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HOLSTEIN — The Ridge View boy’s wrestling team dropped home duals on Thursday a pair of Western Valley Conference schools, losing to Lawton-Bronson 59-23, and Woodbury Central 67-12. The Raptors prevented being swept on the evening with a dual victory against MVAOCOU by a score of 66-17 in the match.

Against the Eagles from Lawton-Bronson, the dual began at 175 pounds. Through six weight classes the Raptors trailed 18-17. Moving forward the Raptors saw the mometum of the dual flip quickly. Therafter Ridge View lost six of seven actual head-to-head matchup. Overall, Ridge View won just four of 11 matches wrestled. The Raptors also gave up two matches by forfeit.

Senior Blake Myrtue saw his final match action against MVAOCOU and with a win by fall at 215 pounds finished the evening with a 2-0 unblemished individual record.

Forfeits played a much bigger part of the dual against MVAOCOU, as Ridge View was awarded 42 team points on seven forfeits by the Rams.

Woodbury Central showed why they were third ranked in the first IHSAA Team Dual Rankings for Class 1A. The Wildcats gave away six team points via a forfeit at 106 pounds. The only points for Ridge View from an actual match was with Alex Pribble’s win by fall at 132 pounds.

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The Raptors (6-5) held the six team team duals Saturday in Holstein. It was the last action for Ridge View before the holiday break.Other teams that participated were ALta-Aurelia, Coon Rapids-Bayard, GTRA, Lawton-Bronson, and Woodbine.

LAWTON-BRONSON 59, RIDGE VIEW 23
175: Lane Mitchell (LB) fall (2:45) over Carson Jacobson (RV), 6-0
190: Myles March (LB) fall (1:48) over Kolton Witzke (RV), 12-0
215: Blake Myrtue (RV) tech fall 17-2 (4:08) over Jason Bremer (LB), 12-5
285: Tucker Parker (RV) fall (3:37) over Ben Sheets (LB), 12-11
106: Izaac Ricke (LB) forf over (RV), 18-11
113: Brock Johnson (RV) fall (1:10) over Simon Zamyatin (LB), 18-17
120: Maxwell Klein (LB) fall (2:35) over Ian Hanson (RV), 24-17
126: Aden Ruden (LB) tech fall 18-2 (3:55) over Levi Bruns (RV), 29-17
132: Taylor Hall (LB) fall (1:01) over Alex Pribble (RV), 35-17
138: Riley Watts (LB) fall (1:10) over Raiden Bradley (RV), 41-17
144: Breighton Carlson (LB) fall (4:28) over Lukas Bruns (RV), 47-17
150: Landyn Peterson (RV) fall (2:52) over Lucas Patelski (LB), 47-23
157: Willie Molzen (LB) forf. over (RV), 53-23
165: Owen Brouwer (LR) forf. over (RV), 59-23

RIDGE VIEW 66, MVAOCOU 17
190: Kolton Witzke (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 6-0
215: Blake Myrtue (RV) fall (0:54) over Evan Zimmerman (MVAOCOU), 12-0
285: Tucker Parker (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 18-0
106: Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) fall (1:12) over Brock Johnson (RV), 18-6
113: Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) forf. over (RV), 18-12
120: Ian Hanson (RV) fall (2:33) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU), 24-12
126: Levi Bruns (RV) fall (0:46) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU), 30-12
132: Raiden Bradley (RV) fall (2:42) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU), 36-12
138: Alex Pribble (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 42-12
144: Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) tech fall 19-1 (2:56) over Evan Ramirez (RV), 42-17
150: Lukas Bruns (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 48-17
157: Landyn Peterson (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 54-17
165: Tim Wiskow (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 60-17
175: Carson Jacobson (RV) forf. over (MVAOCOU), 66-17

WOODBURY CENTRAL 67, RIDGE VIEW 12
215: Brody Hagemann (WC) forf. over (RV), 6-0
285: Carter Wright (WC) fall (0:42) over Tucker Parker (RV), 12-0
106: Brock Johnson (RV) forf. over (WC), 12-6
113: Rylen Willer (WC) forf. over (RV), 18-6
120: Nathan Benedix (WC) maj. dec. (14-3) over Kyler Crum (RV), 22-6
126: Micah Koele (WC) fall (3:14) over Ian Hanson (RV), 28-6
132: Alex Pribble (RV) fall (0:52) over Devin Metcalf (WC), 28-12
138: Logan Pate (WC) dec. (10-4) over Raiden Bradley (RV), 31-12
144: Gavin Wiig (WC) fall (1:33) over Lukas Bruns (RV), 37-12
150: Lincoln Linden (WC) fall (2:35) over Landyn Peterson (RV), 43-12
157: Sam Dominick (WC) forf. over (RV), 49-12
165: Holden Koele (WC) forf. over (RV), 55-12
175: Abe McGill (WC) forf. over (RV), 61-12
190: Camron Zellmer (WC) fall (1:08) over Kolton Witzke (RV), 67-12