By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The Frazee Hornets split a pair of matches in a home triangular on Thursday night.

The Hornets opened the night with a thrilling 34-30 win over Fosston-Bagley, which had important implications for the upcoming Section 8A tournament. 

The Hornets trailed for just about the entire match as Fosston-Bagley won five of the six matches wrestled from 121 to 152 lbs. The lone win during that stretch came from Bailey Peichel who won by a tech fall at 145 lbs. 

Following a Blake Sonnenberg major decision at 160 lbs. that made the score 24-18, Fosston-Bagley was able to secure a pin at 172 lbs. when Gunner Nolan won by a pin and put the visiting team up by a commanding 30-18 score with three matches left.

Following a forfeit at 189 lbs., Gavin Pope secured a big 14-4 major decision at 215 lbs. to force a winner-take-all finals with the Hornets trailing 30-28. 

Cade Nagel left little doubt of the outcome of the match as he secured a pin in just 48 seconds to give the Hornets a 34-30 win over Fosston-Bagley.

Also securing wins for the Hornets was Christian Peichel at 114 lbs. who won a 5-1 decision, as well as Ashton Reller and Tanner Moe who each secured a win by forfeit. 

In their second match of the night the Hornets came up just one point short of knocking off 12th ranked West Central Area as Frazee fell 34-33.

The Hornets once again fared well in the middle to upper weights against the Knights as they held a 29-22 lead heading into the 189 lbs. match up. Unfortunately, the Knights secured back-to-back pins at 189 lbs. and 215 lbs. to give WCA a 34-29 lead heading into the heavyweight match. 

Nagel was able to secure a 9-0 major decision at heavyweight, but narrowly missed out on a second thrilling team victory of the night as Freddi Munoz did just enough for West Central Area to not get pinned or lose by a tech fall to give the Knights the 34-33 win.

Also securing wins for the Hornets was Reller who secured a 10-1 major decision at 107 lbs., Liam Hamm who secured a pin at 133 lbs., Bailey Peichel who secured a pin at 145 lbs., Hunter Malone who secured a pin at 152 lbs., Blake Sonnenberg who secured a major decision at 160 lbs. and Raymond Sanchez who secured a 4-3 decision at 172 lbs. 

Frazee 34 Fosston-Bagley 30

107: Ashton Reller (FRAZ) over (FOBA) (For.)

114: Christian Peichel (FRAZ) over Kiptyn Thompson (FOBA) (Dec 5-1)

121: Kadin Harwood (FOBA) over Caleb Ratz (FRAZ) (Fall 0:56)

127: Kamryn Thompson (FOBA) over Gabe Schermerhorn (FRAZ) (Fall 1:42)

133: Ian Phrakonkham (FOBA) over Liam Hamm (FRAZ) (Dec 5-2)

139: Shane Thompson (FOBA) over Cash Osterman (FRAZ) (Dec 9-4)

145: Bailey Peichel (FRAZ) over Domanick Thompson (FOBA) (TF 21-5 0:00)

152: Zach Thompson (FOBA) over Hunter Malone (FRAZ) (Fall 1:18)

160: Blake Sonnenberg (FRAZ) over Noa Halberg (FOBA) (MD 9-1)

172: Gunner Nolan (FOBA) over Raymond Sanchez (FRAZ) (Fall 5:30)

189: Tanner Moe (FRAZ) over (FOBA) (For.)

215: Gavin Pope (FRAZ) over Koltyn Larson (FOBA) (MD 14-4)

285: Cade Nagel (FRAZ) over Jonathan Rose (FOBA) (Fall 0:49)

West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville 34 Frazee 33

107: Ashton Reller (FRAZ) over Brody Brunkow (WCAA) (MD 10-1)

114: Nathan Brethorst (WCAA) over Christian Peichel (FRAZ) (Fall 3:44)

121: Keiran Gehrke (WCAA) over Josiah Drewes (FRAZ) (Fall 1:32)

127: Evan Dingwall (WCAA) over Gabe Schermerhorn (FRAZ) (Fall 1:25)

133: Liam Hamm (FRAZ) over Cody Krafthefer (WCAA) (Fall 2:24)

139: Owen Gruchow (WCAA) over Cash Osterman (FRAZ) (MD 12-2)

145: Bailey Peichel (FRAZ) over Cristian Ponce (WCAA) (Fall 1:54)

152: Hunter Malone (FRAZ) over Logan Schmall (WCAA) (Fall 0:55)

160: Blake Sonnenberg (FRAZ) over Logon Long (WCAA) (MD 14-5)

172: Raymond Sanchez (FRAZ) over Sam Olson (WCAA) (Dec 4-3)

189: Ezekiel Sieckert (WCAA) over Tanner Moe (FRAZ) (Fall 3:41)

215: Jeremy Blascyk (WCAA) over Gavin Pope (FRAZ) (Fall 1:58)

285: Cade Nagel (FRAZ) over Freddi Munoz (WCAA) (MD 9-0)

Friday

Frazee secured yet another important Section 8A win on Friday night as the Hornets defeated Mahnomen/Waubun by a score of 40-27. The win puts the Hornets in the driver’s seat for the second seed in the section tournament, which opens next week. 

After falling behind by a score of 18-6 early, the Hornets won four straight matches from 139-160 lbs., including a pin from Liam Hamm at 139 lbs., a pin by Cash Osterman at 145 lbs., a forfeit for Bailey Peichel at 152 lbs. and a major decision by Blake Sonnenberg at 160 lbs. to put the Hornets in front 28-18. 

Following a Thunderbird pin at 172 lbs. the Hornets picked up back-to-back forfeit wins for Tanner Moe and Cade Nagel to put the match out of reach 40-24. The Thunderbirds won the final match by a decision to end the match with Frazee in front 40-27. 

The Hornets are currently 12-7 overall and have a dual scheduled against Detroit Lakes on Thursday night in their regular season finale. 

Frazee should kick off the Section 8A tournament on Tuesday night at home, before the section tournament continues with the semi-finals and finals at Fertile-Beltrami on Friday night.

Frazee vs. Mahnomen-Waubun

107: Avery Bush (Mahnomen-Waubun) over Brody Larson (Frazee) (Fall 1:50)

114: Ashton Reller (Frazee) over Owen Hoban (Mahnomen-Waubun) (Fall 0:49)

121: Brandon Miller (Mahnomen-Waubun) over Caleb Ratz (Frazee) (Tech Fall 16-0)

127: Cleighton Hoban (Mahnomen-Waubun) over Christian Peichel (Frazee) (Dec 5-3)

133: Gabe Demere (Mahnomen-Waubun) over Ethan Royer (Frazee) (MD 9-0)

139: Liam Hamm (Frazee) over Henry Geray (Mahnomen-Waubun) (Fall 2:48)

145: Cash Osterman (Frazee) over Connor Lecy (Mahnomen-Waubun) (Fall 1:57)

152: Bailey Peichel (Frazee) over Forfeit (Mahnomen-Waubun) (Forfeit)

160: Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) over Cade Walz (Mahnomen-Waubun) (MD 13-14)