The West Delaware Hawk wrestling team finally got their 35th Annual Hawk Invite in last Saturday, Dec. 23rd.

There were six teams that were able to make the trip to Manchester. They included Western Dubuque, Waterloo East, Decorah, Starmont and Cedar Rapids Washington.

In the end the Bobcats of Western Dubuque scored too many points on the back side for the Hawks to overcome as they claimed the team title with 228 team points.

The Hawks, who finished in the runner-up position notched 211 team points while third place finisher Waterloo East scored 167 points.

The Hawks crowned six individual champions in PC McEnany (103), Nathan Vaske (125), Tyler Manternach (171), Carl Broghammer (189), Adam Mossner (215), and Nick Trenkamp (285).

The seventh Hawk that was in a finals match was senior, 145-pounder Nick Ketchum who placed second.

The Western Dubuque Bobcats had one more wrestler in the finals, eight, than the Hawks had.
They finished with three champions in Jim Gotto (112), Jon Gotto (130) and Mitch Gansen (152).

Four of the Hawks won their first ever tournament title.

Freshman, PC McEnany at 103 got his first tournament win with a pin in his finals match with Nathan Pach of Starmont.

At 171, senior Tyler Manternach won his first tournament title by going 2-0 on the day and ending with a three minute and forty-seven second pin of Andy Sacquitne of Decorah in the finals.

Another first time varsity tournament winner for the Hawks was at 215-pounds where senior Adam Mossner defeated Mike Wuertzer of Western Dubuque 3-0 to take first place. This is Adam’s first year as a varsity starter for the Hawks.

The final first time winner was at 285-pounds where junior Nick Trenkamp racked up an 11-3 major decision over top seeded Trey Pendleton of Waterloo East. After a first round bye, Nick pinned second seeded Brandon Burrell of Cedar Rapids Washington to advance to the finals.

Final Team Standings at
West Delaware Invite
1. Western Dubuque 228, 2. West Delaware 211, 3. Waterloo East 167, 4. (tie) Decorah, Starmont 132, 6. Cedar Rapids Washington 122.
Individual Weight
Bracket results
103: 1st - PC McEnany (WDel) won by fall over Nathan Pach (S) at 1:43.
112: 1st - Jim Gotto (WDbq) won by fall over Kyle Kleve (S) at 3:40.
119: 1st - Anthony Hable (Dec) won by fall over Ty Martin (WE) at 3:30.
125: 1st - Nathan Vaske (WDel) won by fall over Joe Gotto (WDbq) at 3:45.
130: 1st - Jon Gotto (WDbq) won by fall over Alex Lindquist (CRW) at 1:05.
135: 1st - Charles Tims (WE) won by 7-6 dec. over Chris Gansen (WDbq).
140: 1st - Chris Tims (WE) won by 11-4 dec. over Mitch McCarthy (WDbq).
145: 1st - Kyven Gadson (WE) won an 11-3 major dec. over Nick Ketchum (WDel).
152: 1st - Mitch Gansen (WDbq) won by 7-6 dec. over Keelen Moore (WE).
160: 1st - Willie Harreld (S) won by an 11-10 dec. over Anthony Thomas (CRW).
171: 1st - Tyler Manternach (WDel) won by fall over Andy Sacquitne (Dec) at 3:47.
189: Carl Broghammer (WDel) won a 5-0 dec. over Tyler Hoerner (WDbq).
215: Adam Mossner (WDel) won a 3-0 dec. over Mike Wuertzer (WDbq).
285: Nick Trenkamp (WDel) won by major dec., 11-3 over Trey Pendleton (WE).

Emily Heffernen once again dominated the court, scoring 22 points for the Hawks and pulling down 16 rebounds in West Delaware’s 56-47 victory over Dubuque Senior on Thursday, Dec. 20.

The Hawks improved their record to 6-3 with the win over the Rams.

The Hawks jumped out to an extreme lead in the first quarter, leaving the Rams in the dust 22-9. That first quarter lead would prove to be most important for the Hawks, as the remainder of the game was much more even between the two teams.

The Hawks were outscored by the Rams in the second quarter, and went to halftime holding a 31-21 lead.

Following a slow third quarter, where the Hawks put up six points and the Rams put up seven, both teams were fired up for the final eight minutes.

The Hawks went into the final quarter with an 11 point lead, and kept that lead for the remainder of the game. Both teams, however, recorded 19 points in the final quarter.

Thanks to the big first quarter, the Hawks won by nine and jumped their record to a .666 win percentage.

Adding to Heffernen’s 22 points were Ashley Hood with nine and Kayla Vaske with eight. Sara Heffernen pulled down 10 rebounds, while Joslyn Sailer grabbed seven.

The Hawks will resume play in Vinton on Friday, Jan. 4, and will travel to Beckman on Tuesday, Jan. 8.

WD vs. Dub. Senior
FG: WD 17-48 35%; Dub. Senior 19-59 32%
FT: WD 18-22 82%; Dub. Senior 4-10 40%
Assists: WD 12 (Hood 8, Bries 2, E. Heffernen 1, Vaske 1)
Rebounds: WD 40 (E. Heffernen 16, S. Heffernen 10, Sailer 7, Vaske 3, Bries 2, Gibbs 2)
Individual scoring: E. Heffernen 22, Hood 9, Vaske 8, S. Heffernen 6, Sailer 6, Gibbs 5.