SOLON — It was a festive week for the Lady Spartan wrestlers as they went 3-1 in the Solon Corridor Duals (taking second place behind Prairie, Cedar Rapids), celebrated Senior Night, and defeated Mount Vernon twice in dual meets. Eleanor Gnida, Mik Langenberg, and Addison Burden were recognized for their contributions to the Lady Spartan Wrestling program.
Solon Corridor Duals results
Solon 48 Liberty High 24
Addison Burden pinned Liberty’s Evelyn Eggleston in 1:54 at 145 pounds, Adlie Miller pinned Abigial Carr in 1:15 at 190 pounds, McKenna Rogers (ranked ninth in the state at 105 pounds) pinned Taylor Cavanh in 1:10, and Abby Gregory pinned Grace Philipp in 58 seconds at 115 pounds. Alannah Mahoney only needed 24 seconds to pin Alex Sharp at 125 pounds, Eleanor Gnida pinned Harper Johnson in 29 seconds at 130 pounds, and Olivia Bonnema pinned Karen Ndombasi in 31 seconds at 135 pounds.
Solon 42 Iowa City City High 27
Bonnema pinned Jeanica Mbuyi in 1:47 at 135 pounds, Alexis Anderson pinned Ania Naso in 2:26 at 140, Burden pinned Annabelle Stelpflug in 1:13 at 145, and Miller pinned Kayla Moore in 56 seconds at 190. Rogers only needed 16 seconds to pin City High’s Hazel Boerner at 105 pounds, and Kara VeDepo pinned Nina Yankey in 56 seconds.
Prairie, Cedar Rapids 57 Solon 24
Gregory pinned Prairie’s Ava Rodriguez in 3:09 at 115 pounds and Bonnema pinned Annalilia Vega in 1:28 at 135.
Solon 42 Mount Vernon 30
VeDepo pinned Elizabeth Morf in 3:04 at 110 pounds, Gnida pinned Ella Krob in 1:08 at 130, Bonnema pinned Meika Neal in 4:45 at 135, and Anderson pinned Sarah Peterson in 54 seconds at 140.
Senior Night split
Mid-Prairie 54 Solon 30
Addison Burden pinned Mid-Prairie’s Mia Garvey in 5:04 at 145 pounds. McKenna Rogers, Kara VeDepo, Abby Gregory, and Kendall Jensen all won by forfeit.
Solon 45 Mount Vernon 30
Three days after defeating the rival Mustangs in the Corridor Duals Solon and Mt. Vernon met again with similar results as VeDepo pinned Morf in 54 seconds at 110 pounds, Mahoney pinned Audrey Tucker in 1:15 at 125, Gnida pinned Krob again – this time in 2:23 at 130, Bonnema again pinned Neal – this time in 1:05 at 135 pounds, Anderson got the better of Peterson again however with a 6-5 decision, and Burden pinned Gracie Pickney in 3:14 at 155.
“We felt fortunate to end up on the winning side of the Solon-Mount Vernon rivalry twice this week, both were good duals between good programs, and we look forward to lots of years of good, friendly competition to come between our girls wrestling programs” said Head Coach Jake Munson.
“I can’t say enough good things about our seniors,” he added. “Three girls who have really led in our room all year. Eleanor and Addie (Burden) are three-year letter winners, they’ve been with us since we started the program, they’re girls who do things the right way and lead our program in the right direction.”
Alexis Anderson lifts Mount Vernon’s Sara Peterson in a 140-pound match up Thursday, Jan. 19 on Senior Night.