The South Hamilton and Eagle Grove wrestling squads made the long trek north and west on Saturday, to compete in the Class 1A, District 3 tournament at Emmetsburg High School. The Hawks and Eagles were joined by the host E-Hawks, West Sioux, West Hancock, Akron-Westfield, GTRA, North Union, Sibley-Ocheyedan, Sioux Central, Belmond-Klemme, Western Christian and West Bend-Mallard.
Eagle Grove managed to send 3 wrestlers down to this weekend’s State Tournament. Dustin Dawson was the Eagles lone district champion, picking up a title match fall over West Sioux’s Drayven Kraft to win the 132 pound district title. Mack Morgan placed 2nd, after falling to Akron-Westfield’s Cael Morrow in a 6-0 decision, Morgan did not have a wrestleback match. Isaac Olson was the 3rd Eagle qualfier, placing 2nd at 220 pounds, winning his wrestleback over GTRA’s Tanner Murray in a 4-3 decision. Olson fell to West Hancock’s Matthew Francis in the title match.
South Hamilton managed to send just one wrestler in senior 182-pounder Brent Greenfield. Greenfield fell to West Sioux’s Carson Lynott in a fall that was 36 seconds into the title match. Greenfield would come back and pick up 7-5 decision over Emmetsburg’s Ben Saxton to clinch a berth in the State Tournament. Keyton Remsburg placed 4th at 126 pounds as the only other district qualifier for South Hamilton.
The 4 wrestlers will travel to Des Moines this weekend to compete in the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. 95.7 KQWC will provide live, move-by-move coverage of matches involving area athletes.