The Ogden Bulldogs’ boys wrestling team had one conference champion and finished 7th as a team with 85 points Saturday, January 17, at the West Central Conference tournament hosted by Panorama.
Woodward-Granger won the meet with 228.5 points.
Ryder Eklund (26–3) secured the conference championship at 132 pounds.
He opened with a fall, then defeated his opponent by an 11–6 decision in the semifinal.
In the finals, Eklund pinned his opponent in 2:49 to claim 1st place.
Kinnick Munson (23–5) at 138 powered his way to a 2nd‑place finish.
Munson earned falls in both his quarterfinal (54 seconds) and semifinal (1:53).
In the finals, he came up just short after being caught late in the third period.
Landon Alexander (18–13) at 165 placed 3rd.
In the quarterfinals, Alexander pinned his opponent in just 1:02.
After falling in the semifinals, he regrouped and pinned his opponent in 2:45.
Alexander closed out his day with a 5:49 fall to secure 3rd place.
Riley Saunders (13–11) at 120 battled to finish 4th.
Saunders opened pinning his opponent in 1:05.
He ran into an unbeaten opponent in the semis, then rebounded with another fall in the consolation semifinals — this time in 1:16.
Saunders wrestled in the 3rd‑place match before falling late in the third period.
Dillon Moe (18–11) at 150 finished 5th.
He opened with a hard-fought 6–5 decision but dropped his semifinal and consolation semifinal bouts to ranked opponents.
Moe secured 5th place by medical forfeit.
Isaac Dominick (15–12) had a tough day in the 144‑pound bracket, going 0–2 and finishing outside the placement matches.
Lucas Pelleymounter (12–6) at 157 went 0–2 on the day and did not place.
Complete results were previously posted to kwbg.com
Team Standings
- Woodward‑Granger — 228.5
- Interstate 35 — 180.5
- Earlham — 179.5
- AC/GC — 153.0
- Panorama — 98.5
- Pleasantville — 92.0
- Ogden — 85.0
- West Central Valley — 80.5
- Van Meter — 61.0
The Bulldogs will travel to Colfax Thursday, January 22, for a triangular with Colfax-Mingo and Iowa Valley.
Jill Lutz reporting
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