ROLLA — Dustin Howard’s Owensville Dutchmen wrestlers finally got to wrestle athletes other than their own teammates Thursday night during their season-opening tri-meet at Rolla High School against the host Bulldogs and Washington Blue Jays.

Zach Bollmann’s Dutchgirls looked to add to their second-place showing in their home tournament with a couple of dual wins against the Lady Blue Jays and Lady Bulldogs.

Winning six matches with Washington open at several weight classes, Owensville’s two wins in contested bouts helped them defeat Washington 48-30.

Freshman Payton Busenhart pinned Washington’s Gracie Shaw in 1:14 at 110 pounds while Liz Adams pinned Washington’s Abbie Weber in :45 at 125 pounds.

Scoring wins by forfeit for the Dutchgirls over Washington were Jenna Vandegriffe (115), Makenzi Carpenter (120), Alyvia Wilson (130), Lily Barker (135), Bailee Dare (170) and Madison Lewis (190).

Kylie Bates was pinned by Annelise Obermark in :43 at 140 pounds while McKenzy Echols was pinned in 3:14 by Washington’s Maggie Ortmann at 155 pounds.

Merrick Blankenship won her exhibition match for the Dutchgirls by fall in 1:05 over Washington’s Avaya Kitchen.

Howard’s varsity Dutchmen fell 73-6 against the Blue Jays with sophomore Steven Buddemeyer pinning Noah Dooley in 3:08 at 132 pounds dashing Washington’s bid for a shutout.

Dutchmen falling in their respective matches against Washington included Zach Barch (285), Micah Duncan (113), Noel Baguio (120), Landen Losch (138), Kyle Bollmann (144), Timmy Winterbauer (157), Kyle Blair (165), Kaleb Wells (175) and Connor Vogt (190).

Owensville’s JV Dutchmen posted a 36-18 dual win over Washington behind wins from Bryce Horstmann (132), Brayden Major (138), Liam Rasmussen (157), Cael Walker (165), Johannes Berg (190) and David Levin (285).

George Vandegriffe (113), Colton Echols (120), Zach Holtmeyer (144) and Beau Jenkins (157) all suffered losses in their respective bouts.

Bollmann’s Dutchgirls nearly went 2-0 on the night.

Tied with Rolla at 42-42 after all 14 matches, the match went to the Lady Bulldogs based on criteria F which had Rolla with more wrestlers in their line up.

Scoring wins by fall for the Dutchgirls against the Lady Bulldogs were Vandegriffe, Barker, Bates, Echols, Dare and Lewis.

Busenhart suffered the lone loss for the varsity Dutchgirls.

In exhibition matches, Blankenship won her second match of the night by fall while Dutchgirl teammates Leighanna Powell, Lexis Manning, Rylee Dare and Wilson all lost their respective matches.

Owensville’s JV Dutchmen suffered a 36-27 setback to Rolla in spite of wins from Zayden Garver, Major, Walker, Levin and Berg.

Echols, Holtmeyer and Rasmussen suffered losses against the JV Bulldogs.

Falling 57-21 in varsity action against the host Bulldogs, Owensville got wins from Buddemeyer, Wells, Losch and Blair.

OHS will return to action this week with the Dutchgirls competing Friday in the Union Tournament and the JV Dutchmen in Rolla for the Dan Haskell Tournament.