The past week found the WCAAE Knights
on the road on three consecutive nights. The Knights wrestled a section match in
Breckenridge dismantling the Cowboys with ease.
The following evening the boys in red traveled to Osakis to dual the
Silverstreaks and stay in the hunt for a conference championship. After a gutsy display the Knights found
themselves down by one point with one match to go when Buzz Miller pulled out a
decision giving the Knights a victory and putting them in a three way tie for
the title with Osakis and Royalton. By
6:30 am the boys were back on the bus in route to Osakis for the Park Region
Conference Individual Tournament.
This is the time of year when
athletes in any sport feel the mental and physical strain after two months of
hard competition. Wrestling is no
different. Coach Brandon Gruchow has
consistently put together a team that is ready to compete in the duals and in
doing so was recognized by his peers as the Park Region Conference ‘Coach of
the Year’. Congratulations Coach
Gruchow! During last week several other
career milestones were reached. Jake
Larkin secured his 75th career victory in Breckenridge. Hunter Fick and Kyle Mickelsen both reached
their 50th career victories during the PRC tournament. Congratulations Jake, Hunter and Kyle!
Thursday, Jan. 30th Breckenridge
WCAAE 69, Breckenridge 11
Coach Gruchow…”On paper with the size
of the team Breckenridge has been wrestling with the dual was in our
favor. We also knew Breckenridge had
some good individuals and it was important that our individuals that had
matches were focused and ready. This can
be difficult when there are so many forfeits; it’s hard to keep the momentum
going. I was happy with the performance
of our wrestlers who had a match. Keaton
Long bumped up a weight class to wrestle Conrad Kondos, and even though he lost
he managed to save a team point by not giving up the pin. Doing these kinds of things is what makes a
person a better wrestler. Tyler Onstad
has been wrestling with much more confidence, it showed in his dominant win by
fall in the second period. Larkin,
Mickelsen, and Fick all completed their duties on the mat with wins as well
tonight. Braeden Long was winning until
he got a nagging injury while wrestling that prevented him from wrestling like
he could have. We hope it heals soon and
he can get back into action.”
106 lb. Drake Swanson (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
113 lb. Jake Nohre (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
120 lb. Levi Larkin (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
126 lb. Conrad Kondos (BRECK)
defeated Keaton Long per tech fall 20-3
132 lb. Tyler Onstad (WCAAE) defeated
Tony Emerfoll per fall 3:34
138 lb. Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated
Mark Erickson per fall 1:11
145 lb. Kyle Mickelsen (WCAAE)
defeated Devin Larson per dec. 13-6
152 lb. Royal Crow (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
160 lb. Travis Miranowski (BRECK)
defeated Braedon Long per fall 5:19
170 lb. Blake Amundson (WCAAE) won
per forfeit
182 lb. Sid Kamrath (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
195 lb. Hunter Fick (WCAAE) defeated
Zach Hasse per fall :49
220 lb. Buzz Miller (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
285 lb. T.J. Waskosky (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
Friday, Jan. 31st Osakis
WCAAE 32, Osakis 30
Coach Gruchow…”Going into this dual
tonight we knew it was going to be a barn burner. If things went our way we were going to
win. To beat Osakis we had to wrestle
with confidence and attitude. We needed
to want it! The boys wanted it tonight
and they wrestled like they wanted it.
They wrestled for the team all the way through the line-up. There were some great matches throughout the
dual, some went our way, and some didn’t.
It was a great atmosphere in the Osakis gym; both teams were good, the
benches on both sides were into the dual, the crowd was into it and it was
intense. It was fun to be a part of and
even made it just that much better that we came out on top. It was a big dual to get tonight, I think we
have worked our way out of the little slump we had last week!”
106 lb. Jake Nohre (WCAAE) defeated Devyn
Johnson per major dec. 16-8
113 lb. Levi Larkin (WCAAE) defeated
Darrin Stoetzel per major dec. 11-0
120 lb. Trenton Coyer (O) defeated
Keaton Long per dec. 11-8
126 lb. Brendan Coyer (O) defeated
Tyler Onstad per fall 2:52
132 lb. Colton Waldvogel (O) defeated
Wyatt Olson per fall :22
138 lb. Jake Larkin (WCAAE) defeated
Ryan Engfer per dec. 3-1
145 lb. Kyle Mickelsesn (WCAAE)
defeated Garret Sunder per dec. 9-3
152 lb. Kode Seifort (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
160 lb. Royal Crow (WCAAE) won per
forfeit
170 lb. Blake Amundson (WCAAE)
defeated Austin Sunder per dec. 14-8
182 lb. Nils Hagen (O) defeated Sid
Kamrath per fall 1:28
195 lb. Tyler Spanswick (O) won per
forfeit
220 lb. Peter Hagen (O) defeated
Hunter Fick per dec. 3-1
285 lb. Buzz Miller (WCAAE) defeated
Mitch Sunder per dec. 6-4
Saturday, Feb. 1st Osakis
Gruchow…”We were a little banged up
going into today’s Conference Tournament.
We had some of our big point getters out due to injuries. We finished in 6th place…. which I know we
are better than but just not today. In
general we wrestled well, we did have one round that took the wind out of us a
little. I thought Levi Larkin wrestled
very well today. Jake Nohre also
wrestled well. He fell a little short of
his goal to be conference champ, but wrestled a great match in the finals
against state ranked Noah Becker. Royal
Crow also had a fantastic day; he wrestled a smart match in the finals and brought
home his second gold medal for the season.
It would have been interesting to see how we would have finished with
Jake Larkin, Braeden Long, and T.J. Waskosky in the line-up. We hope to have them all back this upcoming
week as we have another action packed week ahead of us!”
1. Osakis 158.5
2. United North Central 156
3. New York Mills 155
4. Royalton/Upsula 147
5. Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 121
6. West Central Area/Ashby/Evansville
111
7. Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 83
8. Ottertail Central 75
9. Browerville 46
10. Prairie Valley 42
106 lb. Jake Nohre 2nd place
Defeated Cole Scofield (R/U) per fall
4:40, defeated Ben Johnson (UNC) per major dec. 17-5, defeated by Noah Becker
(BROW) per dec. 4-2
113 lb. Levi Larkin 3rd
place
Defeated Brayden Bertram (BHV) per
fall 1:14, defeated by Jeremiah Harper (NYM) per dec. 4-0, defeated Levi
Cochran (UNC) per injury default, defeated Jose Funes (LPGE) per dec. 5-4
120 lb. Keaton Long
Defeated by James Holen (OTC) per
dec. 1-0, defeated Toby Hintzman (UNC) per dec. 3-2, defeated by Justin Gordon
(BHV) per dec. 4-1, defeated by James Holen per major dec. 13-3
126 lb. Tyler Onstad 5th
place
Defeated by Sam Naddy (OTC) per major
dec. 8-0, defeated by Nicholas Middendorf per major dec. 12-5, defeated Darrin
Stoetzel (O) 11-0
145 lb. Kyle Mickelsen 4th
place
Defeated by Taylor Ericksrud (NYM)
per dec. 3-0, defeated Garrett Sunder (O) per dec. 5-2, defeated by Wyatt
Puttonen (UNC) per dec. 4-0
152 lb. Royal Crow 1st
place
Defeated Shawn Urbanski (R/U) per
dec. 3-1, defeated Sam Tellers (UNC) per dec. 3-2
170 lb. Blake Amundson
Defeated by Nick Bennett (BHV) per
major dec. 10-1, defeated by Brian Pyle (NYM) per fall 2:41
182 lb. Sid Kamrath 5th
place
Defeated by Nils Hagen (O) per fall
1:11, defeated John French (BHV) per dec. 2-1, defeated by Sam Erckenbrack
(NYM) per fall 2:11, defeated Gavin Brendefur per injury default
195 lb. Hunter Fick 3rd
place
Defeated Keegan Cavellero (LPGE) per
fall :23, defeated by Tyler Spanswick (O) per fall 3:43, defeated Tyler Ukkelberg
(OTC) per dec. 7-1, defeated Charlie Neinaber (BHV) per fall 5:20
220 lb. Buzz Miller 3rd
place
Defeated by Taylor Carlson (UNC) per
fall 3:19, defeated Mitch Sunder (O) per fall 2:59, defeated Cole Graybow (NYM)
per fall 1:15
Gruchow will lead his team to its
last regular season dual when Long Prairie/Grey Eagle Thunder comes to Barrett
Monday, Feb. 3rd for the final conference dual.
The Knights find themselves in control of their destiny and will be
wrestling for the conference championship.
Saturday, Feb 8th the wrestlers will travel to Morris for the
Morris Invitational Tournament. This is
the last competition before section wrestling starts.
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