Caledonia/Houston wrestling took to the mats on back-to-back-to-back days for seven dual meets in less than 72 hours. Shay Mahoney’s #7 in Class A Warriors showed their toughness going 7-0. At Waukon’s “tri,” Cal/Hou beat New Hampton/Turkey Valley 55-9 and the host Indians 56-16. Versus NH/TV, Braxton Lange (120), Max Schmitz (132), Owen Denstad (138), Tucker Ginther (145), and Grant Ness (285) had pins. Eric Mauss (182) won by forfeit. Simon Seymour (160) won a 10-1 major decision. Aiden Burns (106 > 4-2), Hunter Frank (113 > 8-5), Tanner Ginther (126 > 6-3), Cory Scanlan (152 > 6-0), and Bronson Knutson (170 > 10-8 in SV-1) won decisions. The Warriors’ three losses were all by decision. Versus Waukon, Denstad (138), Tuck. Ginther (145), Scanlan (152), Seymour (160), Ayden Goetzinger (195), and Brody Thesing (285) won by fall. Frank (113 > 15-3), Knutson (170 > 8-0), and Mauss (182 > 12-4) won majors. Burns (106 > 5-2) and Lange (126 > 8-2) won decisions. The Warriors then beat LARP 45-31 and PEM 55-18 and the Bulldogs “tri.” Versus the Screamin’ Eagles, the Warriors didn’t take lead for good until a win at 152 made it 21-19. Warrior pins at 182, 195, and 220 clinched the match. Lange (120), Scanlan (152), Seymour (160), Mauss (182), Goetzinger (195), and Tyler Jennings (220) had pins. Denstad (138) won by forfeit. Tan. Ginther (126) won a 4-1 decision over Colten Jenkins. For LARP, Owen Lange (113), Titan Tekautz (145), Zach Plank (170) and Andrew Wilkemeyer (285) had pins. Jordan Zibrowski (132) won an 8-0 major. Christian Zibrowski (106) beat Burns by 6-1 decision. Versus the Bulldogs, Lange (120), Denstad (138), Scanlan (152), Seymour (160), and Jennings (220) won by fall. Burns (106) and Thesing (285) won by forfeit. Goetzinger (195) won an 18-2 tech fall. Tan. Ginther (126 > 14-2) and Mauss (182 > 9-1) won
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major decisions. It was then tough quad time. The Warriors hosted Glenwood City (WI), Goodhue, and Chatfield. Versus GC, Cal/Hou won just two of the first seven bouts and trailed 25-10 after 145. But they won six of the last seven. Eric Mauss’ forfeit win (195) gave them their first lead, 31-28. The Warriors prevailed 43-28. Denstad (138), Scanlan (152), Seymour (160), Goetzinger (220), and Thesing (285) had pins. Lange (120) won an 8-0 major. Jacob Francis (182) won a 4-0 decision. Against Goodhue, seven of the 13 matches went to decision. Cal/Hou jumped 15-0 and never trailed, posting a 34-21 win. Frank (113) and Denstad (138) had the Warrior pins. Burns (106) won by forfeit. Scanlan (152) won a 11-1 major. Lange (126 > 7-6), Seymour (160 > 3-1), Mauss (195 > 5-1), and Goetzinger (220 > 5-1) wrestled out decision wins. The Warriors then fought #8 in A Chatfield for a second time. Caledonia/Houston took the lead 9-6 after 120 and then never trailed. The score was 28-21 heading to 220. Mauss procured a tech fall to clinch the dual. The final was 39-21 in a match-up with seven decisions. For Cal/Hou, Lange (120), Cooper Allen (132), and Thesing (285) had pins. Denstad (138) won a 13-5 major. Decision-wise, Frank beat Kaisen Johnson 6-5 (113), Isaac Blocker beat Jack Dornack 8-2 (152), Seymour beat Thad Evans 5-2 (160), and Aden Kulas went over D’Andre Williams 2-0 (182). Chatfield got pins from Javier Berg (106) and Kail Schott (195). Gopher decision wins were Gage Bartels over Tan. Ginther 5-1 (126), Carson Rowland over Scanlan 3-1 (145), and Nathan Allen over Francis 10-3 (170). The Warriors improved to 3-0, 19-4 overall. They’ve won 10 in a row. Lange (#5 at 120), Denstad (#4 at 132), and Mauss all went 7-0 for the week. Tuck. Ginther (#2 at 145), Blocker (#2 at 138), and Goetzinger (#2 at 195) are also ranked. For Chatfield versus GC and Goodhue, see “Wrestling.”