MARION — The Spartans returned to the mats after the Christmas-New Year break Thursday, Jan. 9 with a double dual meet against the Marion Wolves and South Tama Trojans at Marion High School, sweeping both.
Solon 54 South Tama 18
Lucas Feuerbach (215 pounds) pinned Manuel Cervantes in 34 seconds, Grant Wilson (285) pinned Lakyr Peska in 3:07, Jayden Steapp (120) pinned Henri Martinez-Alvarado in 40 seconds, Michael Bigelow (132) won a 9-1 major decision over Eli Cruikshank, Jordan Schmidt (144) pinned Cody Blocker in 3:12, Evan Burg (150) won by technical fall (18-0 in 5:34) against Garrett Surman, Carson Kidwell (157) pinned Anthony Thompson in 59 seconds, Teague Williams won 10-5 over Kinzer Jaennette, and Jackson Feuerbach (175) pinned Marcus Bear in 5:55.
Extra matches – Colby Myers (215) pinned Alvaro Castro in 1:50, Dylan Branscomb (215) pinned Logan Graff in 2:34, Myers (215) pinned Chance Ryan in 2:54, Jamie Calef (285) pinned Samuel Garcia in 1:28, Deacon Waddell (120) pinned Marcos Tomas-Mejia in 4:34, Carter Brock (126) pinned Logan Richards in 3:47, Owen Ulch (157) took an 8-7 decision from James Cowles, and Logan Rudish (157) pinned Wyatt Silhanek in 3:20.
Solon 64 Marion 15
Anderson Osgood (106) pinned Ari Groothuis in 4:08, Steapp (120) pinned Kaehl Gassmann in 55 seconds, Schmidt (144) pinned JT Malcom in 1:38, Burg (150), pinned Landon DeSotel in 3:05, Kidwell (157), won by 11-3 major decision over Ty Mull, Jackson Feuerbach (175), pinned Brandon Hatfield in 4:54, and Kyler Jensen (190) pinned Cael Schultz in 1:26.
Extra matches – Branscomb (215) only needed 13 seconds to pin Jacob Ahmann and Waddell (132) pinned Andrew Begley in 1:18.