WCAAE Wrestlers Go 2-3 in Duals

By: Kevin Fick

The week of Jan. 21^st  found the Knights in action five times.  A high point came with a win over Coach Gruchow’s alma-mater in the den of the Park Rapids Panthers.  This marked the 4^th consecutive dual win.  The Osakis Silverstreaks proved a bit too powerful with an upper class heavy team in the last home meet of the year ending the run, but there was great wrestling that night.  Friday, the group traveled to Browerville and competed in three duals.  The competition offered was fantastic.  With a win over the Prairie Valley Nighthawks and losses to the tough BBE Jaguars and Holdingford Huskers the Knights earned valuable mat time against some quality opponents.  All told they faced seven state ranked athletes in Browerville.  It is important to face competition such as this as it is impossible to duplicate the speed and tenacity in practice that such wrestlers offer. The timing couldn’t be better to sharpen the tools in the toolbox as tournaments are closing in.  Conference and Sections are in the very near future and the Knights are preparing to make a run in team and individual competition.

Tuesday, Jan. 22^nd    WCAAE Knights 39, Park Rapids Panthers 38

106-Jake Nohre (WCAAE) defeated Adrian Ness per fall 2:14, 113-Tyler Onstad (WCAAE) defeated Jared Sunram per decision 9-5, 120-Wyatt Odegaard (WCAAE) defeated by Nolan Booge per fall 3:20, 126-Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated Logan Johnson per fall 1:46, 132-Alex Olson (WCAAE) defeated by Ben Baumgartner per fall 1:45, 138-Kyle Mickelsen (WCAAE) defeated Randall Scott per fall 1:33, 145-Royal Crow (WCAAE) won per forfeit, 152-Braedon Long (WCAAE) defeated by Justin Dravis per fall 2:41, 160-Zach Salo (WCAAE) defeated by Luke Weaver per major decision 0-12, 170-Blake Amundson (WCAAE) defeated by Jeff Dickinson per major decision 3-11, 182-Sid Kamrath (WCAAE) defeated by John Kyllonen per fall 1:15, 195-Trent Telkamp (WCAAE) won per forfeit, 220-Hunter Fick (WCAAE) won per forfeit, 285-Jordan Bruns (WCAAE) defeated by Trai Schmidt per fall :59, The Jr. High and JV Knights went 6-4

Thursday, Jan. 24^th  WCAAE Knights 22, Osakis Silverstreaks 57

106-Jake Nohre (WCAAE) defeated by Brendon Coyer per fall 3:22, 113-Tyler Onstad (WCAAE) defeated by Trenton Coyer per fall 5:30, 120-Wyatt Odegaard (WCAAE) defeated by Ryan Engfer per decision 5-9, 126-Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated Colton Waldvogel per injury default, 132-Alex Olson (WCAAE) defeated by Garret Sunder per fall 2:19, 138-Kyle Mickelsen (WCAAE) defeated Conrad Wiener per fall 3:52, 145-Royal Crow (WCAAE) defeated Brian Thorstad per major decision 10-1, 152-Zach Salo (WCAAE) defeated by Austin Rollag per fall 1:27, 160-Braedon Long (WCAAE) defeated Adam Kleinfehn per fall 3:21, 170-Sid Kamrath (WCAAE) defeated by Brandon Spanswick per fall 1:45, 182-Trent Telkamp (WCAAE) defeated by Nils Hagen per fall 1:00, 195-Hunter Fick (WCAAE) defeated by Mitch Sunder per fall :26, 220-T.J. Waskosky (WCAAE) defeated by Garret Scherr per fall :18, 285-Jordan Bruns (WCAAE) defeated by Peter Hagen per fall 1:03,  The JR. High and JV Knights went 9-2

Friday, Jan. 25^th    WCAAE Knights 22, BBE Jaguars 55

106-Jake Nohre (WCAAE) defeated by Kaleb Voss per decision 5-6, 113-Levi Larkin (WCAAE) defeated by Josey Tensen per fall 3:39, 120-Tyler Onstad (WCAAE) defeated Johan Voss per major decision 12-1, 126-Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated Colby Schramel per fall 2:38, 132-Tyler Tensen (BBE) won per forfeit, 138-Kyle Mickelsen (WCAAE) defeated by Austin Jaeger per major decision 3-11, 145-Royal Crow (WCAAE) defeated Jordan Lewis per injury default, 152-Braedon Long (WCAAE) defeated by Alex Schramel per fall 3:42, 160-Blake Amundson (WCAAE) defeated by Matt Schmitz per fall 3:01, 170-Sid Kamrath (WCAAE) defeated by Ben Thompson per fall 1:04, 182-Trent Telkamp ( WCAAE) defeated by Joe Reller per fall 2:35, 195-T.J. Waskosky (WCAAE) defeated by Pat Rooney per fall :34, 220-Hunter Fick (WCAAE) defeated Marshall Zackman per fall 1:09, 285-Jordan Bruns (WCAAE) defeated by Ben Feurhake per fall 1:04

Friday, Jan. 25^th  WCAAE Knights 57, Prairie Valley Nighthawks 28

106-Jake Nohre (WCAAE) won per forfeit, 113-TylerOnstad (WCAAE) defeated Nolan Hart per fall 1:03, 120-Keaton Long (WCAAE) won per forfeit, 126-Wyatt Odegaard (WCAAE) defeated by Tom Leeseberg per major decision 3-15, 132-Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated Bryce Looker per decision in OT 5-4, 138-Kyle Mickelsen (WCAAE) defeated Kyle Schlosser per injury default, 145-Royal Crow (WCAAE) defeated Spencer Libby per fall :57, 152-Braedon Long (WCAAE) defeated Dillon Borchet per fall 3:53, 160-Blake Amundson (WCAAE) won per forfeit, 170-Sid Kamrath (WCAAE) defeated by Josh McKeown per fall 3:40, 182-Trent Telkamp (WCAAE) defeated Eric Branch per fall 1:37, 195-Hunter Fick (WCAAE) defeated by Tyler Schlosser per decision 1-7, 220-double forfeit, 285-Jordan Bruns (WCAAE) defeated by Logan Nibbe per fall 3:33

Friday, Jan. 25^th   WCAAE 20, Holdingford Huskers 57

106-Jake Nohre (WCAAE) defeated Jamey Koetter per decision 9-1, 113-Tyler Onstad (WCAAE) defeated by Zach Scott per fall 2:26, 120-Wyatt Odegaard (WCAAE) defeated Phillip Doll per fall 4:57, 126-Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated by Jason Jarnot per decision 2-6, 132-Taz Taflinger (Hold.) won per forfeit, 138-Kyle Mickelsen (WCAAE) defeated Weston Lumley per major decision 12-0, 145-Royal Crow (WCAAE) defeated by Trevor Scott per fall 3:10, 152-Braedon Long (WCAAE) defeated by Kyle Gerads per fall 1:17, 160-Blake Amundson (WCAAE) defeated by Kyle Kolstad per fall 1:15, 170-Sid Kamrath (WCAAE) defeated by Matt Messman per fall :42, 182-Trent Telkamp (WCAAE) defeated by Nathan Brinker per fall 1:12, 195-T.J. Waskosky (WCAAE) defeated by Mitch Messman per fall :40, 220-Hunter Fick (WCAAE) defeated Mitch Merton per injury default, 285-Jordon Bruns (WCAAE) defeated  by Malcom Dewar per fall 1:11

The ‘Wrestler of the Week’ goes to Trenton Telkamp.  Coach Gruchow states…”Trenton became interested in wrestling late last season.  Trenton decided to give wrestling a shot this year.  As a 9^th grader it is not an easy task to compete at the 182 lb. weight class.  However, Trenton takes on the challenge.  This week Trenton earned two wins.  His win Tuesday really eased the tension as we knew it was going to be a close dual.  Trenton also earned a 1:37 pin in the dual against Prairie Valley Friday night.  This was a big week for Trenton…he turned another corner.  Keep up the good work Trenton!

The Knights grapplers will travel three times this week again starting with Tuesday, Jan. 29^th in Long Prairie-Grey Eagle for a dual with the Thunder. Wrestling starts at 6 pm. Thursday WCAAE travels to Upsula to face off with the hometeam Royalton/Upsula unit and the Holdingford Huskers.  Action is slated for 5:30 pm.  Saturday, Feb. 2^nd is the Park Region Conference tournament in New York Mills.  Nine teams will take the mat and wrestling begins at 10 am.