Hamm takes first place at Paul Bunyan Invite
Sports | Published on December 17, 2024 at 2:48pm EST | Author: frazeevergas
0Aufdenkamp, Hoehne place second
The Frazee Hornet girls wrestling team participated in the 15 team Paul Bunyan wrestling tournament in Brainerd on Saturday. The tournament featured a mixture of teams from the Twin Cities area to St. Cloud and northern Minnesota.
Grace Hamm continued her tremendous eighth grade season as she captured first place with three pins. None of her matches went longer than 31 seconds as she cruised to the 118-128 lbs. title.
In her first match of the day she defeated Emma Walkowiak of Brained by a pin in just 31 seconds, before pinning Ariana Vargas of Moorhead in 28 seconds. In her final match of the day, Hamm pinned LeeAnn Austin of Grand Rapids in 30 seconds to cap off a perfect 3-0 day on the mat.
Lola Hoehne took second place in the girls 133-140 tournament as she secured a pair of pins in her first two matches of the day. She opened her day with a pin over Kami Domek of Detroit Lakes at the 2 minute mark of the match, before securing a pin over Hazel Anderson of Moorhead at the 5:23 mark to improve to 2-0.
In her final match of the day Hoehne fell to Hannah Freiholtz of Brainerd by a pin to take second place.
Sierra Aufdenkamp also captured second place in the girls 149-152 lbs. bracket as she secured a pair of pins over Jennifer Varela of Wadena-Deer Creek and Brooke Fritel of Moorhead at the 2:29 and 1:26 mark of her matches respectively.
Her lone loss came by a fall to Arianna Halbert of Brainerd in 20 seconds as Aufdenkamp captured second place in the tournament.
Girls 118-128- 1st place- Round 1 – Grace Hamm (Frazee) won by fall over Emma Walkowiak (Brainerd) (Fall 0:31); Round 2 – Grace Hamm (Frazee) won by fall over Ariana Vargas (Moorhead) (Fall 0:28); Round 3 – Grace Hamm (Frazee) won by fall over LeeAnn Austin (Grand Rapids) (Fall 0:30)
Girls 133-140- 2nd place- Round 1 – Lola Hoehne (Frazee) won by fall over Kami Domek (Detroit Lakes) (Fall 2:00); Round 2 – Lola Hoehne (Frazee) won by fall over Hazel Andersen (Moorhead) (Fall 5:23); Round 3 – Hannah Freiholtz (Brainerd) won by fall over Lola Hoehne (Frazee) (Fall 2:47)
Girls 149-152- 2nd place- Round 1 – Sierra Aufdenkamp (Frazee) won by fall over Jennifer Varela (Wadena-Deer Creek) (Fall 2:29); Round 2 – Arianna Halbert (Brainerd) won by fall over Sierra Aufdenkamp (Frazee) (Fall 0:20); Round 3 – Sierra Aufdenkamp (Frazee) won by fall over Brooke Fritel (Moorhead) (Fall 1:26)