'Dogs fifth at Forest City Invite

The Bulldogs finished fifth as a team with 97.5 points.

Schimek won a 4-0 decision against Rockford's Spencer Kelly and an 8-4 decision over New Hampton's Tom Mahoney before falling to Clear Lake's Tucker Weber by a 4-2 decision in the championship match.

Five Bulldogs finished fourth in their respective weight classes to notch more points for Le Mars.

At 112, CJ Singer went 2-2 with two forfeit wins. In the third place match, Singer lost by fall in 1:34 to Forest City's Cole Anderson.

Zach Reed placed fourth at 140 pounds after falling to Forest City's Aaron Sorenson by fall in 1:42 in the third place match. Reed posted wins over St. Ansgar's Jackson Hertel by fall in 0:36 and Algona's Derek Spencer by major decision (15-3).

Brayton Ringsdorf defeated Jacob Penny by fall in 2:33 to advance in the 145 pound weight class. Ringsdorf lost to Algona's Kyle Walker by fall in 3:00 before defeating Rockford's Matt Fullerton by an 11-7 decision. He placed fourth after losing to Forest City's Anthony Helvik by a 3-2 decision.

At 171, Ben Beitelspacher lost the opening match to Charles City's Brandon Schmidt by fall in 4:53. He went on to defeat Clear Lake's Jordan Dahl by fall in 0:49 and Forest City's Willie Sougstad by default before losing the third place match by a 10-3 decision to Charles City's Brandon Schmidt.

Spencer Vore was fourth at 189 with a loss to St. Ansgar's Ian Halliday by a 4-0 decision. Vore started with a pin on Rockford's Dan Duryee (0:34) before dropping a major decision (11-3) to Forest City's Coda Subject. He defeated Brandon Keller of Algona by fall (4:34) to advance to the third place match.

Quinton Vore and Zach Dimmick each placed fifth.

At 125, Quinton Vore defeated Algona's Alex Wiseman by an 8-4 decision. He lost by fall (2:33) to Clear Lake's Joe Colon and by major decision (11-0) to Charles City's Tyler Mitchell before defeating St. Ansgar's Dylan Johnson by technical fall (16-1) in 5:36 to place fifth.

At 160, Dimmick lost to Clear Lake's Ryan Wilcke by fall (4:15) before defeating New Hampton's Derek Heying by fall (5:20). A loss to Rockford's Michael Seibert by a 7-2 decision sent Dimmick to the fifth place match where he defeated Jamie Brockhohn of Forest City by 5-3 decision.

At 103, Mason Cook placed sixth overall. Cook lost a 10-3 decision to Clear Lake's Matt Bieber before defeating St. Ansgar's Justice Losee by fall in 2:31. He finished the bracket with losses to Clear Lake's Austin Horner by technical fall (17-2) in 4:00 and Matt Bieber by 6-1 decision.

Rene Van Wyhe (135), Jacob Johnson (152), Kelly Lind (215) and Chris Stevenson (285) lost in their opening two matches and did not advance through their respective brackets.

The Bulldogs are back in action Tuesday against Storm Lake and Spencer in Storm Lake.

Team standings: 1 - Clear Lake, 253; 2 - New Hampton, 176; 3 - Forest City, 167; 4 - Algona, 131; 5 - Le Mars, 97.5; 6 - Charles City, 96; 7 - St. Ansgar, 91.5; 8 - Rockford, 64.5.