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Norwalk Warriors
Official Publication for the Norwalk Community School District
Page Eight
N/Warren Town and County News
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Norwalk
By Tracee Saltz
Norwalk Warriors
vs. Pella
The Warrior wrestlers
faced Pella at home, Thurs-
day, Jan. 9. The junior var-
sity Warriors wrestled
first. The JV wrestlers who
secured falls for the team
:Baack;: Zach
Cook, Caleb Rees and Lo-
gan Foetisch.
The varsity began their
matches at the 182 weight
dass. First up for us was
senior Warrior, Dusten
Saltz (182) meeting up
with Pella's Ashton Mess-
er (182). Saltz won a major
decisioned match putting
four points on the board
right away for Norwalk.
Kevin Onstot (195) came
up next against Keegan
Poole (195) and did the
very same thing, four more
points for Norwalk. Pella
was open at the 220 weight
class as well as the 285
weight class, Trystan Min-
nis (220) and Zach Swan-
son (285) won forfeited
matches, which makes the
team scores at this point
Norwalk 20, Pella 0.
Next we watch Nor-
walk's Dylan Lane (106)
secure a Tech Fall over
Ethan Speltz (106). Pella
was open at 113 and 120,
Tyler Hirl (113) and Chase
Fouts (120) won forfeited
matches for the Warriors.
Pella finally gets on the
board when Chase Petty
(126) won a decisioned
match over Alan Moore
(126):
Zach Johnston (132) se-
cured a fall for Norwalk
over Pella's Trent Schip-
pers (132). Then Levi Az-
inger (138) wona deci-
sioned match for Pella
over Warrior, Ryley Smith
(138). Hunter England
Varsity Wrestling Team Tournament Champs. Photo submitted.
(145) secured a fall for the North Polk. In the match
Warriors over Joe Blauw against Johnston, the wres-
(145). Now we have team tier from Johnston secured
scores of Norwalk 49, P, el- the fall over Fouts. Dylan
la 6. DeFreece actually wres-
Pella's Jake Speltz (152) tled the final match at this
comes up next and secures weight class against East
a fall over Casey Rudolf Marshall. However, De-
(152). However, Jesse Freece lost the match.
Cowie (160) turns around At the 126 weight class,
and secures a fall for Nor- Alan MoOre lost a major
walk over Tate Petty (160). decisioned match against
Pella is open at 170, Blake Albia, secured Norwalk a
Hoover (170) won the final fall over East Marshall, lost
forfeited match for Nor- a decisionedmatch against
walk making the final Johnston, lost to a tech fall
scores for this meet, Nor- against Marshalltown and
walk 61, Pella 12. then won a "bye" against
The Warrior wrestlers North Polk. Moore earned
traveled to Marshalltown the Warriors 12 more team
Saturday, Jan. 11. At this points. Then the very ex-
dual, the Warriors faced citing Zach Johnston did
Albia, Johnston, East Mar- some fine work at the 132
shall, Marshalltown and weight class. Johnston
North Polk. I will give you started out rocky as he lost
the results in the manner a decisioned match against
in which I received them. Albia. Then he turned it
Wrestling at the 106 around and won a deci-
weight class, Dylan Lane sioned match against East
won a six point bye round Marshall. He won his
in the dual against Albia, 100th career pin against
lost a decisioned match Johnston, won a tech fall
against East Marshall, lost match over Marshalltown
a decisioned match against and secured a fall over the
Johnston, secured a fall in wrestler from North Polk.
the match against Mar- Johnston earned the War-
shalltown and won a Tech riors 20 team points.
Fall match against North Ryley Smith wrestled
Polk. Lane eamed the War- for Norwalk at the 138
riors 17 points, weight class. Smith lost
Wrestling at 113, Tyler two decisioned matches
Hirl secured a fall over the against Albia and East
wrestler from Albia, won Marshall, He then won a
a Tech Fall match against decisioned match against
East Marshall, lost a major Johnston and secured two
decisioned match against fall victories over Mar-
Johnston and then secured shalltown and North Polk.
two more falls over both Smith earned Norwalk 15
Marshalltown and North team points. After that,
Polk. Hirl did an amazing England wrestled the 145
job and earned Norwalk 23 weight class and won two
team points. Then Fouts falls over East Marshall
wrestled at 120 for the and Marshalltown. En-
Warriors. Fouts won three gland lost a decisoned
"bye" rounds against A1- match against Albia, won
bia, Marshalltown and a major decisoned match
against Johnston and won
a Tech Fall match over
, North Polk. England
earned Norwalk 21 team
points.
Casey Rudolf wrestled
at 152. Rudolf won two of
his matches by securing
falls over Albia and North
Polk. Against East Mar-
shall, he lost when their
wrestler secured a fall.
Rudolf won a decisioned
match against Johnston
and lost a decisioned
match against Marshall-
town. Overall, he earned
the team 15 points. At the
160 weight class, Jesse
Cowie lost his match
against Albia, won a ma-
jor decisioned match
against East Marshall, won
a decisioned match against
Johnston, lost a decisioned
match against Marshall-
town and won a "bye"
against North Polk. Cow-
ie earned Norwalk 13 team
points. Next weight class
was 170 pounds. Blake
Hoover wrestled four of
the five matches. Hoover
did lose to Albia when
their wrestler secured a
fall over him. Then Hoover
secured his own fall victo-
' ry over East Marshall, won
a decisioned match against
Johnston and lost a deci-
sioned match against Mar-
shalltown. Foetisch actual-
ly wrestled the match
against North Polk and se-
cured a fall for the team.
Hoover and Foetisch
earned Norwalk 15 team
points.
-Saltz wrestled for Nor-
walk at the 182 pound
weight class. He lost a de-
cisoned match against A1-
bia and then went on to
secure four fall victories
over East Marshall,
Johnston, Marshalltown
and, North Polk. Saltz cured a fall over Albia, lost
earned the Warriors a adecisionedmatchagainst
grand total of 24 team East Marshall and lost the
points. Nice job, Dusten! match against North Polk.
Onstot and Swanson Together Minnis and
wrestled for the Warriors Kennedy earned Norwalk
at the 195 weight class. 12 team points at 220.
Onstot lost the match At the 285 weight class,
against Albia, won a deci- we again have Minnis and
sioned match against East Kennedy. Kennedy se-
Marshall and lost a deci- cured two fall victories for
sioned match against Norwalk against Albia and
Johnston. Swanson lost East Marshall. He did lose
against Marshalltown, but his match against North
then won a "bye" round Polk when their wrestler
against North Polk. Swan- secured a fall. Then Minn-
son and Onstot earned is won a tech fall over
Norwalk nine team points. Johnston and secured a fall
Ryan Kennedy wrestled over Marshalltown. To-
two matches at the 220 gether they earned Nor-
weight class. Kennedy lost walk 23 more team points.
a decisioned match against Norwalk ended up the
Johnston and won a "bye" tournament champions at
match against Marshall- Marshalltown with a total
town. Then Trystan Minn- of 237 team points if my
is wrestled the other three math is correct. Way to go,
matches at 220. Minnis se- Warriors!
Educator Appreciation Days
Norwalk High School teacher Shannon McLaughlin
(left) and Dr. Charles Murphy (fight), physician at
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake,
were at Barnes & Noble, West Des Moines, Saturday,
Jan. 11, for Educator Appreciation Days. McLaughlin
is one of five Iowa teachers named state finalists for
the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathemat-
ics and Science Teaching. He staffed the table at Barnes
& Noble for Educator Appreciation Days, which ran
through January 19. Photo submitted.
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