By Corey Meints
A week after placing two of their 10 wrestlers in the season opener in Indianola, Ellsworth Community College went seven-for-seven in Plymouth, Wisc. this past Saturday. Among those seven placers was champion Jean Ngoma.
J. Ngoma reached his second-straight final and earned his first collegiate title with a pair of major decisions and a pin at 197 at the round robin Muskie Scramble. He opened with a 12-2 major over Luther’s Benjamin Helminski. Ngoma followed that with an 8-3 win over Concordia University’s Ruben Vasquez in the quarterfinals. He reached the title bout with a fall in 2:25 against Jared Werner of Carthage. The 197-pounder then took gold in a dominating 11-2 major decision against Gavin Graham of Milwaukee School of Engineering.
The Panthers also got a pair of third-place finishers in Germain Ngoma at 149 and Luka Govedarica. G. Ngoma split his first two matches by decision, before rattling off a fall and major decision. Govedarcia started with a pin and a major before getting stuck in the third round. He bounced back for a 20-6 major in his last match.
Everybody else won one match, with Gabe Brazzel (133) and Nicholas Fischer (157) going 1-3; Jiraiya Fonseca (184) 1-2; and Tafari Parker (285) finishing 1-3.
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Muskie Scramble
Saturday at Plymouth, Wisc.
133: Gabe Brazzel (8th place)- MD JJ Littles (Lakeland) 9-1; dec. by Jeffrey Goddard (Oshkosh) 9-4; TF by Nick Jenkins (Oshkosh) 18-1; pin by Liam Stockberger (Luther) 0:39.
149: Germain Ngoma (3rd)- dec. Landon Colson (Platteville) 7-0; dec. by Dominick Girardin (Oshkosh) 8-1; pin Makoa Kong (Carthage) 2:54; MD Elijah Zepeda (Carthage) 10-1.
157: Nicholas Fischer (6th)- dec. Jacob Hibbard (Oshkosh) 4-2; TF by Kyler Neuberger (Platteville) 16-0; TF by Zaren Anderson (Carthage) 22-6; TF Maguire Hoeksema (Harper) 22-5.
165: Luka Govedarica (3rd)- pin Elijah Matzke (Oshkosh) 4:43; MD Anthony Megal (Milwaukee School of Engineering) 16-5; pin by Addan Schmidt (Luther) 2:30; MD Garrison Stockwell (Platteville) 20-6.
184: Jiraiya Fonseca (5th)- dec. by Gage Bambic (Harper) 5-1; Bye; pin by Noah Pettit (Luther) 1:08; MD Colin Duren (Milwaukee School of Engineering) 14-3.
197: Jean Ngoma (1st)- MD Benjamin Helminski (Luther) 12-2; dec. Ruben Vasquez (Concordia) 8-3; pin Jared Werner (Carthage College) (Fall 2:25; MD Gavin Graham (Milwaukee School of Engineering) 11-2.
285: Tafari Parker (8th)- Bye; pin David Lyons (Luther) 5:23; pin by Garth Martell (Oshkosh) 5:56; dec. by Jake Schmitt (Milwaukee School of Engineering) 5-2; dec. by Jackson Kirsch (Platteville) 4-1.