Cowboy team takes second at NCC wrestling

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows wrestling team had to settle for second place at this year’s North Central Conference wrestling tournament hosted by Algona last Saturday. Webster City (WC), which earlier had defeated the Cowboys in a dual meet, won the title with 199.5 points as the Cowboys were a close second at 190 points. Finishing behind them in order were: Algona (A) 169, Humboldt (H) 144, Iowa Falls-Alden (IF-A) 135.5, Clear Lake (CL) 110, Hampton-Dumont (H-D) 93 and St. Edmond (SE) 34.

Claiming gold medals in their weight classes were Tanner Abbas (138), Mason Carpenter (182) and Spencer Trenary (285). Abbas scored two falls to reach the finals, then pinned Busse of Humboldt in 1:53 for the sweep. Carpenter followed an opening round bye with a pin in 1:08 to move into the finals. He would take a 13-3 major decision over Chipp of Hampton-Dumont in that match. Trenary won two matches by fall to reach the finals, then earned a huge 14-1 major decision over McCoy of Webster City for the championship.

Reymundo Vasquez (170) placed second, scoring a win by fall and a 3-1 victory in overtime before losing in the final. Taking third place were Kamren Jergenson (145), Dakota Hennigar (152) and Sam Wigans (160). Highlights for those three included Kamren scoring a pair of falls in 1:41 and 2:34, Dakota winning a major decision 11-3 and scoring a fall in 3:21 and Sam taking three matches by fall in 1:41, 1:21 and 2:45, respectively.

For the tournament results, see the January 26 edition of the Monitor.