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The Lake Mills wrestlers faced another stiff challenge Tuesday night when they squared off against Algona, who is currently ranked fifth in class 2A.

Momentum in the meet swung back and forth throughout, as well as the lead. When the dust settled, Algona was able to squeak out a 33-31 win over Lake Mills.

“Overall, we wrestled pretty well and gave ourselves a great shot to beat a very good team,” said coach Alex Brandenburg. “There were just a couple big spots in the dual I wish we could have back because they ended up costing us the win.”

The Bulldogs then faced host Rockford and won easily, 75-0, to finish the night.

Algona 33, Lake Mills 31
165- Ian Fehr (A) dec. Garrett Ham, 6-2. 175- Beau Kaufman (L) maj. dec. Dan Kitzinger, 11-3. 190- Gavin Goche (A) pinned Andrew Grunhovd, 5:05. 215- Hunter Kollasch (A) tech. fall Ethan Lawson, 16-1. 285- Wyatt Hanna (L) pinned Cohen Reffer, 2:38. 106- open. 113- Lucas Oldenkamp (L) pinned Thomas Zabka, :47. 120- Isaac Wilson (A) pinned Carter Helgeson, 1:28. 126- Hayden Helgeson (L) pinned Elijah Wilhite, :49. 132- Landon Price (L) pinned Ethan Bradford, 1:43. 138- Steve Brandenburg (L) dec. Barrett Morgan, 3-0. 144- Tate Slagle (A) maj. dec. Caleb Skogen, 12-4. 150- Ashton Moreno (A) dec. Austin Stene, 4-3. 157- Taevyn Zinnel (A) won by forfeit.

Lake Mills 75, Rockford 0
175- Josiah Kjeldahl (L) won by forfeit. 190- Grunhovd (L) won by forfeit. 215- Hanna (L) pinned Joe Koehler, 1:08. 285- Jakobe Anderson (L) won by disqualification over Ethan Blackburn, 106- open. 113- Oldenkamp (L) won by forfeit. 120- C. Helgeson (L) won by forfeit. 126- H. Helgeson (L) won by forfeit. 132- Price (L) won by forfeit. 138- Brandenburg (L) pinned Lucas Dow, 1:02. 144- Skogen (L) pinned Payton Malchow, 2:31. 150- Stene (L) dec. Alex Baltes, 8-6. 157- Ham (L) pinned Alex Havranek, 1:58. 165- Kaufman (L) won by forfeit.