Two ends of the spectrum: West Fork advances 106, heavyweight to district

Published by editor on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:47am

West Fork's Levi Janssen grapples with Belmond-Klemme's Brandon Acuna. Janssen won a 9-2 decision in this match, eventually finishing second at heavyweight to advance to districts. (Jake Ryder/Mid-America Publishing photo)

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Staff Report

JEWELL – West Fork’s top-ranked 106-pounder Kale Petersen and 285-pound senior Levi Janssen will represent the Warhawks at this Saturday’s district wrestling meet after advancing out of South Hamilton High School’s Class 1A Sectional 8 meet on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Petersen dominated his way to the 106-pound title, outscoring his opponents, 34-4.

Janssen had to emerge as the sectional runner-up after being pinned by top-ranked and defending state champion heavyweight Chet Buss of North Butler-Clarksville. He had to wrestleback for a 5-2 decision over Marshal Schlader of Rockford.

Three other Warhawks finished fourth and one fifth as coach Jared Arbegast’s team finished sixth in the eight-team sectional field with 78 points. Nashua-Plainfield and South Hamilton advanced to the regional duals with the top-two team finishes. AGWSR was third by a mere half-point.

Team Scoring

Team scores: 1. Nashua-Plainfield 215; 2. South Hamilton 167; 3. AGWSR 166.5; 4. North Butler-Clarksville 153.5; 5. Belmond-Klemme 121.5; 6. West Fork 78; 7. Tripoli 71; 8. Rockford 42.

West Fork results

106– Championship match, Kale Petersen won by tech fall over Kendrick Huck (N-P) 15-0, 4:54.

113– Third-place match, Coltan Richtsmeier (AGWSR) pinned Rafe Arbegast 3:19.

160– Third-place match, Dawson Testroet (NB-C) dec. Dakota Lau 9-4.

182– Third-place match, Tate White (N-P) pinned Ki Janssen 3:00.

195– Fifth-place match, Carson Nuehring pinned Aiden Heitland (AGWSR) 0:42.

285– Wrestleback match, Levi Janssen dec. Marshal Schlader (Rock) 5-2.