Kral Picks Up 150th Win

Published by editor on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 1:32pm

GHV senior Lucas Kral (center) achieved his 150th career win at the New Hampton wrestling meet on Thursday, Jan.24.Also pictured are coaches Cory Jenniges and Chris Shepard. Rick Ermer photo

NEW HAMPTON – On Thursday, Jan. 23, the Garner-Hayfied-Vemtura wrestling team competed at a triangular hosted by New Hampton, which also featured Decorah.

It was a tough day for the GHV team, but a memorable one for Lucas Kral as he picks up his 150th career win. Kral joins the history books with some of the sport’s best wrestlers through the ages. And while Kral would surely say he has more history to make, he can now check *win 150 matches* off his career to-do list.

This is a big achievement for any wrestler. Lucas is the second in our programs' history. The other one being Conner Shaw who won 163 in his career." said coach Cory Jenniges. "A lot of hard work and dedication goes into something like this. Lucas has been committed and focused on the sport for a long time and is now seeing the fruits of his labor. 150 is a big milestone. We look forward to seeing where this leads. We have another young man on our team looking to achieve this soon in Parker Moritz."

Jeninges continued, "The team has been wrestling well. We are pretty young so finding consistency from week to week has been our focus with these guys. We have had a couple big wins recently over Clear Lake and West Hancock."

The Cards lost to the Decorah Vikings 20-56, and were defeated 26-51 by the New Hampton Chickasaws.

Gunner Fry competed at 106 and went 1-1. He lost to Meison Tollefson of Decorah in a 3-23 technical fall, and won his NH match by forfeit.

Kaleb Feld wrestled at 113 and went 2-0 on the day. Feld won over Decorah’s Lucas Wymer in a 19-11 technical fall victory. He then took a win by fall at 3:09 over Dominick Reicks of NH.

Brayden Lunning went 1-1 on the day. He took a forfeit victory at 120 against Decorah, and then lost to Ty Moudry of NH in a fall at 0:20.

Samuel Katter wrestled at 126 and went 0-2. He lost by fall at 0:37 to Gavin Knutson of Decorah, and lost to Colin Shatek of NH in a 4-5 decision.

Keith Johnson competed at 132 and went 0-2 on the day. Johnson lost to Decorah’s Mason Avila in a 2-17 technical fall, and lost to Braiden Schaufenbuel of NH in a fall loss at 1:42.

Aiden Schulze competed at 138 and finished 0-2. He lost by fall at 2:00 to Will Larson of Decorah. Schulze then lost by fall at 0:59 to NH’s Carter Cajthami.

Dennis Beery went in at 144 and went 0-2 on the day. He lost to Kasen Tyler of Decorah by fall at the 0:31 mark, and lost by fall at 0:48 to Jayden Bucknell of NH.

Zander Rosaur wrestled at 150 and went 0-2, losing by fall at 0:43 to Justin Fortman of Decorah before losing to Jax Shekleton of NH in a fall loss at 0:20.

Lucas Kral competed at 157 and finished the day 2-0. He defeated William Fullhart of Decorah in a 14-6 major decision win. Kral also won over Tate Schwickerath of NH in a 19-3 technical fall.

Parker Moritz wrestled at 190 and went 1-1. He opened with a 0-9 major decision loss to Thomas Sexton of Decorah. Moritz defeated Lohen Tank of NH in a 4-1 decision.

Nathan Maas wrestled at 215, going 0-2 on the day. Maas lost by fall at 1:44 to Ethan Kuennen of Decorah, and took the loss by fall at 0:27 to Roy Barron of NH.

Dominic Holder went in at 285 and went 2-0. He won his Decorah match by forfeit before defeating NH’s Chase Gebel by fall at 1:19.

Reid Hendrikson competed in a bonus match and lost in a 6-21 technical fall to Kellen O’gara of Decorah.

Efrain Mendez competed in two bonus matches against NH, losing to Tanner Leichtman by fall at 0:43 before recording a loss by injury forfeit against LJ Robinson.