The Clash XXI (Caledonia/Houston competed in this 32-team two-day dual-meet tourney, going 1-5, taking 31st place. Owen Denstad and Isaac Blocker were two of 46 wrestlers to go 6-0. Braxton Lange picked up his 100th career win at the event) > Bracket D Quarters > D-III #3 Bettendorf 56, Caledonia/Houston 16 (Denstad (145) and Aiden Burns (107) had pins for the Warriors, Blocker (152) won by 10-1 major); Bracket D Consolation Semis > Xavier, CT 48, Cal/Hou 15 (Anthony VonArx (189) won by fall, Burns (107 > 5-1), Denstad (145 > 11-6), and Blocker (152 > 10-3) by decision); Bracket D 7th Place > D-I #7 Marshfield 42, Cal/Hou 25 (Dual started at 133-pounds and Cal/Hou won the first four weights to lead 19-0, but won just one more. Denstad (145), Blocker (152), and Burns (114) won by fall, Braxton Lange (133) by 12-2 major decision, Tanner Ginther (139) by 5-2 decision); 8th Place Bracket > Loyola-Academy, IL 36, Cal/Hou 38 (With the dual starting at 139-pounds, the Warriors won the first five weights for a 26-0 lead. But Loyola then won six of seven. A pin at 127 gave Loyola a 36-32 lead, their only lead of the dual. Cal/Hou’s Braxton Lange (133) won the dual with a pin in the final match. Denstad (145), Blocker (152), and Will Allen (160) also had pins. Mason VanGundy (114) won by forfeit. Ginther (139) won a 14-0 major, Cooper Allen (172) an 11-3 major); 8th Place Bracket > Park Hill MO, 36, Cal/Hou 32 (With matches starting at 145, Cal/Hou won the first three for a 14-0 lead, but Park Hill then won seven of the next eight matches for an insurmountable 36-20 lead. Blocker (152), Aden Kulas (215), and Lange (133) won by fall, Ginther (139) by forfeit, Denstad (145) by 17-2 tech fall, and W-Allen (160) by 9-4 decision); 8th Place Bracket > Northfield 38, Cal/Hou 28 (With wrestling starting at 152, Cal/Hou won the first two for a 11-0 lead, but the Raiders won seven of eight from 172 through 127 to lead insurmountably 39-14. Northfield was deducted a point for unsportsmanlike conduct. W-Allen (160) and Lange (133) won by fall, Blocker (152 > 18-2) and Denstad (145 > 25-10) by tech fall, and Burns (114 > 1-0) and Ginther (139 > 10-9 in SV-1) by decision. Warriors > 1-3, 8-15)
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