The Iowa Lakes wrestling team remains undefeated as they cruise past #4 Iowa Central 27-9. In a matchup between two top ten, the teams the Lakers were victorious at seven of ten weights picking up two pins along with key victories over ranked opponents.
At 133 lbs Tykwan Joyner pinned his opponent in the first period thanks to aggressive attacks on his feet and the mat. At 149 lbs Tracy Davis defeated #5 Yarhoski Aldiva in double overtime. In a back and forth match Tracy was able to turn his opponent in double overtime and secure the win for the Redshirt Freshman. The match at 157 lbs was highly anticipated this week with Ethan Karsten of Iowa Central taking over the number one ranking from Iowa Lakes' David Hollingsworth III earlier in the week. #2 Hollingsworth was able to capitalize on several different leg attacks, and the pace of the match was too much for Karsten as Hollingsworth earn a dominating 8-2 victory. At 165 lbs Evyn Insalaco was also able to capitalize on several different leg attacks and took atatavage of back points eventually pinning his opponent in the third period. At 184 lbs freshman Steven Raines kept a high pace that proved to be too much for his opponent from Iowa Central earning a 9-5 victory. At 197 lbs Marcus Placide win his match 11-1 for Lakers capitalizing on leg attacks and turns from top. At heavyweight, Andre Bissainthe also was victorious against a ranked wrestler as he defeated #4 Gunner Cash. In a back, a fourth Andre found himself railing in the third period but kept a high pace that once again proved to be too much for his opponent winning the match 11-12.
Head coach Cody Alesch was happy with his team's performance as the close out the semester. He had this to say after his team's win "Every conference dual we have is going to require tremendous amounts of fight, hard work, and grit in order to win and that was evident tonight. Iowa Central is a good team and we knew that coming in we'd have our work cut out for us the boys rose to the occasion. Any time you push the pace of the match and your opponent is reacting to you good things will happen and that's what we did tonight." The Lakers take the mat again on January 8th against NIACC in Estherville.
