Hounds put 11 wrestlers on 1st team

FORT MADISON – Fort Madison hauled in a wheelbarrow full of post-season Southeast Conference all-conference honors this week.
In the first-ever sanctioned girls wrestling program, the Lady Hounds put six girls on the 1^st team led by state qualifiers sophomore Haley Kemper and freshman Mara Smith.
Those two are joined by sophomore Chloe Sokolik, senior Mya Blanchard, freshman Mady Emmett and sophomore Sadie Brandon.
Washington’s Teegan Sulentich was named Wrestler of the year.
Fort Madison’s Marquel Warner was named to the Academic All-Conference, along with Haley Craft, Supitsara Lumsuan, Marie Reseguir, Jordyn Burch, Haley Lampe and Juniper Strickland.
Smith and Kemper each secured wins at the state’s inaugural Girls State Wrestling meet, with both girls going 1-2 on the tournament’s first day.
On the boys’ side, the Bloodhounds landed five players on the first team lead by junior Ike Thacher. Thacher wrestled his way to 4^th place at 195 lbs at last week’s IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines.
Joining Thacher on the first team were junior Nolan Riddle, senior Aidan Pennock, junior Teague Smith, and sophomore Cory Arnett.
Sophomore Logan Pennock and Daniel Sokolik both were named  2^nd team All-Conference.
Keokuk’s Tate O’Shea runner up at 138 lbs at last week’s tournament was named Wrestler of the Year.
The Hounds finished the year 5-0 in conference wrestling wrapping up their fifth consecutive conference title. Burlington was runner-up at 4-1.
The boys Academic All-Conference included Smith, Thacher, Riddle, Henry Wiseman, and Landon Rudd, Madison Sherwood and Xander Wellman.