The West Fork girls wrestling team hosted a quad to begin their 2024-2025 season on Monday night. The Warhawks went 2-1 with a 36-18 win over BCLUW, a 36-12 win over Eagle Grove and a 66-12 loss to Clear Lake.
The Warhawks in dual against BCLUW scored on a Remi Peters win by disqualification, a Lily Baker win by Fall (00:54) at 135, and a Fernanda Ramirez win by Fall (1:51) at 170. BCLUW won by fall at 155. All other matches in the dual were decided by open weight forfeits.
The Warhawks in dual against Eagle Grove scored on Josi Janssen’s win by Fall (1:32) at 140, a Autumn Wood Fall (2:35) at 155 and a Fernanda Ramirez win by Fall (3:00) at 170. The Eagles scored on a win by Fall at 115. All other matches in the dual were decided by open weight forfeits.
The Warhawks in dual against Clear Lake got on the board with a Josi Janssen win by Fall (3:12) at 140 and Fernanda Ramirez win by Fall (4:39) at 170. The Lions had five wins by fall and won other matches by open weight forfeits.
West Fork Head Coach Onni Prestidge on the opportunity to compete.
“We have a very young and energetic team. The biggest thing that we asked going into tonight was to punch first and punch hard. Every single one of our girls seemed to get the first attack, seemed to get the first tie up. It was their tie up, it was their attack, that’s all we can ask,” says Prestidge. “The next biggest thing is seeing what wrestling is like, they’ve seen it now. To be able to go out and compete when your friends are worried about the spotlight. They can see that you went out on your own, competed, did everything you could, and you’re smiling at the end. That’s what this is about.”
West Fork was led on the night by Fernanda Ramirez who went 3-0 with three falls and Josi Janssen who went 2-0 with two falls.
West Fork returns to the mat to take part in Emmetsburg tournament on Saturday.
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