A total of 11 wrestlers place at opening tournament of the season

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Second ranked Bailey Peichel and Jack Graham took first place, and 11 wrestlers placed in the top six at the annual Dennis Kaatz Memorial Wrestling Invitational on Saturday at Wadena-Deer Creek High School. 

Peichel tech falled his way to the 145 lbs. championship after he picked up three tech falls over Owen Dabill of Pequot Lakes-Pine River-Backus in the opening round and Mason Brauch of Wadena-Deer Creek in the semi-finals. In the championship match, Peichel secured a 21-5 tech fall over Creed Koll of United North Central to capture first place.

At 172 lbs., Jack Graham secured first place by the narrowest of margins after he defeated Zachary Tabatt of Staples-Motley 4-3 in the semi-finals and secured a 1-0 win over previously unbeaten Fordyce Johnson of United North Central to capture first place. 

Three other Hornet wrestlers made the championship match including Ashton Reller who took second place at 114 lbs. He picked up a pair of tech falls in the quarterfinals and semi-finals before falling to Lincoln Davis of Thief River Falls by a 7-4 decision to capture second place.

At 121 lbs., Christian Peichel took second place after securing a pin in the opening round of the match and defeating Jared Ohm of Detroit Lakes by a 3-2 decision in the semi-finals. In the championship match, Peichel fell to Caden Kramer of Staples-Motley by a fall at the :35 mark of the match to finish in second place. 

The final Hornet to reach the championship match was Cade Nagel at 215 lbs. Nagel secured a pin in the opening round of the tournament, before defeating Cooper Hasbargen in overtime by a score of 8-5 to advance to the championship match. In the championship, Nagel fell to undefeated Eli Roiko of United North Central by a tech fall to finish in second place.

Other Hornets placing in the tournament include: Tanner Moe who took third place at 189 lbs., Blake Sonnenberg who took fourth place at 160 lbs.,
Cash Osterman who took fourth place at 152 lbs., Liam Hamm who took third place at 139 lbs., Gabe Schermerhorn who took fourth place at 133 lbs. and Caleb Ratz who took fifth place at 107 lbs. 

As a team, the Hornets placed third in the 10-team tournament with 179 points. Staples-Motley took first place with 233 points, while United North Central took second place with 210 points. 

Dennis Kaatz Memorial Wrestling Invite

1 Staples Motley 233.0

2 United North Central Warriors 210.0

3 Frazee 179.0

4 Thief River Falls 131.5

5 Detroit Lakes 116.5

6 Albany 60.0

7 Pequot Lks-Pine River-B 57.0

8 Badger-GB-MR 37.5

9 Wadena-Deer Creek 33.0

10 Ottertail Central Bulldogs 31.0

107- 5th place- Quarterfinal – Caleb Ratz (Frazee) 2-2 won by fall over Henry Mayer (United North Central Warriors) 4-4 (Fall 2:43); Semifinal – COLTON CARLSON (Albany) 7-3 won by tech fall over Caleb Ratz (Frazee) 2-2 (TF-1.5 5:53 (18-0)); Cons. Semi – Tucker Johnson (Pequot Lks-Pine River-B) 3-1 won by decision over Caleb Ratz (Frazee) 2-2 (Dec 8-2); 5th Place Match – Caleb Ratz (Frazee) 2-2 won by fall over Kaiden Nelson (Thief River Falls) 2-6 (Fall 1:49)

114- 2nd place- Quarterfinal – Ashton Reller (Frazee) 2-1 won by tech fall over Justin Olson (Staples Motley) 2-2 (TF-1.5 2:59 (15-0)); Semifinal – Ashton Reller (Frazee) 2-1 won by tech fall over Braeden Geise (Albany) 4-2 (TF-1.5 4:26 (19-3)); 1st Place Match – Lincoln Davis (Thief River Falls) 5-2 won by decision over Ashton Reller (Frazee) 2-1 (Dec 7-4)

121- 2nd place- Quarterfinal – Christian Peichel (Frazee) 2-1 won by fall over Thomas Eidsmoe (Thief River Falls) 5-4 (Fall 5:57); Semifinal – Christian Peichel (Frazee) 2-1 won by decision over Jared Ohm Mehrer (Detroit Lakes) 0-3 (Dec 3-2); 1st Place Match – Caden Kramer (Staples Motley) 3-0 won by fall over Christian Peichel (Frazee) 2-1 (Fall 0:35)

127- Champ. Round 1 – Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Gage Bjerga (Staples Motley) 3-0 won by fall over Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-2 (Fall 1:27); Cons. Round 2 – Peter Newark (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 1-2 won by decision over Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-2 (Dec 4-1)

133- 4th place- Quarterfinal – Carter Ahrendt (United North Central Warriors) 5-3 won by fall over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 2-2 (Fall 1:21); Cons. Round 1 – Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 2-2 won by fall over Malakai Simoneau (Thief River Falls) 0-4 (Fall 2:42); Cons. Semi – Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 2-2 won by decision over Hudson Schultz (Wadena-Deer Creek) 3-3 (Dec 12-7); 3rd Place Match – Carter Ahrendt (United North Central Warriors) 5-3 won by fall over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 2-2 (Fall 2:14)

139- 3rd place- Quarterfinal – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 3-1 won by tech fall over Ian Jacobson (Thief River Falls) 3-5 (TF-1.5 5:00 (20-2)); Semifinal – Cayden Neisen (Staples Motley) 2-1 won by fall over Liam Hamm (Frazee) 3-1 (Fall 0:59); Cons. Semi – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 3-1 won by decision over Cooper Tappe (Staples Motley) 2-2 (Dec 5-0); 3rd Place Match – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 3-1 won by major decision over Everett Northup (Detroit Lakes) 2-2 (MD 17-3)

145- 1st place- Champ. Round 1 – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 3-0 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 3-0 won by tech fall over Owen Dabill (Pequot Lks-Pine River-B) 1-2 (TF-1.5 3:25 (19-4)); Semifinal – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 3-0 won by tech fall over Mason Brauch (Wadena-Deer Creek) 3-3 (TF-1.5 2:31 (19-3)); 1st Place Match – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 3-0 won by tech fall over Creed Koll (United North Central Warriors) 7-1 (TF-1.5 4:00 (21-5))

152- 4th place- Quarterfinal – Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-2 won by decision over Beau Carlson (Staples Motley) 2-2 (Dec 8-3); Semifinal – Elias Motta (Thief River Falls) 9-0 won by tech fall over Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-2 (TF-1.5 3:06 (15-0)); Cons. Semi – Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-2 won by fall over Emmitt Isane (Badger-GB-MR) 2-3 (Fall 2:15); 3rd Place Match – Jeremy Linn (Detroit Lakes) 3-1 won by major decision over Cash Osterman (Frazee) 2-2 (MD 14-0)

160- 4th place- Quarterfinal – Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 2-2 won by fall over Andrew Volk (Pequot Lks-Pine River-B) 0-2 (Fall 1:20); Semifinal – Zach Davidson (United North Central Warriors) 6-1 won by tech fall over Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 2-2 (TF-1.5 5:04 (21-6)); Cons. Semi – Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 2-2 won by major decision over Christain Berg (Badger-GB-MR) 2-2 (MD 12-0); 3rd Place Match – Landen Larson (Thief River Falls) 7-3 won by decision over Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 2-2 (Dec 18-15)

172- 1st place- Quarterfinal – Jack Graham (Frazee) 2-0 received a bye () (Bye); Semifinal – Jack Graham (Frazee) 2-0 won by decision over Zachary Tabatt (Staples Motley) 3-1 (Dec 4-3); 1st Place Match – Jack Graham (Frazee) 2-0 won by decision over Fordyce Johnson (United North Central Warriors) 5-1 (Dec 1-0)

189- 3rd place- Champ. Round 1 – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 3-1 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 3-1 won by decision over Maverick Kotschevar (Albany) 2-3 (Dec 7-3); Semifinal – Ryan Francis (Detroit Lakes) 2-1 won by decision over Tanner Moe (Frazee) 3-1 (Dec 11-4); Cons. Semi – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 3-1 won by fall over Will Schwartz (Ottertail Central Bulldogs) 1-3 (Fall 2:23); 3rd Place Match – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 3-1 won by decision over Riley Livingston (United North Central Warriors) 5-2 (Dec 4-2)

215- 2nd place- Quarterfinal – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 2-1 won by fall over Sean Thunstrom (Detroit Lakes) 1-2 (Fall 1:36); Semifinal – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 2-1 won in sudden victory – 1 over Cooper Hasbargen (United North Central Warriors) 4-1 (SV-1 8-5); 1st Place Match – Eli Roiko (United North Central Warriors) 6-0 won by tech fall over Cade Nagel (Frazee) 2-1 (TF-1.5 4:15 (21-5))

285- Champ. Round 1 – Gavin Pope (Frazee) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Steven Petrich (Staples Motley) 3-1 won by fall over Gavin Pope (Frazee) 0-2 (Fall 0:50); Cons. Round 2 – Walter Taus (Badger-GB-MR) 1-2 won by fall over Gavin Pope (Frazee) 0-2 (Fall 2:31)