LAKE MILLS — It was senior night at Lakeside Lutheran Thursday, but the Columbus seniors stole the show as the visiting Cardinals remained unbeaten in the Capitol Conference with a 39-29 victory over Lakeside. Lakeside Lutheran (3-2 in conference) won four of the first six matches to open up a 20-9 lead, but Columbus stormed back in the upper weights to earn the victory. Columbus (5-0 in conference) won five straight matches from 145 through 189 to take a 33-20 lead. Mark Heyn improved to 19-0 at 215 with a fall in 1 minute, 54 seconds over Columbus sophomore James McCormack, but Columbus clinched the meet when junior heavy- weight Ben Reuter stuck Lakeside freshman Travis Zimmerman in 25 seconds. The meet came down to senior matchups in the upper weights. At 160, Columbus' Mike Metzger rode out a 5-1 victory over Justin Koller. At 171, Cheyenne Larson pinned Lakeside's John Rhodes in a battle of unbeatens at 3:40. At 189, Mitch Tiedeman led 6-4 entering the third period against Lakeside's Marc Liechty when he turned and pinned Liechty at 5:36. Jake Stewart (103) and Andrew Elliott (119) won decisions for Lakeside. Eric Schilling (130) won by technical fall while Alex Schilling (135) and Jon Wilson (140) scored first period pins for the Warriors. Lakeside hosts Cambridge for Parents Night on Thursday.

Columbus 39, Lakeside Lutheran 29

103 - Stewart (LL) dec. M. Reuter (C) 10-5. '112 Mayr (C) won by injury default over Borck (LL). 119 - Elliott (LL) dec. Poser (C) 8-7. 125 - Prosser (C) dec. Draeger(LL) 7-2. 130 - E. Schilling (LL) tech. fall Doe (20-5. 135 - A. Schilling (LL) pinned Holder (C) at 0:53. 140 - Wilson (LL) pinned Wilsey (C) at 0:28. 145 - Powers (C) dec. Norstrem (LL) 8-2. 152 - Coughlin (C) pinned Hartwig (LL) 1:50. 160 - Metzger (C) dec. Koller (LL) 5-1. 171 - C. Larson (C) pinned Rhodes (LL) at 3:40. 189 — Tiedeman (C) pinned Liechty (LL) at 5:36. 215 - Heyn (LL) pinned McCormick (C) at 1:54. 275 — B. Reuter (C) pinned at 0:25.

The Lake Mills Leader

By Nate Burrow

Leader Sports Editor

Everyone knew it would come down to three weight classes whenLakeside and Columbus met for wrestling on Thursday night at Lakeside.
Three Warrior seniors and three Cardinals seniors lined up across from each other from 160 to 189 pounds. Columbus picked up two pins and
a decision in the three matches and used them to propel to a 39-29 win and keep a strong hold on the top of the conference.

Justin Koller, 160; John Rhodes, 171; and Marc Liechty, 189; all knew they had very tough opponents, but all fell short for Lakeside

"I knew every single one of those matches would be tough," said coach Jason Nickels. "I did not expect any pins to come out on either side. I was
just hoping the points came out on our side."

The night started off well for the Warriors. The match began at 112 pounds where Columbus' Kyle Mayr built up a 5-0 lead before Matt Borck
pulled out due to an injury.

At 119 pounds, freshman Andrew Elliott earned the Warriors first points of the night with an 8-7 win. Down 4-6 after the second period, he scored
four straight points to earn the win.

Sophomore Ryan Draeger hung with the favored senior Eric Prosser at 125 pounds. Prosser won the match 7-2, but the Warriors were happy to be
only down 9-3 at that point.

"Early on in the match I was very happy," said Nickels. "Elliott coming back after not wrestling for so long was a win that we were not counting on until he said,
"Coach, I'm ready to go!"

Then Lakeside took over the match. Eric Schilling was in control the whole time and won 20-5 then Alex Schilling pinned Mike Holder in
less than a minute to give the Warriors a 14-9 lead.

The lead increased when John Wilson used a quick move to stick Thomas Wilsey in just 28 seconds.

"Wilson came out like a ball of fire and that really sparked the team," said Nickels.

•The tides then turned to Columbus. Dan Powers beat Tim Norstrem 8-2 and Eric Coughlin earned a first period pin at 152 pounds.

The Cardinals took a 21-20 lead when Mike Metzger beat Koller 5-1. Metzger scored three points in the second period and then earned a take
down in the third to win the bout.

At 171 pounds, Rhodes went up 2-0 quickly for Lakeside, but after an escape and take down by Cheyenne Larson, Rhodes spent the last minute
of the first period on his back avoiding a pin. Larson finished the job in the second period to increase the Cardinal lead to 27-20.

"Every single guy on the team wanted a shot," said Nickels. "The nice thing to see was the attitude of the younger. It's not hurting those guys
because they lost, it's hurting because they wanted to help their team."

The match still could have gone either way going into the 189 pound bout, but Liechty was taken down and pinned in the third period. Mitch Tiedeman
went up 2-0 and 4-2 during the first frame. Liechty earned a reversal at the 1:38 mark of the second period, but a minute later the wrestlers reversed
again giving Tiedeman the lead. In the third period Tiedeman made another reversal at the 1:02 mark and then worked Liechty until the pin.

"Rhodes and Liechty both just made a mistake and their guys reacted quicker," said Nickels.

Lakeside still had an outside chance for the win after Mark Heyn pinned James McCormick at 215 pounds, but the win was given to the
Cardinals when Ben Reuter pinned Travis Zimmerman at 275 pounds.

Jake Stewart picked up three final points for the Warriors with a 10-5 decision at 103 pounds to end the
night.

"It's tough to take something like that," said Nickels. "We will see how they respond over the next coupleweeks. We will see all these guys again
at conference and regionals."

Lakeside will take a week to regroup and return to the mat Thursday when they host Cambridge for the final conference dual of the season at 7p.m.

COLUMBUS 39, LAKESIDE 29

103 -LL Stweart del. M. Reuter 10-5,

112-C Mayr del Borck. injury default,

119-LL Elliot def. Poser, 8-7.

125-C Prosser def. Draeger 7-2,

130-LL E. Schilling def.Doe 20-5,

13S - LL A. Schilling pinned Holder, :53,

140 LL Wilson pinned Wilsey, :28,

145 - C Powers def.Norstrem, 8-2,

152-C Coughlin pinned Hartwig, 1:50,
     160 • C Metzger def. Koller 5-1,

171-C Larson pinneaRhodes, 3:40,

189-C Tiedemart pinned Liechty, 5:36
       215 - LL Heyn pinned McCormich, 1:54,

HWT- C BReuter pinned Zimmerman, :25,