CORALVILLE — 44 teams from across Iowa as well as from Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota, were represented in the 2024 Dan Gable Donnybrook; a premier high school wrestling tournament held Thursday, Dec. 5 through Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Solon’s Lady Spartans placed 24th overall with 103 team points.
Senior Kara VeDepo was sixth at 105 pounds, junior McKenna Rogers was eighth at 110 pounds, sophomore Tess Richards was eighth at 115 pounds, freshman Harlow Meade placed third at 125 pounds Silver A, and sophomore Makayla Keller was eighth at 130 pounds Silver.
Sophomore Layla Knazze (105 lbs.), junior Alannah Mahoney (120 lbs.), freshman Alexis Anderson (135 lbs.), senior Lucy Miller
(135 lbs.), junior Adlie Miller (190 lbs.), and sophomore Haiden Wolfe (235 lbs.) did not place.
“We love to wrestle at the Dan Gable Donnybrook as it is one of the toughest tournaments in the Midwest featuring over 40 teams from five surrounding states,” said head coach Jake Munson. “We weren’t quite at full strength and had some ups and downs