Lynnville-Sully wrestlers place sixth, Colfax-Mingo ninth at SICL tournament

NORTH ENGLISH — Kimball Elliott and Matthew Mintle claimed individual conference titles and three other area grapplers finished second at the South Iowa Cedar League tournament on Saturday.

Lynnville-Sully and Colfax-Mingo both brought five wrestlers to the conference tournament. Four of the five Hawks scored top-three finishes and L-S was sixth in the 10-team field.

Iowa Valley won the SICL tournament with 199 points, while the rest of the top five included North Mahaska (165.5), Sigourney/Keota (140.5), BGM (135) and Montezuma (123.5).

Lynnville-Sully’s five wrestlers scored 96.5 points in sixth. The rest of the field featured English Valleys (88.5), Belle Plaine (60), Colfax-Mingo (55.5) and HLV/Tri-County (54.5).

Elliott (32-5) claimed the 126-pound title after going 3-0 with three pins. He defeated Class 1A No. 10 Cason Fitch of Colfax-Mingo with two seconds to go in the match.

Mintle (37-6) won the 132 title after a 3-0 day. He posted two pins and one major decision.

Jett Kramer (35-6) went 1-1 and finished second 113. He entered the tournament ranked 11th in 1A at that weight.

The Hawks also got a third-place finish from Burt Johnson and a fifth-place tally from Wyatt Mathis. Johnson (24-22) was 3-1 with two pins and one technical fall at 138 and Mathis finished 2-2 with one pin and one technical fall at 165.

Johnson’s lone loss came against eventual champion Joel DeJong (23-6) of North Mahaska.

Fitch and Caden Sykes both were second at their weights to lead Colfax-Mingo.

Fitch (35-5) was 2-1 with two first-period pins at 126, while Sykes (34-6) was 1-1 at 175. Sykes’ lone loss came against 1A No. 12 Nolan Kriegel of Iowa Valley.

Alex Hartson (16-11) finished fourth at 190, Alan Bregar was fifth at 215 and Xavier Cross placed sixth at 138. Hartson’s win came by technical fall.

Neither Lynnville-Sully nor Colfax-Mingo were at full strength. Among the missing Tigerhawks was Teagan Dybevik, who is ranked 12th in 1A at 285.

North Mahaska led the field with four individual champions, while Iowa Valley had three title winners. Lynnville-Sully was one of three teams with two champions, joining BGM and Montezuma.