Lenox Tigers Winter Sports

Tiger Wrestling Recap
By Tyler Peterson

The Lenox Tiger wrestlers put in some miles this week while in action in duals at Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Woodward-Granger, as well as a Saturday tournament in Coon Rapids. The action on Tuesday January 7th took place at Martensdale-St. Mary’s (MstM); in the tri-dual Lenox took down Pride of Iowa (POI) opponent MstM, but fell to another POI opponent- Nodaway Valley. Senior Dylan Stein, senior Chase England, and senior Jordan Martin-England all were victorious at MstM winning all of their matches by either pinning or dominating their opponents to result in a technical fall victory. Stein and Martin-England are both ranked in the top ten in class 1A in their respective weight classes with JJME still maintaining a perfect record of zero losses.
On Thursday the mat-cats were back on the road to Woodward, Iowa to compete in a quad with familiar foes: Nodaway Valley, Central Decatur, Southeast Warren, and the host Woodward-Granger. Stein slated two technical falls, and one pin to win his bracket- Freshman Wylie Brokaw won both of his contests in commanding fashion with one pin and one technical fall- Chase England was 3-0 on the evening sticking all three to their backs- Jordan Martin-England was the final Tiger to be undefeated on the evening as he won in a major decision, and also had a pin.
Saturday the Tigers traveled another two hours to Coon Rapids-Bayard to compete in the Crusader Invitational against: Coon Rapids-Bayard, Bedford, CAM, South Central Calhoun, Mason City, West Central Valley, and Ridge View. The Tigers came home as the tournament runner-up as a team, and had four individuals atop the podium. Jordan Martin-England, Chase O’Riley, Levi Fitzgerald, and Dylan Stein finished first, and all brought home a bracket Individual results from the entire week

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiger Girls Hoops
By Tyler Peterson

The Lenox Tiger girls basketball team dropped a pair of Pride of Iowa contests this week to Mt. Ayr and Wayne. The Tigers battled #5 rated Mt. Ayr down to the wire falling by just four points 51-55. The Tigers shot nearly 40% from the floor, had one less rebound than the Raiderettes, assisted on ten made baskets, and forced 17 turnovers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiger Boys Hoops
By Tyler Peterson

The Lenox Tiger boys basketball team went 1-1 this past week in a pair of Pride of Iowa Conference contests. Last Tuesday the guys fell on the road at Mt. Ayr 42-57 to the 9-1 and POI leading Raiders. As a team the Tigers shot 41% from the floor and outrebounded Mt. Ayr, but the turnover margin proved to be too much for the Tigers to overcome.
Friday the Tigers bounced back with a ‘W’ over Wayne of Corydon at home 48-38. The Tigers shot just under 40% from the floor, assisted on ten made baskets, had 15 steals, and forced 22 turnovers.  Tiger Pride!