Prep Boys’ Wrestling: Mt. Pleasant Claims Conference Crown with Win Over Burlington

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(Picture Courtesy of Dave Schneider)

Mt. Pleasant, IA- Ramzy Davis, a junior wrestler for the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team, mentioned during an interview for KILJ’s “Southeast Iowa Playbook” that this team was aiming for their first Southeast Conference championship since the late 2000’s; after last night’s 49-28 win against Burlington the Panthers have hit the bullseye.

This journey through the conference began back on December 12th with a dual against Keokuk, which saw the Panthers dismantle the Chiefs 75-3. Mt. Pleasant followed that up with a usurping of Fort Madison 47-33 before winter break.

The Panthers returned to form with a dominating showing against Washington, winning 51-27 over the Demons.

The dual that helped seal the championship was a contentious matchup against Fairfield in front of the home crowd. A William Birdsell pin of Brody Lyons at 3:48 granted the Panthers a narrow 40-35 victory of the Trojans.

Still, Mt. Pleasant needed to beat Burlington at home last night to gain sole possession of the conference title.

In the 106-pound weight class, Levi Evans pinned Lathan Hand to gain six points along with Lane Beckler in the 126-pound weight class over Jax Rohrer. William Birdsell in the 215-pound weight class and Payton Walker in the 190-pound weight class also picked up wins by fall.

Kolbein Ostby collected three points in a high scoring match against Buxton Carlson that ended in a 15-11 decision. Charlie Bohnenkamp took down Payton Kenney by major decision to garner four points.

Helping out in gather points was Ramzy Davis, Keegan Birdsell, and Tucker French as they all gained six points due to forfeit.

Picking up points for Burlington was Braxton Hutchinson, Roy Brown, Adrian Perez-Hall, Owen Difederico, and Caden Huff.

The Southeast Conference will meet back up tomorrow, February 1st, at Fairfield to decided individual conference champions.