GRINNELL — The Little Hawkeye Conference Wrestling Tournment had a slightly different format than in past years on Saturday.

With only six teams participating, the tournament was a round-robin affair with each wrestler meeting the other wrestlers once.

Oskaloosa had two conference champions and four runners-up as the Indians finsihed fourth with 203 points. Grinnell, which won the dual-meet portion of the conference earlier this week, completed the double-title run with 257 points, just 6.5 points betetr than Newton.

The Indians were in fifth place most of the day, but put on a rally in the final couple of rounds to move up a spot, which pleased Coach Brandon Graham.

“We did pretty well,” he said. “We had several individuals who did really well. We changed a couple of matches that could have gone either way. In the team race, we should have been in the top three. But we’re happy with fourth.

“Everybody wrestled hard and never gave up.”

Sophomore Skylar DeJong only wrestled three times after getting byes in the first two rounds, but he made very quick work of his opponents to claim the title at 113 pounds.

He was on the mat for all of a minute and 9 seconds in recording three quick falls to move his record to 32-4.

Senior Dane Jones improved his record to 23-2 with three pins in just over a minute and a major decision in his other win as he went 4-0 on the day at 195.

“Skylar and Dane wrestled really well,” Graham said. “We expect that out of those two. We’re trying to push them ready for Thursday night (at Pella along with future LHC member Dallas Center-Grimes) and hopefully get a hard week of trining in before districts (Feb. 9 in Mount Pleasant).”

Getting second-place finishes were Nate Caves at 120, Cody Jones at 160, Mason Wisse at 182 and Drea Lamb at 220.



Little Hawkeye Wrestling Tournament

Round-Robin

At Grinnell

Team standings — 1. Grinnell 257, 2. Newton 250.5, 3. Knoxville 241, 4. Oskaloosa 203, 5. Norwalk 199, 6. Pella 81.

Oskaloosa Results

113 — Skylar DeJong (32-4) received bye in first and rounds; pinned Trevor Baack (Norwalk), :17 in third round; pinned Jac Fischer (Newton), :28 in fourth round; pinned Jake Staroska (Grinnell), :24 in fifth round; Placed first.

120 — Nate Caves (31-7) was decisioned by Tanner Hull (Newton), 3-1 in first round; major decisioned Skylar Cunningham (Knoxville), 12-3 in second round; pinned Ty Johnson (Grinnell), :43 in fourth round; pinned Kenny Onstot (Norwalk), :40 in fourth round; received bye in fifth round; Placed 2.

126 — Mitchell Schaffner (11-8) major decisioned Bryce Tish (Newton), 15-4 in first round; was pinned by James Stittsworth (Knoxville), 2:39 in second round: pinned Chase Petty (Pella), 2:37 in third round; received bye in fourth round; was decisioned by Zach Johnston (Norwalk), 4-2 in fifth round. Placed third.

138 — Anthony Bonilla (4-19) was pinned by Brett Northcutt (Newton), 1:21 in first round; was pinned by Austin Pierangeli (Norwalk), 1:08 in second round; was pinned by Kieran robuck (Knoxville), 1:06 in third round; was pinned by Garrett Jay (Grinnell), 2:19 in fourth riund; received bye in fifth round. Placed fifth.

145 — Hunter Simmons (1-24) was pinned by Dominik Clarke (Knoxville), 2:36 in first round; was pinned by Brody Beck (Grinnell), 1:50 in second round; was pinned Jessie Cowie (Norwalk), 1:02 in third round; was pinned by Jake Speitz (Pella), 1:34 in fourth round; received bye in fifth round. Placed fifth.

160 — Cody Jones (21-10) pinned Kevin Onstot (Norwalk), 1:35 in first round; pinned Kevin Woodhouse (Knoxville), 3:20 in second round; rceived bye in third round; pinned Cale Hunter (Newton), 1:48 in fourth round; was major decisioned by Bryce Lidtka (Grinnell, 13-5 in fifth round; Placed second.

170 — Koeki Gibson (10-9) pinned Sean Cook (Newton), :18 in first round; was pinned by Aaron Crossett (Knoxville), 1:14 in second round; was decisioned by jack Leshen (Grinnell), 8-2 in third round; received bye in fourth round; was pinned by Nathan Johnston (Norwalk), 1:01 in fifth round. Placed fourth.

182 — Mason Wisse (24-6) pinned Julio Sanchez (Grinnell), 1:51 in first round; pinned JoeyWright (Newton), :54 in second round; received bye in third round; pinned Zach Kelly (Norwalk), :40 in fourth round; was decisioned by Colton Spaur (Knoxville), 6-3 in fifth round. Placed second.

195 — Dane Jones (23-2) received bye in first round; pinned Anthony Clayton (Grinnell), :26 in second round; pinned Jac Agan (Knoxville), :32 in third round; pinned Erich Voitel (Norwalk), :17 in fourth round; major decisioned Ray Schroder (Newton), 15-6 in fifth round. Placed first.

220 — Drea Lamb (20-13) decisoned Austin Harrington (Grinnell), 7-4 in first round; pinned Broc Caviness (Knoxville), :55 in second round; received bye in third round; pinned Zach Swanson (Norwalk), :40 in fourth round; was decisioned by Jacob Williams (Newton), 5-3 in overtime in fifth round; Placed second.

285 — Loren Parks (1-8) was pinned by Jake Kestel (Norwalk), 2:29 in first round; was pinned by Derrick Hurt (Nerwton), :11 in second round; was pinned by Dalton Hall (Knoxville), :18 in third round; was pinned by Ethan lahn (Grinnell) :20 in fourth round; received bye in fifth round. Placed fifth.