By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Cade Nagel and Bailey Peichel both took fourth place at the annual Paul Bunyan wrestling tournament in Brainerd over the weekend. The pair of seniors were the highest finishers for the Hornets who had nine wrestlers reach the podium at the large tournament. 

The tournament capped off a busy week for the Hornet wrestlers who swept a triangular with Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie and Royalton-Upsala on Tuesday night and went 2-1 in a quadrangular with Pelican Rapids, Minnewaska Area and Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton on Thursday. 

Tuesday

Frazee secured a pair of important wins in a triangular on Tuesday night in Royalton. With all three teams ranked as Lean and Mean by The Guillotine, the Hornets secured a 38-26 win over Royalton-Upsala and a 37-33 win over Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie. 

In their match against the BHVPP Raiders, Frazee trailed 24-6 heading into the 139 lbs. match, before the Hornets went on a big run to end the match. Liam Hamm made the score 24-12 when he secured a first period pin over Wyatt Black, before Cash Osterman fell by a 10-5 decision at 145 lbs. Bailey Peichel won by forfeit to make the score 27-18 heading into the 160 lbs. match. 

The Hornets won the next four matches by a major decision from Blake Sonnenberg, a 2-1 decision by Jack Graham at 172 lbs. and a pair of first period pins by Tanner Moe and Cade Nagel at 189 lbs. and 215 lbs. respectively to come away with the win. The Hornets dropped the 285 lbs. by a fall, but were leading by 10 points heading into the match. 

Frazee 38 Royalton-Upsala 26

107 Jackson Dietman (R/U) Won by Forfeit

114 Ashton Reller (FRA) Maj. Dec. Andrew Hayes (R/U) 11-2

121 Christian Peichel (FRA) Won by Forfeit

127 Ethan Royer (FRA) won by Forfeit

133 Brenden Mack (R/U) Tech. Fall Josiah Drewes (FRA) 4:32

139 Liam Hamm (FRA) Won by Forfeit

145 Cash Osterman (FRA) Won by Forfeit

152 Bailey Piechel (FRA) Dec. Lane Olson (R/U) 4-2

160 Blake Sonnenberg (FRA) Tech. Fall Parker Dietman (RU) 4:47

172 Brady Yourczek (R/U) Dec. Jack Graham (FRA) 7-2

189 Jake Leners (R/U) Fall Tanner Moe (FRA) 4:27

215 Cade Nagel (FRA) Dec. Brayden Lenners (R/U) 3-0

285 Brandon Mugg (R/U) Fall Gavin Pope (FRA) 1:08

Frazee 37 Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 33

107 Nikolai Hagen (BHV/PP) Won by Forfeit

113 Ahston Reller (FRA) Fall Micah Stanley (BHV/PP) 5:27

121 Mason Hoffman (BHV/PP) Fall Christian Peichel (FRA) 5:58

127 Logan Becker (BHV/PP) Fall Josiah Drewes (FRA) 5:22

133 Wyatt Jares (BHV/PP) Fall Ethan Royer (FRA) 1:08

139 Liam Hamm (FRA) Fall Wyatt Black (BHV/PP) 1:32

145 Preston Captain (BHV/PP) Dec. Cash Osterman (FRA) 10-5

152 Bailey Peichel (FRA) Won by Forfeit

160 Blake Sonnenberg (FRA) Maj. Dec. Orran Hart (BHV/PP) 8-3

172 Jack Graham (FRA) Dec. Tanner Schulke (BHV/PP) 2-1

189 Tanner Moe (FRA) Fall David Veronen (BHV/PP) :33

215 Cade Nagel (FRA) Fall Owen Zigan (BHV/PP) 1:46

285 Braden Shamp (BHV/PP) Fall Gavin Pope (FRA) 1:59

Thursday

Frazee went 2-1 in a quadrangular at Pelican Rapids on Thursday night. The Hornets defeated Pelican Rapids by a score of 44-17, before edging perennial power Minnewaska Area by a score of 34-30 after dominating the middle weights of the match. In their final match of the night the Hornets fell to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton by a score of 33-24.

Frazee 44 Pelican Rapids 17

107 Ratz, Caleb (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Pelican Rapids) FORFEIT 6-0

114 Salazar, Danny (Pelican Rapids) over Reller, Ashton (Frazee) Fall 6:28 6-6

121 Peichel, Christian (Frazee) over Millbeck, Hazen (Pelican Rapids) Decision 13-6 9-6

127 Bergren, Issac (Pelican Rapids) over Royer, Ethan (Frazee) Maj Dec 12-0 9-10

133 Schermerhorn, Gabe (Frazee) over Salazar, Jimmy (Pelican Rapids) Fall 1:54 15-10

139 Hamm, Liam (Frazee) over Heintzlman, Jaxn (Pelican Rapids) Maj Dec 11-2 19-10

145 Peasley, Jackson (Pelican Rapids) over Osterman, Cash (Frazee) Decision 7-3 19-13

152 Peichel, Bailey (Frazee) over Unknown (Pelican Rapids) Tech Fall 17-2 24-13

160 Sonnenberg, Blake (Frazee) over Kapenga, Jack (Pelican Rapids) Decision 12-10 27-13

172 Kapenga, Mark (Pelican Rapids) over Graham, Jack (Frazee) Maj Dec 12-3 27-17

189 Moe, Tanner (Frazee) over Valdovines, Eli (Pelican Rapids) Tech Fall 16-1 32-17

215 Nagel, Cade (Frazee) over FORFEIT, (Unknown) FORFEIT 38-17

285 Pope, Gavin (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Pelican Rapids) FORFEIT 44-17

Frazee 34 Minnewaska Area 30

107 Adams, Alex (Minnewaska) over Ratz, Caleb (Frazee) Decision 16-14 0-3

114 Reller, Ashton (Frazee) over Adams, Alex (Minnewaska) Decision 9-5 3-3

121 Schiffler, Landon (Minnewaska) over Peichel, Christian (Frazee) Decision 5-2 3-6

127 Royer, Ethan (Frazee) over Jergenson, Soren (Minnewaska) Tech Fall 15-0 8-6

133 Wildman, Miles (Minnewaska) over Schermerhorn, Gabe (Frazee) Fall 1:41 8-12

139 Smith, Chase (Minnewaska) over Hamm, Liam (Frazee) Fall 3:28 8-18

145 Osterman, Cash (Frazee) over Rosario, Isaiah (Minnewaska) Fall 1:55 14-18

152 Peichel, Bailey (Frazee) over Bailey, Jude (Minnewaska) Fall 0:44 20-18

160 Sonnenberg, Blake (Frazee) over Payne, Jack (Minnewaska) Tech Fall 16-0 25-18

172 Graham, Jack (Frazee) over Scharmer, Braylen (Minnewaska) Decision 8-6 28-18

189 Moe, Tanner (Frazee) over Anderson, Tate (Minnewaska) Fall 2:41 34-18

215 Dell, Riley (Minnewaska) over Nagel, Cade (Frazee) Fall 1:33 34-24

285 Jensen, Noah (Minnewaska) over Pope, Gavin (Frazee) Fall 2:41 34-30

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 33 Frazee 24

107 Ratz, Caleb (Frazee) over Ketterling, emmit (DGF) Fall 3:56 6-0

114 Kosen, Kayleb (DGF) over Reller, Ashton (Frazee) Decision 4-0 6-3

121 Schmitz, Sam (DGF) over Peichel, Christian (Frazee) Fall 1:48 6-9

127 Hoban, Dawson (DGF) over Royer, Ethan (Frazee) Decision 6-2 6-12

133 Schermerhorn, Gabe (Frazee) over Friend, Cooper (DGF) Decision 12-9 9-12

139 Luebke, Jacob (DGF) over Hamm, Liam (Frazee) Tech Fall 19-4 9-17

145 Osterman, Cash (Frazee) over Deutsch, Zander (DGF) Maj Dec 12-2 13-17

152 Peichel, Bailey (Frazee) over Anderson, Alex (DGF) Tech Fall 20-5 18-17

160 Lenhart, Austin (DGF) over Sonnenberg, Blake (Frazee) Maj Dec 14-1 18-21

172 Graham, Jack (Frazee) over Larson, Caden (DGF) Fall 2:40 24-21

189 Macziewski, Casey (DGF) over Moe, Tanner (Frazee) Decision 5-3 24-24

215 Johnson, Caleb (DGF) over Nagel, Cade (Frazee) Decision 1-0 24-27

285 Rude, Roy (DGF) over Wrestler, Our (Frazee) Fall 1:00 24-33

Saturday

With a mixture of teams from Class A, AA and AAA, the Frazee Hornets finished an impressive eighth place at the Paul Bunyan tournament over the weekend in Brainerd.

A total of nine Hornets placed at the tournament, including a pair of fourth place finishes by Bailey Peichel at 152 lbs. and Cade Nagel at 215 lbs. 

Peichel secured fourth place after securing a pin over Nolan Rooney of White Bear Lake in the opening round of the tournament and a tech fall over Lincoln Schmitt of Bemidji by a 22-6 score. In the semi-finals, Peichel fell to Easton Dircks of Brainerd by a fall at the 3:34 mark of the match to drop to the consolation bracket. He secured a major decision over Lane Olson of Royalton-Upsala by a 17-6 major decision, before falling to Warren Ritter of Grand Rapids by a 14-2 major decision
in the third place match to finish in fourth place.

Nagel took fourth place at 215 lbs. after securing a pair of pins in the opening two rounds of the tournament, before dropping a close 5-4 decision to Caleb Koch of Pierz in the semi-finals to drop to the consolation bracket. Nagel went on to blank Brayden Leners of Royalton-Upsala by a 7-0 decision to advance tot he third place match. 

Nagel eventually dropped his second one-point decision of the tournament, third time by a 2-1 decision to Ethan Kosloski of Brainerd to finish in fourth place. 

Also placing for the Hornets was Ashton Reller who took seventh place at 114 lbs., Christian Peichel who took sixth place at 121 lbs., Ethan Royer who took eighth place at 127 lbs., Liam Hamm who took seventh place at 139 lbs., Blake Sonnenberg who took sixth place at 160 lbs., Jack Graham who took fifth place at 172 lbs. and Tanner Moe who took sixth place at 189 lbs. 

1 Grand Rapids 186.5

2 Bemidji 177.0

3 Pierz 167.5

4 Becker 166.5

5 Brainerd 135.0

6 Mound-Westonka 115.5

7 Moorhead 102.0

8 Frazee 86.0

9 Royalton-Upsala 73.0

10 Sartell-Saint Stephen 64.0

11 White Bear Lake Area 57.5

12 Foley 54.5

13 C-E-C Lumberjacks 35.5

14 Detroit Lakes 30.0

15 Wadena-Deer Creek 20

114- 7th place- Champ. Round 1 – Kyle Stangl (Pierz) 11-0 won by tech fall over Ashton Reller (Frazee) 7-3 (TF-1.5 3:40 (16-1)); Cons. Round 1 – Ashton Reller (Frazee) 7-3 won by decision over Levi Mellema (Bemidji) 0-7 (Dec 9-2); Cons. Round 2 – Ashton Reller (Frazee) 7-3 won by decision over Bobby Gutormson (Foley) 5-4 (Dec 8-1); Cons. Round 3 – Holden Brink (Grand Rapids) 12-2 won by fall over Ashton Reller (Frazee) 7-3 (Fall 0:47); 7th Place Match – Ashton Reller (Frazee) 7-3 won by decision over Noah Bartkowicz (Sartell-Saint Stephen) 4-7 (Dec 5-4)

121- 6th place- Champ. Round 1 – Christian Peichel (Frazee) 3-5 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Benjamin Masheimer (Grand Rapids) 2-2 won by decision over Christian Peichel (Frazee) 3-5 (Dec 3-2); Cons. Round 2 – Christian Peichel (Frazee) 3-5 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 3 – Christian Peichel (Frazee) 3-5 won by tech fall over Aidan Medek (Pierz) 3-7 (TF-1.5 4:01 (22-6)); Cons. Semi – Joey Seeley (Grand Rapids) 7-2 won by fall over Christian Peichel (Frazee) 3-5 (Fall 0:48); 5th Place Match – Benjamin Masheimer (Grand Rapids) 2-2 won by fall over Christian Peichel (Frazee) 3-5 (Fall 1:19)

127- 8th place- Champ. Round 1 – Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-6 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Casey Sisneros (Bemidji) 8-2 won by fall over Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-6 (Fall 2:33); Cons. Round 2 – Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-6 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 3 – Gauge Johnson (Pierz) 8-3 won by fall over Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-6 (Fall 3:30); 7th Place Match – Levi Hays (Mound-Westonka) 5-5 won by decision over Ethan Royer (Frazee) 0-6 (Dec 2-0)

133- Champ. Round 1 – Asher Brenden (Grand Rapids) 10-2 won by fall over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 2-4 (Fall 3:02); Cons. Round 1 – Blake Virnig (Pierz) 4-5 won by fall over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) 2-4 (Fall 4:01)

139- 7th place- Champ. Round 1 – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 7-3 won by fall over Evan Kraska (Pierz) 1-2 (Fall 3:05); Quarterfinal – Wyatt Wall (Foley) 10-1 won by fall over Liam Hamm (Frazee) 7-3 (Fall 5:48); Cons. Round 2 – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 7-3 won by major decision over Hunter Przybilla (Pierz) 1-2 (MD 8-0); Cons. Round 3 – Jake Rosenow (Becker) 4-4 won by decision over Liam Hamm (Frazee) 7-3 (Dec 10-7); 7th Place Match – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 7-3 won by decision over Grady Young (Pierz) 7-6 (Dec 7-1)

145- Champ. Round 1 – Cash Osterman (Frazee) 3-5 won by fall over Donovin Wolfgram (White Bear Lake Area) 3-8 (Fall 1:44); Quarterfinal – Jacob DeMarais (Foley) 6-2 won by major decision over Cash Osterman (Frazee) 3-5 (MD 12-1); Cons. Round 2 – Hunter Wilhelmi (Foley) 5-4 won by decision over Cash Osterman (Frazee) 3-5 (Dec 2-0)

152- 4th place- Champ. Round 1 – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 8-2 won by fall over Nolan Rooney (White Bear Lake Area) 1-9 (Fall 1:56); Quarterfinal – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 8-2 won by tech fall over Lincoln Schmitt (Bemidji) 7-4 (TF-1.5 5:14 (22-6)); Semifinal – Easton Dircks (Brainerd) 6-2 won by fall over Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 8-2 (Fall 3:34); Cons. Semi – Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 8-2 won by major decision over Lane Olson (Royalton-Upsala) 11-5 (MD 17-6); 3rd Place Match – Warren Ritter (Grand Rapids) 11-2 won by major decision over Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 8-2 (MD 14-2)

160- 6th place- Champ. Round 1 – Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 6-5 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Samuel Mortensen (White Bear Lake Area) 11-4 won by decision over Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 6-5 (Dec 5-3); Cons. Round 2 – Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 6-5 won by decision over Aiden Reuvers (C-E-C Lumberjacks) 3-4 (Dec 8-6); Cons. Round 3 – Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 6-5 won by decision over Parker Dietman (Royalton-Upsala) 10-7 (Dec 6-2); Cons. Semi – Brayden Melby (Pierz) 8-3 won by major decision over Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 6-5 (MD 10-0); 5th Place Match – Samuel Mortensen (White Bear Lake Area) 11-4 won by decision over Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 6-5 (Dec 5-4)

172- 5th place- Champ. Round 1 – Jack Graham (Frazee) 6-2 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal s- Jack Graham (Frazee) 6-2 won by major decision over Brecken Andres (Pierz) 5-6 (MD 9-1); Semifinal – Destan Skelly (Grand Rapids) 8-2 won by tech fall over Jack Graham (Frazee) 6-2 (TF-1.5 2:31 (19-3)); Cons. Semi – Brady Yourczek (Royalton-Upsala) 10-5 won by major decision over Jack Graham (Frazee) 6-2 (MD 12-0); 5th Place Match – Jack Graham (Frazee) 6-2 won by fall over Michael Hamak (Sartell-Saint Stephen) 9-6 (Fall 1:44)

172- Champ. Round 1 – Alec Newby (Bemidji) 8-1 won by fall over Raymond Sanchez (Frazee) 1-2 (Fall 3:01); Cons. Round 1 – Raymond Sanchez (Frazee) 1-2 won by fall over Jack Horvat (C-E-C Lumberjacks) 2-5 (Fall 0:59); Cons. Round 2 – Michael Hamak (Sartell-Saint Stephen) 9-6 won by decision over Raymond Sanchez (Frazee) 1-2 (Dec 11-4)

189- 6th place- Champ. Round 1 – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 7-5 won by fall over Logan Carrington (Becker) 1-4 (Fall 1:36); Quarterfinal – Jayden Zajac (Pierz) 8-2 won by tech fall over Tanner Moe (Frazee) 7-5 (TF-1.5 4:22 (18-0)); Cons. Round 2 – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 7-5 won by fall over Mason Toivola (Sartell-Saint Stephen) 1-5 (Fall 1:27); Cons. Round 3 – Tanner Moe (Frazee) 7-5 won by fall over Ettore Pinnella (Wadena-Deer Creek) 7-2 (Fall 3:36); Cons. Semi – Ryan Francis (Detroit Lakes) 10-2 won by decision over Tanner Moe (Frazee) 7-5 (Dec 7-3); 5th Place Match – Jake Leners (Royalton-Upsala) 13-3 won by fall over Tanner Moe (Frazee) 7-5 (Fall 2:56)

215- 4th place- Champ. Round 1 – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 7-3 won by fall over Sean Thunstrom (Detroit Lakes) 1-4 (Fall 1:03); Quarterfinal – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 7-3 won by fall over Benjermen Desrosier (Bemidji) 5-4 (Fall 3:40); Semifinal – Caleb Koch (Pierz) 7-0 won by decision over Cade Nagel (Frazee) 7-3 (Dec 5-4); Cons. Semi – Cade Nagel (Frazee) 7-3 won by decision over Brayden Leners (Royalton-Upsala) 10-8 (Dec 7-0); 3rd Place Match – Ethan Kosloski (Brainerd) 5-2 won by decision over Cade Nagel (Frazee) 7-3 (Dec 2-1)

285- Champ. Round 1 – Jordan Gulden (Sartell-Saint Stephen) 9-1 won by fall over Gavin Pope (Frazee) 0-6 (Fall 0:56); Cons. Round 1 – Gavin Pope (Frazee) 0-6 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 2 – Rex Revoir (Royalton-Upsala) 3-7 won by fall over Gavin Pope (Frazee) 0-6 (Fall 2:38)