Brandon Howard’s Owensville Dutchgirl wrestlers got to enjoy action on their home mats last Tuesday during the season-opening Owensville Invitational Girls Wrestling Tournament.

Freshman Brianna Bodine showed the way for the orange and black with four wins giving her first place in the 105-pound weight class.

Bodine scored wins by fall over Marshfield’s Sophie Hall (:55), Marceline’s Logan Rainey (1:39) and Marshfield JV’s Kristen Barrett (:56).

At 110 pounds, junior Payton Busenhart placed third with win by fall over Steelville’s Jaydon Sharp (:13) and a 7-1 decision over Marshfield JV’s Chloe Ellis.

Violet Lavalle was next for the Dutchgirls at 125 pounds.

She advanced to the third-place match with wins by fall in pool play over Marceline’s Madison Eastin (:37), Fatima’s Elizabeth Meyer (1:26) and Seckman’s Madilyn Hill (:56).

Lavalle then settled for fourth place at 125 pounds after a loss by fall in 1:16 against Marshfield’s Simone Mahoney.

Anieya Bergesch hit the mats for the Dutchgirls at 130 pounds.

Also advancing to the third-place match, Bergesch scored wins by fall over Sullivan’s Autumn Hardesty (1:27), Seckman’s Ashlin Stivers (3:15) and Sullivan’s Abby Firebaugh (1:36).

Bergesch also settled for fourth place at 130 pounds after losing by fall in :11 against Wright City’s Kiera Carter.

Junior and returning state qualifier Rylee Dare suited up for the orange and black at 155 pounds.

During pool wrestling, Dare scored two wins by fall over Fatima’s Bailey Buschjost (:24) and Marshfield’s Alexis Kaderly (:22).

Advancing to bracket wrestling after a second-place finish in Pool B, Dare took on Sullivan’s Chloe Carson in the first round.

Pinned by the Lady Eagle junior in 3:47, Dare bounced back with a win by fall in the third-place match at 155 pounds against Marceline’s Seaton Schmitt in :40.

In the 155B bracket, the Dutchgirl freshmen duo of Brooke Tainter and Aaliyah Taylor competed.

Tainter took third place with wins by fall over Taylor (:26) and Fatima’s Draven Cole (2:31).

Taylor’s lone win in the tournament came by fall over Cole in 3:43.

Senior Lexis Manning began her final season of Dutchgirl wrestling competing at 170 pounds.

Placing third in Pool B, Manning drew a bye to the fifth-place match before settling for sixth place at 170 pounds after losing by fall in 1:05 to Seckman’s Daylin Anderson.

Two more freshmen Dutchgirl wrestlers competed in the 170B weight class in Hadlee Ketcherside and Madalynn Thomas.

Ketcherside placed second in Pool A after a win by fall in 1:21 over Seckman’s Angelica Pollack while Thomas placed third in Pool B.

Losing her first-round bracket match by fall, Ketcherside went for third place against Sullivan’s Khloe Thacker.

Pinned by the Lady Eagle grappler in :35, Ketcherside settled for fourth place.

Thomas drew a bye to the fifth-place match where she wound up pinning Pollack in :49 to take fifth in the 170B weight class.

Rounding out the contingency of Dutchgirl wrestlers at 190 pounds were Maci Armstrong and Emily Tune.

Armstrong advanced to the fifth-place match with a win by fall over Tune (1:24) before settling for sixth place after a loss by fall in :53 to Marshfield JV’s Amelia Leighty.

Drawing a pair of byes throughout the tournament, Tune advanced to the seventh-place match before being pinned by Fatima’s Ivy Ruecker in 1:49.

Howard’s Dutchgirls are scheduled to return to action tomorrow (Thursday) in a tri-meet at Washington High School against the host Lady Blue Jays and Rolla Lady Bulldogs beginning at 5 p.m.