The North Butler-Clarksville boys wrestling team went 2-1 at a Top of Iowa Conference quad hosted by Northwood-Kensett on Thursday to begin the 2024-2025 season. NBC lost 68-11 to #16(1A) Osage in first dual, then won 45-30 over North Union and won 53-18 over the host Vikings to close the night, as aired on 104.9 KLMJ.
In the first dual, Osage won seven weights by Fall, two by major decision and two by forfeit. NBC scored their points on a win by technical fall for Carl Shew at 113 over Jackson Lofton of Osage (18-2) and a win by Fall (4:00) for Maddox Morrison at 132 over Easton Sonberg of Osage.
In the second dual, the difference maker for NBC against North Union was three wins by Fall and three wins by technical fall. The three falls were supplied by Weston Miller at 126, Jaxson Miller at 138 and Ryland Pitzenberger at 165. The technical falls were taken down by Maddox Morrison at 132 (19-0), Jack Bartels at 144 (16-1) and Evan McCormick (15-0).
In the third dual, NBC won over Northwood-Kensett via five falls and a technical fall. The five wins by fall were by Weston Miller at 126, Maddox Morrison at 132, Jack Bartels at 144, Evan McCormick at 150 and McCabe Gansen at 215. The technical fall win was by Jaxson Miller at 138 (18-3).
NBC Assistant Coach Travis Holm on the response of the team following the loss to Osage to finish the night strong.
“The kids have been working hard in practice and they’re eager to get out there tonight and show what they’ve been working on. They went out there and showed us what they can do, it was nice getting those two wins tonight,” says Holm. “We talked about going out, wrestling their style and having some fun with it and trying to score points in bunches, that’s what they did. They responded from maybe a let down in that first dual. It was nice to see that and we’re proud of them for that.”
Maddox Morrison led the way going 3-0 with two falls and a technical fall. Jaxson Miller, Weston Miller, Jack Bartels and Evan McCormick each went 2-1.
North Butler-Clarksville (2-1) will return to the mat for the Bob Murphy Invite hosted by West Delaware on Saturday.
