River Valley wrestlers host quad dual

The River Valley High School varsity wrestling team hosted Dodgeville, Poynette, and Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern in a quad dual meet last Firday night. River Valley defeated Dodgeville 54-18 and Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern 41-28. Poynette defeated River Valley 40-27.  “We focused all week on making a statement at home for our fans and our seniors,” said River Valley co-head coach Dan Machovec. “Last year we won a total of two dual meets. We looked at the match-ups and believed we had a chance to win all three dual meets on Friday. At the start of the year everyone writes down their goals and an overwhelming amount of the wrestlers wrote down that they wanted to win more dual meets than last year. They were so focused on that goal all week.” River Valley won two of the three dual meets. “We may have come up short on our goal, but it wasn’t because of a lack of effort,” continued Machovec.  The individual results for the dual with Dodgeville are: 106: Charlie Meudt (Dodgeville) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 113: Braden Prochaska (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 120: Colin Judd (Dodgeville) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 126: Double Forfeit. 132: Cole White (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 138: Jimmy Jennings (River Valley) over Nolen Weier (Dodgeville) Fall 0:44. 145: Landon Radtke (River Valley) over Mason Winch (Dodgeville) Fall 1:29. 152: Keeghan Kjos (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 160: Ethan Alt (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 170: Evan Alt (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 182: Double Forfeit. 195: Jacob Bindl (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 220: Jackson Gilbert (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 285: Louden Fuerstenberg (Dodgeville) over Brett Bindl (River Valley) Fall 0:30.  The individual results for the dual with Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern are: 106: Double Forfeit. 113: Ayden Nolan (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) over Braden Prochaska (River Valley) Maj 8-0. 120: Double Forfeit. 126: Cole Dalsing (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 132: Cole White (River Valley) over Lucas Blackbourn (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) TF 16-0. 138: Jimmy Jennings (River Valley) over Fox Austin (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) Fall 1:20. 145: Landon Radtke (River Valley) over Blain Gregory (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) Fall 3:09. 152: Keeghan Kjos (River Valley) over Jackson Soja (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) Fall 1:30. 160: Colin Blackbourn (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) over Ethan Alt (River Valley) Fall 3:04. 170: Evan Alt (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 182: Luke Balbach (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 195: Cooper Johnston (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) over Jacob Bindl (River Valley) Fall 0:39. 220: Jackson Gilbert (River Valley) over John Wachershauser (Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern) Fall 0:53. 285: Brett Bindl (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. Individual results for the dual with Poynette are: 106: Cornelio Gray (Poynette) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 113: Isaiah Gauer (Poynette) over Braden Prochaska (River Valley) Fall 3:06.  120: Double Forfeit. 126: Double Forfeit. 132: Cole White (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 138: Jimmy Jennings (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 145: Gunnar Hamre (Poynette) over Landon Radtke (River Valley) Fall 3:32. 152: Keeghan Kjos (River Valley) over James Amacher (Poynette) Dec 5-2. 160: Owen Bahr (Poynette) over Ethan Alt (River Valley) Fall 0:43. 170: Kyle Attoe (Poynette) over Evan Alt (River Valley) Fall 2:33. 182: Jeremiah Nielsen (Poynette) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 195: Dylan Elsing (Poynette) over Jacob Bindl (River Valley) Maj 11-0. 220: Jackson Gilbert (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf. 285: Brett Bindl (River Valley) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf.  “We have three more duals this upcoming Friday and then it’s tournament time. There is still a lot to be done,” said Machovec. “It’s shaping up to be a great end of the year if we can remain healthy and aggressive.” This Friday the boys travel to Belmont to face multiple schools in dual meets.