Four Panthers are champs at home Guilford tourney

     Monticello earned four individual championships, and had five finalists, during the Dan Guilford Invitational Dec. 1 at Monticello High School.

     The Panther wrestlers were led by champions Mark Sunlin (106 pounds), Kain Luensman (126), Chase Luensman (145) and Lake Stahlberg (220).

     “It was a great tournament,” Monticello coach Ryan Luensman said. “We added some more teams (this year), and the boys responded to the competition.

     “Mark Sunlin is having a great start, Kain wrestled confidently, and Chase beat two ranked wrestlers to capture his third invitational championship of his career. Lake capped the night with a great win over second-ranked Owen Grover from Beckman.”

     Also reaching the finals was Ethan Tallman, who scored two pins to reach a tournament championship match for the first time before suffering a concussion in the finals.

     “Ethan took a hard slam in the finals,” coach Luensman said. “He will need to take some time to get healed up. Ethan is a tough kid, and will come back strong. He wrestled a great tournament until the injury stopped him.”

     The Panthers were seventh out of nine teams in the tournament.

     Monticello also had a third place finish from Owen Ray at 120 pounds. Ray went 3-1, winning all three by fall.

     “Owen Ray and Rylan Cooper both had a great tournament in the first varsity tournaments of their careers.”

     Rylan Cooper was fifth at 126 pounds, and Adam Terry placed sixth at 285.

     Earlier, the Panthers zipped to Anamosa Nov. 29 for a quadrangular meet, winning one of their three matches. Monticello lost to Camanche 57-24, came up just short in a 42-39 defeat against Anamosa, and scored a 48-22 win over Durant.

     Forfeits were big factors in the Panther losses; they gave up 30 points in forfeits against Camanche, and 18 against Anamosa.

     “We have a very diverse team as far as experience and where they are in the lineup,” the coach said. “As a coach I have to make individual decisions for what is best for each person. We still have a few injuries from the fall season. Adding these factors together makes it difficult to win duals.” 

     Kain Luensman had two pins and a forfeit win to go 3-0. Lake Stahlberg won three matches by forfeit. Chase Luensman wrestled twice and won by pin and major decision. Mark Sunlin was 2-1 with a technical fall and a forfeit; Ethan Tallman went 2-1 with a pin and a forfeit. Dylan Bowser won one match by pin.

     “I thought the team competed hard and did a great job of improving with each dual,” coach Luensman said. “We just need to get everyone healthy and to improve each day at practice.”

     The Panthers will host a quadrangular meet Dec. 6, wrestling Mid-Prairie, Iowa City Regina and Clayton Ridge, starting at 5:30 p.m. As it will be the last home meet of the season, it will also be Senior Night.

Junior varsity

     The Panthers competed in the North Linn Junior Varsity Tournament Nov. 26, and had seven finalists.

     Dylan Bowser was a champion in his division, winning all three of his matches, two by pin.

     Taking second place were Rylan Cooper, Ty Jesenovec, Colin Jordan, Owen Ray, Skyler Sharp and Ethan Tallman.

     Jericho Strouf had a third place finish.

     In fourth were Miles Hatchel, Chaz McClendon and Gage Sharp.

Nov. 29

Anamosa quad.

Camanche 57,

Monticello 24

(Monticello wrestlers listed first)

     126 ­– Kain Luensman won by forfeit. 132 – Ty Jesenovec was pinned by Eric Kincaid, 1:11. 138 – Bo Kramer was pinned by Brennan Kramer, 2:41. 145 – Chase Luensman pinned Jason Huling, 1:43. 152 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 160 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 170 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 182 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 195 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 220 – Lake Stahlberg won by forfeit. 285 – Mason Reuter won by forfeit. 106 – Mark Sunlin was pinned by Jaxon Bussa, 2:42. 113 – Dylan Bowser was pinned by Jack Wruck, 2:51. 120 – Ethan Tallman lost to Ben Vogel, 7-6.

Exhibitions

     145 – Miles Hatchel was pinned by Nick Thoms, 0:18. 152 – Tristan Clark was pinned by Nick Thoms, 1:22. 152 – Skyler Sharp was pinned by Nolan Thoms, 2:23.

Anamosa 42,

Monticello 39

     132 – Ty Jesenovec won by forfeit. 138 – Bo Kramer was pinned by Haiden Smith, 0:29. 145 – Chase Luensman won by major dec. over Alex Casey, 12-4. 152 – Colin Jordan was pinned was pinned by Dominic Haas, 1:29. 160 – Jericho Strouf was pinned by Nathan Keating, 0:48. 170 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 182 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 195 – Monticello lost by forfeit. 220 – Lake Stahlberg won by forfeit. 285 – Mason Reuter lost to Connor Andresen by injury default. 106 – Mark Sunlin won by tech. fall over Gage Engelbart, 15-0, 4:30. 113 – Dylan Bowser pinned Milton Moctezuma, 1:49. 120 – Ethan Tallman pinned Josiah Simms, 2:14. 126 – Kain Luensman pinned Dustin Smith, 1:00.

Exhibitions

     106 – Hope Hunter was pinned by Aaron Casey, 0:09. 132 – Rylan Cooper pinned Cameron Breashears, 1:17. 138 – Gage Sharp was pinned by Levi Ehresman, 0:33. 160: Skyler Sharp lost to Mark Hanson, 4-3.

Monticello 48,

Durant 22

     138 – Bo Kramer won by forfeit. 145 – Miles Hatchel was pinned by Tysen McKinley, 0:41. 152 – Colin Jordan won by forfeit. 160 – Jericho Strouf was pinned by Cameron Ruggiero, 0:38. 170 – Spencer Avery won by forfeit. 182 – open. 195 – Cole Wilson won by forfeit. 220 – Lake Stahlberg won by forfeit. 285 – open. 106 – Mark Sunlin won by forfeit. 113 – Dylan Bowser lost by major dec. to Ethan Gast, 12-1. 120 – Ethan Tallman won by forfeit. 126 – Kain Luensman pinned Nathan Moomey, 1:06. 132 – Ty Jesenovec was pinned by Kenny Salemi, 3:13.

Dec. 1

Guilford Inv.

(at Monticello)

TEAM SCORES

     1, Sumner-Fredericksburg 166; 2, Beckman Catholic 165.5; Vinton-Shellsburg 152; 3, Dubuque Senior 142; 5, Marion 134.5; 6, Clinton 132; 7, Monticello 121; 8, Cedar Rapids Prairie JV 69; 9, Central Elkader 20.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     106 – Mark Sunlin (champion) received a bye; pinned Cael Judisch, SF, 5:41; pinned Nick Schmidt, BC, 1:16.

     120 – Ethan Tallman (runner-up) pinned Carter Dralle, SF, 2:17; pinned Danil Wall, BC, 1:44; lost by injury default to Isaac Cretsinger, DS, 0:18.

     120 – Owen Ray (third place) pinned Bryce Radeke, VS, 5:10; was pinned by Isaac Cretsinger, DS, 1:27; pinned Carter Dralle, SF, 2:46; pinned Justin Brewer, C, 3:21.

     126 – Kain Luensman (champion) pinned Brady Ortner, VS, 1:05; won by tech. fall over Nathan Egan, SF, 18-3, 2:42; pinned Luke Busch, DS, 1:03.

     126 – Rylan Cooper (fifth) pinned Roman Johnston, CRP, 0:56; was pinned by Luke Busch, 2:41; was pinned by Brady Ortner, VS, 1:40; pinned Michael Roling, BC, 3:18.

     132 – Ty Jesenovec was pinned by Nick Hageman, BC, 0:55; was pinned by Austin Nicewanner, CRP, 1:00.

     145 – Chase Luensman (champion) pinned Ben Schmelzer, DS, 1:16; pinned Isaac Larkin, C, 3:24, dec. Luke Radeke, VS, 8-4.

     220 – Lake Stahlberg (champion) pinned Jacob Koopmann, BC, 1:19; pinned Carter Paulus, SF, 1:32; won by ultimate tie-breaker over Owen Grover, BC, 3-1.

     285 – Adam Terry (sixth) was pinned by Logan Hangartner, M, 1:58; received a bye; was pinned by Chris King, VS, 1:47; lost by forfeit to Spencer Palm, DS.