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2.0 years ago by Tom Bennett
The Knight's Wrestlers have been facing some of the States best competition this season and it's preparing the team and individuals for success in the post season!
The team has faced multiple D1 & Ranked opponents this season! Team record is currently 7-11 overall and 1-2 in conference duals. The Knights have entered 3 very tough individual format tournaments placing 2nd of 12 in Mona Shores Invite; 10th of 20 in the Kent County Championships and 8th of 12 in the Grand Haven Invite. Next weekend the varsity travels to a 23 team individual tournament at Battle Creek Central and the JV travel to a Varsity B/C tournament at Rockford!
Nine Kenowa Hills Wrestlers currently have winning records:
Jake Jonker 24-4, Nate Moe 22-5, Al Lipscomb 20-9; Keil VanDyken 20-11, Eugene Barrientes 19-7, Jackson Pinkelman 17-12, Seth Peebles 10-5, Kayden Smith 7-5, and Jacob Collins 6-4.
Four KNIGHTS have PLACED in every tournament entered this season!
Jackson Pinkelman placed 2nd at Mona Shores, 4th at Kent County Championships and 7th at Grand Haven Invite.
Jake Jonker placed 2nd at Mona Shores, 3rd at Kent County Championships and 1st at Grand Haven Invite.
Nate Moe placed 2nd at Mona Shores, 2nd at Kent County Championships and 2nd at Grand Haven Invite.
Keil VanDyken placed 4th at Mona Shores, 6th at Kent County Championships and 5th at Grand Haven Invite.
BIG TEAM WINS this season for the Knights includes:
60-24 over Kelloggsville, 54-30 over Hopkins, 48-45 over Forest Hills Eastern, 49-30 over Godwin Heights, 38-36 over Foresrt Hills Central, 42-36 over Sparta, and 54-27 over Thornapple Kellogg B.
On the GIRLS TEAM the Knights have 3 currently STATE RANKED wrestlers Ayla Lipscomb at 100#, Natalie McCune at 145# and Kaia Schenk at 255#. Ayla Lipscomb won the Kent County Championships. Allona LaFond is making her presence known at 120# as well having placed 4th at Kent County Championships and 2nd at Grand Haven Invite!
The Knights have 2 weeks remaining in the regular season facing Cedar Springs and Comstock Park on Wednesday and Wayland and Kelloggsville next week Wednesday and the OK Gold Conference Tournament the following Saturday! Team District will be held Feb. 10th at Kelloggsville and Individual Districts Feb. 12th at Whitehall!
Looking forward to seeing the Knights finish the season strong!!