Van Buren County, IA- The Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ teams met up on Saturday for their conference tournament and for the second consecutive year Burlington Notre Dame locks up the conference crown in dominant fashion.
The Nikes collected 267.5 points with seven conference champions and finished with 115 more points than Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union’s second place squad. Highland, Louisa-Muscatine, and WACO rounded out the top five.
Four of the seven Nikes were repeat conference champions with Kohen Dietzenbach in the 113-pound weight class, Rowan Berdt in the 120-pound weight class, Colt Boyles in the 132-pound weight class, and Kael Cook in the 150-pound weight class.
Ryan Rose in the 126-pound weight class, Tate Sherwood in the 144-pound weight class, and Joey Glendening in the 165-pound weight class each finished atop their respective podiums to round out the gold for the Nikes.
Dietzenbach had one of the more anticipated matchups of the night as he met WACO’s Ian Maize in the championship match. In a hard-fought match, Dietzenbach kept his undefeated season rolling with his 34th win by a 5-2 decision.
Rose defeated Van Buren County’s Leo Jirak in the final moments of the third round. Cook took down Harley Larrimore of WACO by fall in the opening round.
Jared Glendening finished as a runner-up in the 138-pound weight class after earning the conference title last year. He fell by major decision to Rocky Hamilton of Highland.
The Wildcats finished in second as a team despite touting zero conference champions. Nevertheless, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union did have four runner-ups.
Justin Knipfer was pinned by Landon Sweeting of Highland in the 106-pound championship match. For the second year in a row, Bowen Thomson fell to Boyles in the championship match of the 132-pound weight division.
Mediapolis was the reason for the other two runner-up stories, as Kyler Crow handed Trevor Phillips the loss by fall in the 175-pound weight class, while Peyton Jones won by major decision over Kason Dopler.
Cohen Wolford, 157-pound weight class, and Grayson Nagle, 215-pound weight class, led the charge for Wapello as they each claimed the conference crown for their respective weight class. Wolford’s win made it back-to-back conference crowns. Nagle defeated Van Buren County’s Alex Scott by fall.
New London’s Liam Garvey claimed 4th place, while Killian Kelly earned 6th place to lead the Tigers.
Up Next
Burlington Notre Dame will compete in the Regional Dual meets tomorrow, February 3rd. The boys’ district wrestling meets are scheduled for February 14th with state scheduled for February 18th through the 21st as the Nikes look to repeat as Class 2A champions. KILJ will be providing live updates throughout the day and end-of-day recaps.