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A Review of MVAOCOU High School Boys Wrestling


DECEMBER 18TH
vs. Lawton-Bronson
WeightSummaryRAMSLB
215Jason Bremer (LB) over Evan Zimmerman (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:26)06
285Ben Sheets (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
106Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Izaac Ricke (LB) (TF 21-6 6:00)50
113Simon Zamyatin (LB) over Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:20)06
120Maxwell Klein (LB) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:24)06
126Aden Ruden (LB) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:11)06
132Taylor Hall (LB) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:15)06
138Riley Watts (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
144Breighton Carlson (LB) over Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:50)06
150Lucas Patelski (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
157Willie Molzen (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
165Owen Brouwer (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
175Lane Mitchell (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
190Myles March (Lawton-Bronson) over Unknown (For.)06
106Extra: Nelson Ramirez (LB) over Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:26)00
Team Score:578

vs. Ridge View
WeightSummaryRVRAMS
190Kolton Witzke (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
215Blake Myrtue (RV) over Evan Zimmerman (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:54)60
285Tucker Parker (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
106Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Brock Johnson (Ridge View) (Fall 1:12)06
113Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) over Unknown (For.)06
120Ian Hanson (RV) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Fall 2:33)60
126Levi Bruns (Ridge View) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:46)60
132Raiden Bradley (Ridge View) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 2:42)60
138Alex Pribble (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
144Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) over Evan Ramirez (RV) (TF 19-1 2:56)05
150Lukas Bruns (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
157Landyn Peterson (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
165Tim Wiskow (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
175Carson Jacobson (Ridge View) over Unknown (For.)60
Team Score:6617

vs. Woodbury Central
WeightSummaryWCRAMS
175Abe McGill (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
190Camron Zellmer (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
215Brody Hagemann (WC) over Evan Zimmerman (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:18)60
285Carter Wright (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
106Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) over Unknown (For.)06
113Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Unknown (For.)06
120Nathan Benedix (WC) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:05)60
126Micah Koele (WC) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:08)60
132Devin Metcalf (WC) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:01)60
138Logan Pate (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
144Gavin Wiig (WC) over Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) (TF 25-6 1:39)50
150Lincoln Linden (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
157Sam Dominick (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
165Holden Koele (Woodbury Central) over Unknown (For.)60
Team Score:7112
December 20 - Paul Fuhrman Wrestling Tourney
106Quarterfinals - Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Rylan Hoksbergen (Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley) (Fall 1:04)
Semifinals - Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Ian DeBoom (West Sioux, Hawarden) (Fall 5:27)
1st Place Match - Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Jager DeBoer (Sheldon/South O'Brien) (Fall 0:21)
Champ. Round 1 - Oliver Engel (East Sac County) over Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:13)
Cons. Round 1 - Jose Gutierrez (Kingsley-Pierson) over Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:51)
120Quarterfinals - Ethan Schurman (West Sioux, Hawarden) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:28)
5th Place Match - Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) over Tim Belson (Kingsley-Pierson) (Dec 5-4)
Quarterfinals - Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) over Tim Belson (Kingsley-Pierson) (MD 23-9)
Semifinals - Samuel Quevedo (Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:05)
3rd Place Match - Ethan Schurman (West Sioux, Hawarden) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:47)
126Quarterfinals - Weston Johnson (Cherokee, Washington) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:49)
Cons. Round 2 - Evan Brockman (East Sac County) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 2:21)
144Quarterfinals - Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) over Eldon Hautt (Cherokee, Washington) (Fall 1:39)
Semifinals - Phillip Monroe (MOC-Floyd Valley) over Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:42)
5th Place Match - Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) over Kenton Ackerman (East Sac County) (Dec 4-3)
190Champ. Round 1 - Seth Donelson (East Sac County) over Quinlan Koenigs (MVAOCOU) (TF 17-1 3:05)
Cons. Round 1 - Alexander McCoy (Kingsley-Pierson) over Quinlan Koenigs (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:24)

JANUARY 9 - AGHS Jack Murray Wrestling Invite
106Quarterfinals - Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Grayson Vesely (Nebraska City) (Fall 1:57)
Cons. Semis - Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) over Auggie Bruggeman (Nebraska City) (Fall 2:21)
3rd Place Match - Tyson Soll (Arlington) over Wyatt Hieber (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:52)
Cons. Round 2 - Brayden Howard (Ashland-Greenwood) over Ian Hardy (MVAOCOU) (MD 11-0)
113Quarterfinals - Noah Boyer (Nebraska City) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:22)
Cons. Round 3 - Doan Nguyen (Lincoln Pius X) over Parker De Vries (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:53)
120Champ. Round 1 - Jimmy Xon Velasquez (Nebraska City) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:09)
Cons. Round 2 - Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) over Joe Miranda (Lincoln Pius X) (M. For.)
Cons. Round 3 - Quincy Bell (Holdrege) over Wyatt Steckelberg (MVAOCOU) (Dec 11-8)
126Champ. Round 1 - Tony Hartman (Nebraska City) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:26)
Cons. Round 2 - Andrew Walters (Nebraska City) over Tavian Feller (MVAOCOU) (Fall 2:02)
138Champ. Round 1 - Cameron Hancock (Arlington) over Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) (Fall 3:52)
Cons. Round 2 - Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) over Lane Taylor (North Bend Central) (Fall 4:54)
Cons. Round 3 - Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) over Brady Bixenmann (Lincoln Pius X) (Fall 3:36)
Cons. Semis - Cameron Hancock (Arlington) over Brayton Paterson (MVAOCOU) (Fall 2:24)
175Quarterfinals - Quinlan Koenigs (MVAOCOU) over Jack Fletcher (Arlington) (Fall 0:15)
Semifinals - Phillip Hodges (Omaha Westview) over Quinlan Koenigs (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:48)
Cons. Semis - Brody Hargrave (Plattsmouth) over Quinlan Koenigs (MVAOCOU) (Fall 1:58)
215Champ. Round 1 - Cameron Olney (Arlington) over Evan Zimmerman (MVAOCOU) (Fall 3:47)
Cons. Round 2 - Samuel Holen (Holdrege) over Evan Zimmerman (MVAOCOU) (Fall 0:48)

A Review of MVAOCOU High School Boys Basketball

Missouri Valley 53 - MVAOCOU 40
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BIG RED 14 27 40 53
RAMS 13 19 28 40
    The Rams began their season on the home court. The game started well with the teams relatively matched, but the Big Red slowly pulled away to hand their guests their first loss of the season.
    Tanner Dixon scored nearly half of the points for the Rams, leading with 18 points; Dixon also had 8 rebounds. Adlyr Redenius hit double digits in rebounds with 10. Jake Scott led in assists while Kael Collins led in steals with 3. Joey Koithan contributed 5 rebounds.
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Tanner Dixon 18 8 0 2 2
Jake Scott 8 4 5 0 1
Joey Koithan 7 5 0 2 1
Kael Collins 7 0 2 3 0
Adlyr Redenius 0 10 1 0 0
Cohen McCartney 0 1 0 0 0
Ford Welte 0 1 0 0 0
Peyton McNamara 0 0 0 0 0
Caden McCormick 0 0 0 0 0

Woodbury Central 57 - MVAOCOU 47
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WILDCATS 18 31 45 57
RAMS 10 21 38 47
    The Rams hosted the Wildcats on December 16th and stayed close to their opponent but they suffered a lost to the conference rivals.
    Peyton McNamara had a nice night at the net, scoring a team-leading 17 points. Jake Scott led the team in rebounds with 7. Adlyr Redenius was the assist leader with 3 and had 5 rebounds. Kael Collins hit double digits in scoring with 11.
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Peyton McNamara 17 1 1 2 0
Kael Collins 11 1 2 0 0
Jake Scott 9 7 1 1 0
Joey Koithan 9 4 0 2 2
Ford Welte 1 4 1 2 0
Adlyr Redenius 0 5 3 0 1
Bram Bielenberg 0 1 0 0 0
Caden McCormick 0 1 0 0 0

West Monona 60 - MVAOCOU 58
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Kael Collins 16 2 1 5 0
Tanner Dixon 13 7 1 2 1
Peyton McNamara 12 2 1 3 0
Jake Scott 11 5 3 1 0
Joey Koithan 4 3 1 3 2
Ford Welte 1 4 0 0 0
Bram Bielenberg 1 0 0 0 0
Adlyr Redenius 0 1 1 0 0
Cohen McCartney 0 0 0 0 0
Xavier Folk 0 0 0 0 0
Landon Petersen 0 0 0 0 0
Cole Beeson 0 0 0 0 0
Caden McCormick 0 0 0 0 0
    The Rams next traveled to Onawa for a nailbiter of a game. Only two points spanned the final scores of the two teams.
    Kael Collins led the team in scoring and in stealing with 16 points and 5 steals. Tanner Dixon was the rebound leader with 7; he also scored 13 points. Jake Scott led in assists with 3. He also scored 11 points and had 5 rebounds. Peyton McNamara sank 12 points.


South O'Brien 59 - MVAOCOU 42
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RAMS 8 17 30 42
WOLVERINE 17 34 47 59
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Kael Collins 16 1 1 2 1
Jake Scott 13 8 1 2 0
Joey Koithan 10 4 5 2 1
Caden McCormick 3 3 1 0 0
Peyton McNamara 0 2 4 1 0
Ford Welte 0 1 0 2 0
Bram Bielenberg 0 0 1 0 0
Cole Beeson 0 0 0 0 0
    The Rams traveled to Wolverine territory on December 19th, the last game before the Christmas break. The Rams matched the Wolverines in scoring for the second half of the game, but they couldn't recover from the first half deficit.
    Kael Collins led the team in points with 16. Jake Scott was the rebound leader with 8 and added 13 points. Joey Koithan recorded 5 team-leading assists and scored 10 points.



OABCIG 69 - MVAOCOU 44
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RAMS 12 19 32 44
FALCONS 22 34 47 69
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Jake Scott 16 4 2 2 0
Joey Koithan 8 2 1 1 1
Tanner Dixon 7 3 1 4 1
Peyton McNamara 5 1 0 2 0
Ford Welte 4 4 1 0 0
Bram Bielenberg 3 4 0 0 0
Caden McCormick 1 0 0 0 0
Kael Collins 0 4 0 0 0
Cohen McCartney 0 1 0 1 0
Adlyr Redenius 0 0 0 0 1
Xavier Folk 0 0 0 0 0
Landon Petersen 0 0 0 0 0
Cole Beeson 0 0 0 0 0
    The Rams traveled to Ida Grove for a battle with the Falcons. The home team flew high, giving the Rams another loss.
    Jake Scott led the Rams in scoring with 16 points and in assists with 2. Rebounds were shared throughout the team with Scott, Ford Welte, Bram Bielenberg, and Kael Collins all getting 4. Tanner Dixon was the steals leader with 4.

MVAOCOU 52 - South Central Calhoun 49

 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Tanner Dixon 14 2 0 4 2
Joey Koithan 12 4 2 4 0
Peyton McNamara 11 2 3 1 0
Kael Collins 9 0 1 4 0
Jake Scott 6 4 3 1 0
Adlyr Redenius 0 2 1 1 0
Ford Welte 0 1 1 2 0
Bram Bielenberg 0 0 0 0 0

    The Rams started 2026 with a win in a close game with the Titans. The third quarter was the deciding quarter as they outscored the hosts 14-5 to take the lead and then kept it for the remainder of the game.
    Tanner Dixon led the Rams in points with 14 and blocks with 2. Joey Koithan and Jake Scott shared leadership in rebounds with 4 each. Scot and Peyton McNamara shared leadership in assists with 3 each. McNamara added 11 points. Joey Koithan put 12 points in the scorebook.

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RAMS 9 22 36 52
TITANS 15 27 32 49

A Review of MVAOCOU High School Girls Basketball

MVAOCOU 64 - Missouri Valley 25
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LADY RED 10 14 21 25
RAMS 14 26 49 64
    The Rams started their season with an exclamation mark, easily getting a win over the their guest Lady Reds.
    Bryndall Paterson had a great night, leading in scoring with 25 points, in rebounds with 12, and in assists with 5. She also recorded 10 steals. Irelynne McNamara was the steals leader with 11 and added 13 points. Maddie Petersen added 11 points to the win.
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Bryndall Paterson 25 12 5 10 2
Irelynne McNamara 13 3 3 11 2
Madelyn Peterson 11 8 0 1 0
Kylah Krause 8 2 2 1 0
Kaia Collins 4 2 1 1 0
Ella Staley 2 2 0 1 1
Caitlee Koenigs 1 6 2 1 0
Rowan Blake 0 0 0 0 1
Grace Schaffer 0 0 0 0 0
Teigan Stewart 0 0 0 0 0

OABCIG 63 - MVAOCOU 48
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RAMS 9 19 27 48
FALCONS 10 28 49 63
    The Rams faced their first loss in the third game of the young season against their eastern rivals. The team started out close, but the Falcons widened the gap throughout the middle of the game. The Rams attempted a comeback in the final quarter, nearly doubling their score, but time ran out before they could catch up.
    Bryndall Paterson and Irelynne McNamara co-led in scoring with 10 points each. Paterson was the sole leader in steals with 8 and assists with 4. Maddie Petersen grabbed the most rebounds with 15. Caitlee Koenigs brought in 6 rebounds.
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Bryndall Paterson 10 4 4 8 0
Irelynne McNamara 10 1 3 2 1
Madelyn Peterson 9 15 1 1 1
Caitlee Koenigs 8 6 0 3 1
Kylah Krause 6 2 1 2 0
Kaia Collins 5 1 0 1 1
Ella Staley 0 1 0 1 0
Rowan Blake 0 0 0 0 0

MVAOCOU 61 - South Central Calhoun 31
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RAMS 16 31 52 61
TITANS 3 9 19 31
    The Rams started 2026 with an easy win against the Titans.
    Bryndall Paterson was the leader in scoring with 23 points and in stealing with 5; she also had 5 assists. Maddie Petersen led in rebounds with 7. Irelynne McNamara held the leadership in assists with 6 and also recorded 11 points. Caitlee Koenigs recorded 6 rebounds.
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Bryndall Paterson 23 4 5 5 0
Irelynne McNamara 11 2 6 0 0
Madelyn Peterson 9 7 0 0 0
Kylah Krause 7 4 1 1 1
Kaia Collins 6 4 1 2 2
Caitlee Koenigs 5 6 2 0 0
Rowan Blake 0 1 0 0 0
Ella Staley 0 1 0 0 0
Grace Schaffer 0 0 0 0 0
Teigan Stewart 0 0 0 0 0
MVAOCOU 91 - West Monona 58
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RAMS 23 39 64 91
SPARTANS 19 28 44 58
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Bryndall Paterson 33 6 5 5 3
Irelynne McNamara 23 0 5 6 1
Kylah Krause 17 5 5 2 0
Madelyn Peterson 5 9 0 1 0
Caitlee Koenigs 5 7 1 2 0
Ella Staley 4 3 0 1 0
Kaia Collins 2 1 1 0 0
Teigan Stewart 2 0 0 0 0
Rowan Blake 0 2 0 0 1
Grace Schaffer 0 0 0 0 0
    Double digit points per quarter was the theme of this game as both teams racked up points. Of the 8 quarters (4 per team), 7 totaled double digit scoring. The Spartans' 58 points is a pretty good ending score normally, but the Rams were super hot, making their 58 points looks like nothing.
    Bryndall Patersen was the leader in scoring with 33 and in blocks with 3 and had 5 rebounds and steals. She, Irelynne McNamara, and Kylah Krause shared leadership in assists with 5 each. MaNamara was the steals leader with 6 and tossed in 23 points. Maddie Petersen led the team in rebounds with 9. Caitlee Koenigs grabbed down 7 rebounds while Krause had 5.


MVAOCOU 47 - Woodbury Central 39
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WILDCATS 8 10 30 39
RAMS 12 28 36 47
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Irelynne McNamara 15 1 6 4 0
Kaia Collins 9 2 3 0 0
Madelyn Peterson 7 13 1 3 1
Kylah Krause 7 1 1 3 0
Caitlee Koenigs 7 3 0 1 0
Ella Staley 2 3 0 0 0
Rowan Blake 0 1 1 0 1
    The Rams bounced back to put another tally in the win column against the conference rival Wildcats. The Rams had a nice lead at the half but the guest Wildcats made a run for it, narrowing the gap. The Rams stayed just ahead of them, going 3-1 on the season.
    Irelynne McNamara was the lone Ram to hit double digits in scoring with 15 points. She also lead in assists with 6 and steals with 4. Maddie Petersen was the rebound leader with 13.

MVAOCOU 73 - South O'Brien 48
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RAMS 16 37 59 73
WOLVERINE 8 23 36 48
 PTSREBASTSTLBLK
Irelynne McNamara 23 4 5 5 0
Madelyn Peterson 14 15 1 2 1
Bryndall Paterson 14 3 5 5 2
Kylah Krause 10 1 4 3 0
Kaia Collins 6 2 4 1 0
Rowan Blake 2 4 1 0 0
Caitlee Koenigs 2 0 2 1 0
Ella Staley 2 0 0 0 0
Grace Schaffer 0 1 1 0 0
    The Rams ended 2025 with a big win over the Wolverines. Their hosts scored first, but they quickly took over the lead and didn't look back.
    Irelynne McNamara had a nice scoring night, putting 23 points on the board. She and Bryndall Paterson shared leadership in assists and steals with 5 each in both categories. Bryndall also scored 14 points. Fourteen points were also earned by Maddie Petersen who was the rebound leader with 15.
    The Rams entered Christmas break with a 4-1 record.


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