Pioneers finish 4th at Clear Lake Invite

Okoboji/HMS finished fourth as a team at the Clear Lake Invitational on Jan. 8.

Three squad members from H-M-S competed. Nick Bronstad was runner-up at 285 pounds, winning by fall over Caleb Cooper of Forest City (1:47) and Gage Jorgenson of Emmetsburg (1:43) before being pinned in the title match by Chet Buss of North Butler-Clarksville (3:40).

At 182 pounds, James Gellerman won his first-round match by fall over Ki Janssen of West Fork (0:53) but was defeated in the semifinals by Logan Ott of North Butler-Clarksville (5-2). In consolation action, Gellerman pinned Sammel Reitz of Algona (3:43...