HOUND WRESTLING

Hounds suffer rare dual loss

Pennock, Riddle get only mat wins for Hounds

Fort Madison's Nolan Riddle has the upper hand in his 157 lb. match with Quincy's Gunnar Derkahe. Riddle would record a pin in one of just two mat wins for the Hounds. They also got two wins by forfeit.

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Senior Teague Smith had Quincy's Bryor Newbold on his back but couldn't manage to escape Newbold's grip and would fall in a 1-0 decision. It's Smith's third straight 1-0 loss dating back to last season's state tournament.

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CJ Arnett takes a run at the Blue Devils' Todd Smith in the 285 lb. match Thursday night at the Hound Dome. The Hounds lost 48-24 to open the season.

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Posted Thursday, November 30, 2023 11:10 pm

FIGHT BACK

I expected us to fight back better. We let them come in here and represent. That’s all there is to it. We can either pout about it or get better. Those are the two choices.”

Ryan Smith, Fort Madison Head Coach

Chuck Vandenberg, Pen City Current Editor

FORT MADISON – It was rare air at the Hound Dome Thursday night.
Fort Madison’s boys' wrestling team was overwhelmed by the Quincy Blue Devils in the season-opening dual 48-24.
Twelve of the Hounds points came on forfeits at 106 and 175, the other twelve came on pins by Logan Pennock and Nolan Riddle.
Fort Madison Head Coach Ryan Smith, who rarely minces words or makes excuses for losses, said the Bloodhounds have some work to do, but it’s still early in the season.
“I expected us to fight back better. We let them come in here and represent. That’s all there is to it,” he said. “We can either pout about it or get better. Those are the two choices.”
Pennock was the most aggressive Hound wrestler on the night, jumping all over Quincy’s Austin Ragar. Pennock snapped Ragar to the mat quickly. Ragar worked his way around Pennock’s wrestling style, but Pennock snapped him back down to the mat 50 seconds into the first period and then got the pin eight seconds later.
Riddle had to do a little more work to get his pin, but had control of the match and Quincy’s Gunnar Derhake most of the way, getting the pin just a second before the first period expired.
The night got off to a rocky start when 5th-ranked Teague Smith couldn’t shake off Bryor Newbold. Newbold basically rode Smith for two-and-a-half periods, but Smith couldn’t get to his knees to get to the offensive part of his game.
Head Coach Ryan Smith said that could have had an impact on momentum in the opener.
“It shouldn’t. It could have, but it shouldn’t,” Smith said.
“There’s a lot of wrestling left. We just got to get better,” Smith said. “I applaud those efforts (of Pennock and Riddle) but I’m not in it for just two guys, I’m in it for 36 guys.
“We've all got to get better, varsity and junior varsity. Everybody’s got to get better. This is not what I want to see out here as a product, obviously. Quincy is a good team, but we didn’t put forth the effort to make it a better battle.”
One of Fort Madison’s other ranked wrestlers, Ike Thacher, was in street clothes and a left arm sling.
Caleb Bolander was the closest to getting any additional points for Fort Madison, but fell in the final seconds 8-7 to Cale Mixer at 138 lbs.
Complete results of the match are below.
Quincy (Sr.) (QUINCY) 48.0 Fort Madison (FOMA) 24.0
190: Bryor Newbold (QUINCY) over Teague Smith (FOMA) (Dec 1-0) 215: Payton Eddy (QUINCY) over Aaron Warner (FOMA) (Fall 1:49) 285: Todd Smith (QUINCY) over Cory Arnett (FOMA) (Fall 5:42) 106: Cole Quittem (FOMA) over (QUINCY) (For.) 113: Hugh Sharrow (QUINCY) over Brody Bolander (FOMA) (Fall 3:59) 120: Wyatt Boeing (QUINCY) over Luke Vanderpool (FOMA) (MD 14-2) 126: Evan Wakefield (QUINCY) over Noah Swigart (FOMA) (Fall 2:00) 132: Logan Pennock (FOMA) over Austin Ragar (QUINCY) (Fall 0:58) 138: Cale Mixer (QUINCY) over Caleb Bolander (FOMA) (Dec 8-7) 144: Brody Baker (QUINCY) over Tateum Schelich (FOMA) (Fall 1:16) 150: Eli Roberts (QUINCY) over Rainer Johnson (FOMA) (MD 10-2) 157: Nolan Riddle (FOMA) over Gunnar Derhake (QUINCY) (Fall 1:59) 165: Owen Uppinghouse (QUINCY) over Joe Hartman (FOMA) (TF 17-1 2:11) 175: Gavin Callahan (FOMA) over (QUINCY) (For.) (QUINCY unsportsmanlike conduct -1.0)