Spaulding, Marre take individual titles at Simpson tournament

INDIANOLA - Juniors Bryson Spaulding (157 pounds, Villa Park, Ill, IC Catholic Prep) and Dominick Marre (125 pounds, Carol Stream, Ill., Glenbard North HS) both started the Central College men's wresting season by finishing at the top of their weight classes at the Luther Hill Open Sunday.

Spaulding went unbeaten in a five-man round robin at 157 pounds to secure the title. He won two of his four bouts by fall. Marre went 3-0 for the 125-pund title, using a third-period escape to edge teammate Aiden Irvin (sophomore, Goodyear, Ariz., Estella Foothills HS) in the championship by a 5-4 margin.

Carter West (junior, Burlington, Notre Dame HS) was also a runner-up for the Dutch at 133 pounds, injury defaulting in the final.

Five other Dutch men's wrestlers earned bronze in their weight classes. In the open divisions, William Penn (junior, Ellsworth, Wis.) did it at 149 pounds, Casey Jackson (junior, Fremont, Calif., John F. Kennedy HS) at 157 pounds and Cole Martin (sophomore, Nevada, Ames HS) at 184 pounds. In the freshman/sophomore brackets, CJ Davis (sophomore, West Burlington, Notre Dame HS) was third at 141 pounds and Drew Lansing (sophomore, Gilbertville, Don Bosco HS) was third at 197 pounds

Central hosts Nebraska Wesleyan University on Wednesday, November 11 for a 5:30 p.m. dual in P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.