Seventh ranked Hornets fall to Moorhead 35-30
Sports | Published on January 2, 2024 at 12:23pm EST | Author: frazeevergas
0Four Hornets ranked in top 10 in state
By Chad Koenen
Publisher
The seventh ranked Frazee Hornets came just one decision away from knocking off Class AAA Moorhead on Thursday, Dec. 21. In their final match of 2023, the Hornets found themselves trailing by a score of 26-0, before winning six of seven matches from 139 lbs. to 215 lbs. to take a 30-29 lead heading into the heavyweight match.
Unfortunately, Xander Kohler was unable to come out on top of his match against Jake Erdmann as the Moorhead Spuds secured a 35-30 win over Frazee.
In order to even get into a spot to give the Hornets a chance to win the dual, Frazee went on a tremendous run through the middle weights.
Josh Mellema put the Hornets on the scoreboard with a pin at 139 lbs. at the 1:23 mark of his match. Bailey Peichel followed with Frazeeās second straight pin as he made the score 26-12 in favor of Moorhead.
Tyler Moe made it three straight pins for the Hornets when he secured a pin at the 3:43 mark of his 145 lbs. match.
Lee Ellingsberg of Moorhead broke the three match pin streak for the Hornets as he secured a 4-2 decision over Cade Nagel, but Preston Mayfield got the Hornets right back in the win column at 172 lbs. when he secured a pin in just 10 seconds to make the score 29-24 in favor of Moorhead.
Back-to-back decisions by Jack Graham and Derek Zitzow at 189 lbs. and 215 lbs. put the Hornets in front for the first time by a score of 30-29 heading into the heavyweight bout.
Frazee, who is 10-3 on the season, will return to the mat on Friday when the Hornets travel to Casselton, N.D. to compete in a two-day tournament.
The Hornets are currently ranked seventh in the state as a team and four Hornets are ranked individually in the state.
Bailey Peichel is ranked sixth at 145 lbs., Tyler Moe is ranked seventh at 152 lbs., Preston Mayfield is ranked fourth at 172 lbs. and Xander Kohler is ranked 10th at 285 lbs.
Moorhead 35 Frazee 30
107: Landon Rinke (MOOR) over Ashton Reller (FRAZ) (Fall 1:50)
114: Dane Ellingsberg (MOOR) over Christian Peichel (FRAZ) (Fall 0:57)
121: Croix Mongeau (MOOR) over (FRAZ) (Def.)
127: Michael Jenkins (MOOR) over Liam Hamm (FRAZ) (Dec 7-1)
133: Dalton Humeniuk (MOOR) over Blake Sonnenberg (FRAZ) (TF 15-0 0:00)
139: Josh Mellema (FRAZ) over Micayah Garcia-Ortiz (MOOR) (Fall 1:23)
145: Bailey Peichel (FRAZ) over Joshua Beach (MOOR) (Fall 1:21)
152: Tyler Moe (FRAZ) over Griffin Quade (MOOR) (Fall 3:43)
160: Lee Ellingsberg (MOOR) over Cade Nagel (FRAZ) (Dec 4-2)
172: Preston Mayfield (FRAZ) over Brody Kapfer (MOOR) (Fall 0:10)
189: Jack Graham (FRAZ) over David Krabbenhoft (MOOR) (Dec 6-4)
215: Derek Zitzow (FRAZ) over Ron Addo (MOOR) (Dec 6-2)
285: Jake Erdmann (MOOR) over Xander Kohler (FRAZ) (Fall 4:55)