The North Butler-Clarksville girls wrestling team went 2-1 and West Fork girls went 2-1 as part of a senior night quad hosted by NBC to conclude their dual schedule on Thursday. NBC Seniors Addy Johnson and Zoe Pierce were recognized.
The NBC girls won 31-30 over West Fork, won 42-30 over Janesville and lost 35-24 to Saint Ansgar.
Against West Fork, NBC won two matches by Fall, as Nadelyn Stanbrough won at 135 and Alexa Gott won at 170. West Fork won two matches by Fall, as Kaitlyn Burgin won at 155 and Fernanda Ramirez won at 190. All other matches were decided by forfeit that tied the dual at 30-30. The dual was decided by criteria based on the number of forfeits per team, as NBC won the dual with three forfeits to four forfeits by West Fork.
Against Janesville, NBC’s Addy Johnson won by Fall at 105 and Janesville won by Fall at 125. All other matches were decided by open weight forfeits. Against Saint Ansgar, NBC lost all three of their contested matches at 125, 130 and 155. NBC scored their team points on four wins by open weight forfeit.
NBC Head Coach Ben Lovrien on final home dual environment and performance of team.
“It was a heated environment, a lot of action going on. It was awesome to see the gym filled like this. Our senior girls got to wrestle here in their home gym, that was awesome,” says Lovrien. “I thought our performance was real good. There’s all these things that you can take away, that you can improve on. We’ll keep improving every time out. That’s how we approach things. We’ll go back tomorrow and have practice. We’re going to say, we’re going to work on this.”
The West Fork girls won 42-24 over Saint Ansgar, won 30-24 over Janesville and lost to NBC.
Against Saint Ansgar, West Fork’s Jenny Ramirez won by Fall at 145 and Kaitlyn Burgin won by Fall at 155. All other matches were decided by open weight forfeits.
Against Janesville, West Fork’s Josi Janssen won by Fall at 140 and Jenny Ramirez won by Fall at 145. The Warhawks lost one match by Fall. All other matches in the dual were decided by open weight forfeits.
Warhawks Head Coach Onni Prestidge on local duals and composure of wrestlers.
“We didn’t see North Butler until our conference tournament. We’ve never seen Janesville. We saw Saint Ansgar a couple times. Being able to see local competition that some will see at regional qualifiers and some we won’t, was nice,” says Prestidge. “The poise and composure our girls showed tonight really impressed me, not allowing themselves to get rattled in bad positions. Tonight was a really nice last hurrah for our girls before we go into regionals. Now moving forward we are going to be sharpening the iron, doing exactly what we have to do the next eight days to get our girls ready for the state qualifier.”
North Butler-Clarksville (8-5) will conclude their regular season at Upper Iowa Invite on Saturday and West Fork (10-9) will prepare for regionals at Osage on Friday, January 31.
