Hornets sweep triangular to open season

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The ninth ranked Frazee Hornets opened their season last week with a sweep over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville and West Fargo at a triangular. The Hornets defeated the LPGE/B Wolves 32-30 when Xander Kohler secured a pin at heavyweight to push the Frazee wrestlers past the home Wolves team. 

Over the weekend the wrestlers traveled to Brainerd to participate in the Paul Bunyan Tournament. Preston Mayfield led the charge for the Hornet wrestlers as he took third place in the large 18-team tournament. 

This week the Hornets will travel to Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie for a triangular, before hosting a quadrangular on Thursday night in Frazee. On Friday the Hornets will travel to Pierz for a tournament. 

Tuesday

Frazee swept a triangular with Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville and West Fargo in thrilling fashion on Tuesday night.

In their match against the LPGE/B Wolves, the Hornets overcame an early 18-0 deficit after the Wolves won the opening three matches by fall. Liam Hamm got the Hornets on the scoreboard with a 3-0 decision over Evan Flan at 127 lbs. 

After a LPGE/B decision at 133 lbs., Josh Mellema started a three match run for the Hornets when he secured a pin at 139 lbs., before Bailey Peichel and Tyler Moe won back-to-back major decisions to cut the deficit to 17-21. 

Tucker Zigan of LPGE/B won a close 5-4 decision over Cade Nagel at 160 lbs. to increase the Wolves’ lead to 24-17, but it was nearly all Hornets from there as Preston Mayfield won by fall at 172 lbs. and Jack Graham put the Hornets in front for the first time all night when he won a 5-3 overtime decision at 189 lbs. 

A pin for LPGE/B at 215 lbs. put the Hornets in a big 30-26 deficit heading into the heavyweight match. Xander Kohler needed to win by a major decision to tie the team score or by a tech fall or pin to give the Hornets the outright win. He did just that as he secured a pin in the first period at the 1:27 mark of the match to put the Hornets in front for just the second time all night, but at the most important time, as Frazee secured a 32-30 win.

In their match against the West Fargo Packers, the Hornets lost just three matches the entire dual, on their way to a 47-15 win. The Hornets dominated the opening weights of the match as they jumped out to a 47-3 lead when Tanner Moe secured a 10-0 major decision at 189 lbs. The Hornets dropped the final two matches of the dual, but the match itself was already decided.

Securing pins for the Hornets were Christian Peichel, Brady Borah, Bailey Peichel, Tyler Moe and Mayfield. 

Frazee 32 LPGE-Browerville 30

107 Browen, Olivia (LPGEB) over Drewes, Josiah (Frazee) Fall 0:41 0-6

114 Katterhagen, Hunter (LPGEB) over Peichel, Christian (Frazee) Fall 0:24 0-12

121 Dreher, Maverick (LPGEB) over Schermerhorn, Gabe (Frazee) Fall 5:42 0-18

127 Hamm, Liam (Frazee) over Flan, Evan (LPGEB) Decision 3-0 3-18

133 Thom, Logan (LPGEB) over Osterman, Cash (Frazee) Decision 5-3 3-21

139 Mellema, Josh (Frazee) over Doe, John (LPGEB) Fall 3:17 9-21

145 Peichel, Bailey (Frazee) over Hidalgo, Jacob (LPGEB) Maj Dec 16-5 13-21

152 Moe, Tyler (Frazee) over Doe, John (LPGEB) Maj Dec 18-4 17-21

160 Zigan, Tucker (LPGEB) over Nagel, Cade (Frazee) Decision 5-4 17-24

172 Mayfield, Preston (Frazee) over Doe, John (LPGEB) Fall 1:05 23-24

189 Graham, Jack (Frazee) over Recknor, Dylan (LPGEB) Decision 5-3 (OT) 26-24

215 Doe, John (LPGEB) over Sanchez, Raymond (Frazee) Fall 2:24 26-30

285 Kohler, Xander (Frazee) over Tomford, Grady (LPGEB) Fall 1:27 32-30

Frazee 47 West Fargo 15

107 Drewes, Josiah (Frazee) over Hettenbaugh, Luke (West Fargo) Decision 2-0 3-0

114 Peichel, Christian (Frazee) over Antonin, Joachim (West Fargo) Fall 3:13 9-0

121 Geiger, Landon (West Fargo) over Schermerhorn, Gabe (Frazee) Decision 9-2 9-3

127 Hamm, Liam (Frazee) over Thoreson, Tanner (West Fargo) Decision 7-4 12-3

133 Osterman, Cash (Frazee) over Hettenbaugh, Drew (West Fargo) Maj Dec 11-2 16-3

139 Borah, Brady (Frazee) over Maus, Nolan (West Fargo) Fall 1:48 22-3

145 Peichel, Bailey (Frazee) over Thoreson, Parker (West Fargo) Fall 1:10 28-3

152 Moe, Tyler (Frazee) over Magnell, Owen (West Fargo) Fall 1:44 34-3

160 Nagel, Cade (Frazee) over Johnson, Kenneth (West Fargo)

172 Mayfield, Preston (Frazee) over Addai, Kaleb (West Fargo) Fall 2:56 43-3

189 Moe, Tanner (Frazee) over LaRocque, Kaycey (West Fargo) Maj Dec 10-0 47-3

215 Moore, Logan (West Fargo) over Zitzow, Derek (Frazee) Fall 2:19 47-9

285 Williams, Amaree (West Fargo) over Kohler, Xander (Frazee)

Saturday

Frazee made the trek north to Brainerd over the weekend to compete in one of the largest tournaments of the season so far at the annual Paul Bunyan Tournament. Seven wrestlers placed in the tournament, which included 18 teams, with Preston Mayfield placing third to lead the way. 

Mayfield advanced to the semi-finals at 172 lbs. with back-to-back pins in the opening round of the tournament. Unfortunately, he fell to the eventual champion, Owen Angell of Becker, by a 4-0 decision. 

Mayfield rebounded with a major decision over Nicholas Leibold of Royalton-Upsala, to advance to the third place match. He went on to win third place with a commanding 16-1 tech fall late in the third period of Jayden Zajac of Pierz to come home with third place. 

Bailey Peichel nearly came home with a similar third place finish when he advanced to the semi-finals at 145 lbs., before falling to eventual champion Jack Nelson of Mound-Westonka by a major decision. He secured a 4-2 decision over Liam Hennessy of Pierz in the consolation bracket and lost a close 8-3 decision to Easton Dircks of Brainerd to finish in fourth place overall. 

Also placing for the Hornets was Cade Nagel in sixth place at 160 lbs., Tyler Moe in seventh place at 152 lbs., Josh Mellema in fifth place at 139 lbs. and Liam Hamm in eighth place at 127 lbs. 

Paul Bunyan Wrestling Tournament

1 Becker 150.5

2 Little Falls 142.5

3 Grand Rapids 135.5

4 Mound-Westonka 134.5

5 Foley 127.5

6 Moorhead 120.0

7 Royalton-Upsala 118.0

8 Saint Croix Falls 108.0

9 Pierz 103.5

10 Brainerd 95.0

11 Bemidji 85.5

12 Frazee 79.5

13 White Bear Lake Area 60.0

14 Blackduck-Cass Lake Bena Bears 22.0

14 C-E-C Lumberjacks 22.0

16 Wadena-Deer Creek 19.0

17 Detroit Lakes 17.5

18 Sartell-Saint Stephen 16.0

121- Champ. Round 1 – Talan Baker (Detroit Lakes) 4-3 won by fall over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 1-3 (Fall 4:49), Cons. Round 1 – Gauge Johnson (Pierz) 4-5 won by decision over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 1-3 (Dec 7-3)

127- 8th place- Champ. Round 1 – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 4-3 won by decision over Logan Arends (White Bear Lake Area) 0-2 (Dec 5-2), Quarterfinal – Cole Steffen (Saint Croix Falls) 6-3 won by fall over Liam Hamm (Frazee) 4-3 (Fall 5:26), Cons. Round 2 – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 4-3 won by fall over Nolan Jurek (Becker) 1-2 (Fall 3:48), Cons. Round 3 – Nolan Jukish (Brainerd) 3-3 won by decision over Liam Hamm (Frazee) 4-3 (Dec 5-4), 7th Place Match – Izaiah Vargas (Detroit Lakes) 5-4 won by decision over Liam Hamm (Frazee) 4-3 (Dec 6-0)

133- Champ. Round 1 – Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-3 won by decision over James Seelhammer (Wadena-Deer Creek) 2-6 (Dec 6-1), Quarterfinal – Brody Mistic (Blackduck-Cass Lake Bena Bears) 8-4 won by decision over Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-3 (Dec 4-0), Cons. Round 2 – Mason Rausch (Little Falls) 7-4 won by decision over Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-3 (Dec 5-1)

139- 5th place- Champ. Round 1 – Brayden Boots (Becker) 4-1 won by decision over Josh Mellema (Frazee) 5-2 (Dec 5-3), Cons. Round 1 – Josh Mellema (Frazee) 5-2 won by fall over Jeremy Linn (Detroit Lakes) 0-2 (Fall 3:27), Cons. Round 2 – Josh Mellema (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Lane Olson (Royalton-Upsala) 3-4 (Dec 4-3), Cons. Round 3 – Josh Mellema (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Isaac Briggs (Saint Croix Falls) 4-4 (Dec 5-3), Cons. Semi – Brayden Boots (Becker) 4-1 won by decision over Josh Mellema (Frazee) 5-2 (Dec 7-1), 5th Place Match – Josh Mellema (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Tyler Wilhelmi (Foley) 6-4 (Dec 9-2)

145- 4th place- Champ. Round 1 – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Beau Somdahl (Detroit Lakes) 3-3 (Dec 7-4), Quarterfinal – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Noah Cameron (Little Falls) 9-3 (Dec 3-2), Semifinal – Jack Nelson (Mound-Westonka) 6-0 won by major decision over Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 5-2 (MD 13-4), Cons. Semi – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Liam Hennessy (Pierz) 6-3 (Dec 4-2), 3rd Place Match – Easton Dircks (Brainerd) 4-1 won by decision over Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 5-2 (Dec 8-3)

152- 7th place- Champ. Round 1 – Tyler Moe (Frazee) 5-2 won by fall over Brock Swiers (Detroit Lakes) 2-3 (Fall 3:35), Quarterfinal – Sawyer Simmons (Royalton-Upsala) 6-2 won by fall over Tyler Moe (Frazee) 5-2 (Fall 1:26), Cons. Round 2 – Tyler Moe (Frazee) 5-2 won by decision over Noah Holmberg (Blackduck-Cass Lake Bena Bears) 5-5 (Dec 10-3), Cons. Round 3 – Kellen Kelly (Saint Croix Falls) 7-3 won by decision over Tyler Moe (Frazee) 5-2 (Dec 5-1), 7th Place Match – Tyler Moe (Frazee) 5-2 won by major decision over Kobi Cameron (Little Falls) 4-6 (MD 12-4)

160- 6th place- Champ. Round 1 – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 4-4 won by decision over Jake Rosenow (Becker) 0-2 (Dec 8-5), Quarterfinal – Lee Ellingsberg (Moorhead) 7-3 won by decision over Cade Nagel (Frazee) 4-4 (Dec 1-0), Cons. Round 2 – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 4-4 won by decision over Talen Fairbanks (Bemidji) 2-3 (Dec 5-0), Cons. Round 3 – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 4-4 won by decision over Brayden Melby (Pierz) 5-4 (Dec 9-7), Cons. Semi – Tanner Morlan (Grand Rapids) 6-3 won by major decision over Cade Nagel (Frazee) 4-4 (MD 9-1), 5th Place Match – William Gutormson (Foley) 6-6 won by decision over Cade Nagel (Frazee) 4-4 (Dec 3-2)

172- 3rd place- Champ. Round 1 – Preston Mayfield (Frazee) 6-1 won by fall over Aiden Reuvers (C-E-C Lumberjacks) 0-1 (Fall 2:11), Quarterfinal – Preston Mayfield (Frazee) 6-1 won by fall over Eric von Holtz (Mound-Westonka) 2-5 (Fall 2:29), Semifinal – Owen Angell (Becker) 4-0 won by fall over Preston Mayfield (Frazee) 6-1 (Fall 5:24), Cons. Semi – Preston Mayfield (Frazee) 6-1 won by major decision over Nicholas Leibold (Royalton-Upsala) 6-4 (MD 11-0), 3rd Place Match – Preston Mayfield (Frazee) 6-1 won by tech fall over Jayden Zajac (Pierz) 8-3 (TF-1.5 5:54 (16-1))

189- 6th place- Champ. Round 1 – Jack Graham (Frazee) 3-3 won by decision over David Krabbenhoft (Moorhead) 4-4 (Dec 10-7), Quarterfinal – Jack Graham (Frazee) 3-3 won in sudden victory – 1 over Hank LeClair (Little Falls) 9-3 (SV-1 7-5), Semifinal – Keagon Frisbie (Foley) 6-4 won by decision over Jack Graham (Frazee) 3-3 (Dec 12-11), Cons. Semi – Jake Leners (Royalton-Upsala) 7-4 won by fall over Jack Graham (Frazee) 3-3 (Fall 3:50), 5th Place Match – Caleb Koch (Pierz) 5-2 won by decision over Jack Graham (Frazee) 3-3 (Dec 10-6)

215- Champ. Round 1 – Josiah Peterson (Foley) 6-4 won by fall over Derek Zitzow (Frazee) 1-3 (Fall 3:26), Cons. Round 1 – Derek Zitzow (Frazee) 1-3 won by fall over Tynan Simpson (Detroit Lakes) 3-4 (Fall 2:58), Cons. Round 2 – John Seemann (Mound-Westonka) 7-2 won by fall over Derek Zitzow (Frazee) 1-3 (Fall 0:43)

285- Champ. Round 1 – Xander Kohler (Frazee) 2-3 won by fall over Demarco Clay (Moorhead) 3-3 (Fall 0:15), Quarterfinal – Clayton Danielson (Grand Rapids) 6-2 won by decision over Xander Kohler (Frazee) 2-3 (Dec 7-3), Cons. Round 2 – Logan Bockman (Saint Croix Falls) 5-5 won by fall over Xander Kohler (Frazee) 2-3 (Fall 3:00)