperson (L) pinned Brayden Lunning, 3:51. 126- Royce Peterson (L) pinned Sam Katter, 3:06. 132- Keith Johnson (G) won by forfeit. 138- Israel Garcia (G) maj. dec. Carter Christianson, 13-3. 144- Caleb Skogen (L) pinned Jace Hendrikson, 3:54. 150- Steve Brandenburg (L) pinned Dennis Beery, :43.
Lake Mills 66, Newman 18
165- Stene (L) pinned Urijah Paulsen, :57. 175- Fjeld (L) pinned Hudson Hensley, 2:34. 190- Grunhovd (L) won by forfeit. 215- Kjeldahl (L) won by forfeit. 285- Hanna (L) pinned Jackson Sable, :42. 106- Simon Wollner (N) won by forfeit. 113- Oldenkamp (L) won by forfeit. 120- Casperson (L) won by forfeit. 126- Peterson (L) pinned Daniel Spooner, 1:26. 132- Mael Quam (N) won by forfeit. 138- Christianson (L) pinned Wyatt Paulsen, :48. 144- Alex Bosch (N) pinned Skogen, 1:46. 150- Brandenburg (L) won by forfeit. 157- Helgeson (L) won by forfeit.
Nashua-Plainfield 41, Lake Mills 36
175- Aiden Gelner (N) pinned Fjeld, 3:25. 190- Grunhovd (L) pinned Maverick Dietz, 4:57. 215- Kjeldahl (L) pinned Jaxon McDonald, 1:48. 285- Hanna (L) pinned Isaac Jones, :46. 106- Lincoln Huck (N) won by forfeit. 113- Oldenkamp (L) pinned Jagger White, :29. 120- Nic Brase (N) pinned Casperson, :40. 126- Peterson (L) pinned Kolbie Vance, 3:35. 132- Connor Sullivan (N) won by forfeit. 138- Jayden Rinken (N) pinned Christianson, 2:45. 144- Luke Zwanziger (N) dec. Skogen, 15-9. 150- Brandenburg (L) pinned Wyatt Beaman, :54. 157- Devon Blanchard (N) dec. Helgeson, 5-4. 165- Jackson Carey (N) tech. fall Sten, 19-3.
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