The Lisbon Lions wrestling squad picked up a win at home Thursday night before placing third at Saturday’s Mount Vernon Invitational.
The wins at home against East Buchanan, Maquoketa Valley, and Starmont improved the team’s dual record to 5-0.
“We are wrestling really well overall,” said Lions head coach Brad Smith.
Despite the team’s third place finish at Mount Vernon, they still finished with five champions in Brandon Paez (120), Tiernan Boots (138), Indy Harbaugh (145), Matthias Kohl (182), and Wyatt Smith (285). It was Paez’s fourth Mount Vernon Invitational championship.
The Lions also finished with third, fifth, and sixth place performances. Smith said the team was down a few wrestlers from illness and injuries.
“We wrestled as well as we were capable of in the final round,” he said.
“We felt even though we didn’t win the tournament, Lisbon dominated the championship round,” said Smith.
On Thursday against East Buchanan, the Lions had wins from Wyatt Smith (285), Jackson Knapp (113), Cade Happel (120), Brandon Paez (126), Tiernan Boots (138), Indy Harbaugh (145), Junior Krob (152), Matthias Kohl (182), Indy Ferguson (220), Gavin Carmer (152).
There were also wins aganst Maquoketa Valley by Ferguson, Smith, Knapp, Paez, Happel, Krob, Tiernan Boots, Harbaugh, Henry Neymeyer (160), Gage Holub (170), Kohl, and Jonah Reiling (285).
The Lions had wins against Starmont from Ferguson, Smith, Paez, Happel, Krob, Tiernan Boots, Neymeyer, Holub and Kohl.
SAT. Dec. 10
Mount Vernon Invitational
1. Mount Vernon 217.0
2. Assumption, Davenport 188.0
3. Lisbon 182.5
4. Wapsie Valley 141.0
5. Xavier 84.5
6. Muscatine 84.0
7. Washington 83.0
8. Cascade 82.5
9. Sigourney-Keota 79.5
10. East Buchanan 69.0
11. Marion 68.0
12. West Marshall 66.5
13. West Liberty 50.0
14. Burlington 49.5
15. Louisa Muscatine 31.5
16. Wapello 31.0
17. Springville 0.0
113 – 3rd Place Match – Jackson Knapp (Lisbon) over Sean Kersten (Assumption, Davenport) (Fall 2:00)
120 – 1st Place Match – Brandon Paez (Lisbon) over Aaron Boone (Washington) (Fall 1:21)
126 – Cons. Round 2 – Kinnick Geers (West Marshall) over Cade Happel (Lisbon) (Fall 0:30)
138 – 1st Place Match – Tiernan Boots (Lisbon) over Wesley Logan (Marion) (Dec 5-1)
145 – Round 5 – Indy Harbaugh (Lisbon) over Dallas Tisue (Wapsie Valley) (Fall 0:43)
152 – 5th Place Match – Junior Krob (Lisbon) over Will Goodlove (Mount Vernon) (Fall 1:16)
160 – 5th Place Match – Chale Lewis (Muscatine) over Henry Neymeyer (Lisbon) (Fall 3:16)
170 – Cons. Round 2 – Will Hacke (Xavier, Cedar Rapids) over Gage Holub (Lisbon) (Fall 1:38)
182 – 1st Place Match – Matthias Kohl (Lisbon) over Chase Diaz (Assumption, Davenport) (Dec 3-2)
220 – Cons. Semis – Julian Perez-Hall (Burlington) over Indy Ferguson (Lisbon) (Dec 3-2)
285 – 1st Place Match – Wyatt Smith (Lisbon) over Spencer Kessel (Louisa-Muscatine) (Fall 3:20)

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--Courtesy photo Jennifer Tischer

Lisbon’s Junior Krob grapples at home last week.