Le Mars grapplers drop pair of duals at Storm Lake

Le Mars battled the conditions Tuesday as the Bulldog grapplers traveled to Storm Lake for a pair of duals against the Tornadoes and Spencer.

Against Storm Lake, the Bulldogs lost 50-24.

Kelly Lind started the dual with a pin (0:27) over Doug Dimig at 215 pounds.

Mason Cook recorded a pin (3:22) over Dylan Tornabane at 103 pounds to give the Bulldogs a 12-6 advantage in the dual.

At 130, Anthony Schimek pinned Storm Lake's Michael Mohr in 2:53 and Brayton Ringsdorf pinned Eddie Rios in 5:05 at 145 pounds.

The Bulldogs netted their final points of the dual with an 11-10 decision win for Spencer Vore at 189 pounds.

In the second dual of the night, Le Mars fell 54-15 to Spencer.

"I knew Spencer would be tough," Le Mars coach Tom Smalley said. "We were just flat tonight."

Stevenson won a 1-0 decision over Spencer's Nate Benson at heavyweight and Angela Lilland won by forfeit at 112.

Ringsdorf won a 9-7 decision at 145 pounds and Ben Beitelspacher won a 7-1 decision at 171 pounds to wrap up the scoring for Le Mars.

Spencer recorded eight pins in their dual victory.

The Bulldogs are off until Saturday when they host their annual Le Mars Invitational. The action is scheduled to begin at 11:30 at Carey Gymnasium.