Nine Hornets place atĀ Jaguar Invite

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Daniel Graham took first place and nine Hornets placed in the top six at the annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Tournament on Friday night. The tournament capped off a busy week of action in a return to the mat for the Hornets. 

In addition to the tournament, the Hornets dropped a pair of matches in a triangular with Crookston and United North Central on Thursday night. 

This week the Hornets will travel to Badger-Greenbush-Middle River for a triangular on Tuesday night against the Gators and Bemidji in their lone match of the week. 

Thursday

Frazee dropped a pair of matches against Crookston and United North Central on Thursday night.

The Hornets fell to Crookston by a score of 33-31. The Hornets outscored the Pirates by a margin of 25-9 down the stretch, but were unable to overcome an early deficit that saw Crookston jump out to a 24-6 lead. 

  Jake Nagel made the score 24-10 at 152 lbs. when he secured a major decision over Braxton Volker. Jack Graham made the score 27-13 when he won a tough 3-2 decision over Layten Fuentes at 170 lbs. and Daniel Graham followed with a win by forfeit at 182 lbs. to make the score 27-19. 

Following a forfeit at 195 lbs., the Hornets won the final two matches of the dual by fall as Byron Kropuenske and Xander Kohler pinned their opponents at 220 lbs. and 285 lbs. 

In their other match, the Hornets fell to seventh ranked United North Central by a score of 51-13. 

Crookston 33 Frazee 31

106 Trudeau, Evin (Crookston) over Osterman, Cash (Frazee)  (Maj Dec 11-3) (Score: 0-4)

113 Hamm, Liam (Frazee) over Forfeit (Crookston)  (Forfeit) (Score: 6-4)

120 Hluncy, Gavyn (Crookston) over Heisler, Joey (Frazee)  (Fall 0:41) (Score: 6-10)

126 (Crookston) over Sonnenberg, Sebastian (Frazee)  (Decision 0-0) (Score: 6-13)

132 Weilad, Casey (Crookston) over Borah, Brady (Frazee)  (Decision 10-6) (Score: 6-16)

138 Coauette, Carter (Crookston) over Mellema, Josh (Frazee)  (Maj Dec 12-2) (Score: 6-20)

145 Bowman, Ethan (Crookston) over Moe, Tyler (Frazee)  (Maj Dec 12-4) (Score: 6-24)

152 Nagel, Jake (Frazee) over Volker, Braxton (Crookston)  (Maj Dec 10-1) (Score: 10-24)

160 Ness, Spencr (Crookston) over Rue, Max (Frazee)  (Decision 3-1) (Score: 10-27)

170 Graham, Jack (Frazee) over Fuentes, Layten (Crookston)  (Decision 3-2) (Score: 13-27)

182 Graham, Daniel (Frazee) over Forfeit (Crookston)  (Forfeit) (Score: 19-27)

195 Boll, Ethan (Crookston) over Forfeit, (Frazee)  (Forfeit) (Score: 19-33)

220 Kropuenske, Byron (Frazee) over Kresl, Hunter (Crookston)  (Fall 5:36) (Score: 25-33)

285 Kohler, Xander (Frazee) over Sanchez, Jess (Crookston)  (Fall 1:06) (Score: 31-33)

United North Central 51 Frazee 13

106 Koll, Conrad (UNC) over Osterman, Cash (Frazee)  (Fall 3:33) (Score: 6-0)

113 Davidson, Zack (UNC) over Doe, John (Frazee)  (Forfeit) (Score: 12-0)

120 Hendrickson, Zach (UNC) over Heisler, Joey (Frazee)  (Fall 0:27) (Score: 18-0)

126 Lake, Aaron (UNC) over Sonnenberg, Sebastian (FRAZEE)  (Fall 0:33) (Score: 24-0)

132 Erickson, Spencer (UNC) over Borah, Brady (Frazee)  (Maj Dec 9-0) (Score: 28-0)

138 Olson, Wyatt (UNC) over Mellema, Josh (Frazee)  (Maj Dec 11-2) (Score: 32-0)

145 Hendrickson, Ethan (UNC) over Moe, Tyler (Frazee)  (Decision 7-1) (Score: 35-0)

152 Nagel, Jake (Frazee) over Tellers, Hank (UNC)  (Maj Dec 9-1) (Score: 35-4)

160 Ness, Eion (UNC) over Rue, Max (Frazee)  (Maj Dec 9-0) (Score: 39-4)

170 Graham, Jack (Frazee) over Plautz, Mason (UNC)  (Decision 4-0) (Score: 39-7)

182 Graham, Daniel (Frazee) over Hendrickson, Shawn (UNC)  (Decision 10-8) (Score: 39-10)

195 Kropuanske, Byron (Frazee) over Hasbargen, Cooper (UNC)  (Decision 9-2) (Score: 39-13)

220 Carlson, Torrey (UNC) over Doe, John (Frazee)  (Forfeit) (Score: 45-13)

285 Peterson, Marcus (UNC) over Kohler, Xander (Frazee)  (Fall 2:57) (Score: 51-13)

Friday

Nine Hornets placed at the annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Tournament on Friday night.

Daniel Graham came home with the lone championship for the Hornets as he took first place at 170 lbs.

Graham opened his tournament with a win by fall over Gabe Hanson of Otter Tail Central. He went on to win by a 3-1 decision over Ryan Nelson of Becker, before defeating Wyatt Lewis of BBE by a 6-1 decision in the championship match. 

Nagel took third place at 152 lbs. after he fell to Mason Doucette of Becker by a 7-5 decision in the semi-finals. He went on to win by major decision over teammate Brady Crabtree by a 9-0 score to advance to the third place match. Nagel secured his third place finish with an 8-2 decision over Isaac Ortiz of Eden Valley-Watkins to finish in third place. 

Other Hornets placing included Brady Borah who took fifth place at 132 lbs., Josh Mellema who took fifth place at 138 lbs., Tyler Moe who took fourth place at 145 lbs., Brady Crabtree who took sixth place at 152 lbs., Jack Graham who took fifth place at 160 lbs., Erick Rodelo who took fifth place at 195 lbs. and Xander Kohler who took fifth place at 285 lbs. 

As a team the Hornets placed fifth behind Becker with 236.5 points, BBE with 232 points, Eden Valley-Watkins with 112 points, Otter Tail Central with 93 points, Frazee with 72 points and Quad County with 68.5 points. 

132- 5th place-Quarterfinal – Drew May (Becker) 12-8 won by decision over Brady Borah (Frazee) 2-9 (Dec 9-4); Cons. Semi – Ryan Boecker (Becker) 4-6 won by fall over Brady Borah (Frazee) 2-9 (Fall 4:20); 5th Place Match – Brady Borah (Frazee) 2-9 received a bye () (Bye)

138- 5th place- Quarterfinal – Josh Mellema (Frazee) 7-7 won by fall over Gavin Caron (Eden Valley-Watkins) 8-9 (Fall 5:10); Semifinal – Wyatt Engen (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa) 15-5 won by fall over Josh Mellema (Frazee) 7-7 (Fall 1:14); Cons. Semi – Jake Rosenow (Becker) 2-2 won by fall over Josh Mellema (Frazee) 7-7 (Fall 2:59); 5th Place Match – Josh Mellema (Frazee) 7-7 won by fall over Gavin Caron (Eden Valley-Watkins) 8-9 (Fall 3:43)

145- 4th place- Quarterfinal – Tyler Moe (Frazee) 11-9 won by decision over Owen Angell (Becker) 13-4 (Dec 10-8); Semifinal – Tyler Jensen (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa) 3-1 won by decision over Tyler Moe (Frazee) 11-9 (Dec 3-2); Cons. Semi – Tyler Moe (Frazee) 11-9 won by fall over Cyrus Kammermeier (Eden Valley-Watkins) 0-3 (Fall 2:21); 3rd Place Match – Owen Angell (Becker) 13-4 won by decision over Tyler Moe (Frazee) 11-9 (Dec 12-8)

152- Semifinal – Mason Doucette (Becker) 14-6 won by decision over Jake Nagel (Frazee) 14-2 (Dec 7-5); Cons. Semi – Jake Nagel (Frazee) 14-2 won by major decision over Brady Crabtree (Frazee) 0-3 (MD 9-0); 3rd Place Match – Jake Nagel (Frazee) 14-2 won by decision over Isaac Ortiz (Eden Valley-Watkins) 14-6 (Dec 8-2)

152- 6th place Quarterfinal – Logan Schleske (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 12-7 won by decision over Brady Crabtree (Frazee) 0-3 (Dec 8-2); Cons. Semi – Jake Nagel (Frazee) 14-2 won by major decision over Brady Crabtree (Frazee) 0-3 (MD 9-0); 5th Place Match – Logan Schleske (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 12-7 won by fall over Brady Crabtree (Frazee) 0-3 (Fall 1:50)

160- Quarterfinal – Maximus Hanson (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa) 14-4 won by fall over Max Rue (Frazee) 2-9 (Fall 3:14); Cons. Round 1 – Nolan Hildahl (Quad County) 5-11 won by fall over Max Rue (Frazee) 2-9 (Fall 1:30)

160- 5th place- Quarterfinal – Jaxon Rich (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 12-8 won by decision over Jack Graham (Frazee) 7-10 (Dec 8-3); Cons. Round 1 – Jack Graham (Frazee) 7-10 won by decision over Hunter Laage (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa) 0-2 (Dec 4-2); Cons. Semi – Adam Jurek (Becker) 13-6 won by fall over Jack Graham (Frazee) 7-10 (Fall 2:47); 5th Place Match – Jack Graham (Frazee) 7-10 won by fall over Nolan Hildahl (Quad County) 5-11 (Fall 4:28)

170- 1st place- Round 1 – Daniel Graham (Frazee) 10-7 won by fall over Gabe Hanson (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 0-7 (Fall 1:54); Round 2 – Daniel Graham (Frazee) 10-7 won by decision over Ryan Nelson (Becker) 2-2 (Dec 3-1); Round 3 – Daniel Graham (Frazee) 10-7 won by decision over Wyatt Lewis (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa) 2-4 (Dec 6-1)

195- 5th place Quarterfinal – Sonnie DeHeer (Eden Valley-Watkins) 13-5 won by fall over Erick Rodelo (Frazee) 2-4 (Fall 4:46); Cons. Semi – Jacob Savig (Quad County) 7-11 won by fall over Erick Rodelo (Frazee) 2-4 (Fall 1:52); 5th Place Match – Erick Rodelo (Frazee) 2-4 won by decision over Jonny Fielding (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 2-6 (Dec 6-4)

285- 5th place- Quarterfinal – Austin Schlangen (Eden Valley-Watkins) 15-3 won by fall over Xander Kohler (Frazee) 6-8 (Fall 2:22); Cons. Round 1 – Xander Kohler (Frazee) 6-8 won by fall over Austin Sweep (Quad County) 9-5 (Fall 2:04); Cons. Semi – Bryce Feuerhake (Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa) 14-6 won by fall over Xander Kohler (Frazee) 6-8 (Fall 1:00); 5th Place Match – Xander Kohler (Frazee) 6-8 won by injury default over Evan Friese (Quad County) 0-3 (Inj. 0:00)