Indees win two at Beef River Brawl

The Independence/Gilmanton wrestling team picked up wins against two other area teams at the Beef River Brawl, a dual tournament hosted by Mondovi on Saturday.

The Indees defeated Mondovi/Eleva-Strum, 41-29, and Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek, 66-12, in the team’s first competition of the season. It lost duals to Greenfield, 54-30; Unity, 52-24 and Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm, 62-12. 

Grant Klimek and Sam Marsolek both went 4-1 on the day. Owen Gierok either won or received a forfeit in all three of his matches while Chase Back, Drew Bragger and Mason Severson all won three matches. 

Gavin Konter went 2-1 in the tournament as the Indees used 16 different wrestlers on Saturday.

The Indees were scheduled to compete in a quadrangular at Melrose-Mindoro on Thursday of this week before taking part in the La Crosse Logan tournament on Saturday. Next Friday, the team will wrestle in the Whitehall invitational.