Individual section meet set for Saturday

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The Frazee Hornet wrestling team took second place at the Section 8A tournament on Friday night at Fertile-Beltrami High School. The section individual tournament will get underway this weekend at Crookston High School. This is the fourth straight year the Hornets have finished as the Section 8A runner up.

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Friday’s Section 8A championship between the top seeded Frazee Hornets and third seeded United North Central Warriors almost seemed like a foregone conclusion when the section tournament bracket was announce two weeks ago, albeit with a near loss by the Warriors to second seeded Fosston-Bagley earlier on Friday. 

The Warriors just got by Fosston-Bagley by a score of 31-24 in the semi-finals to set up Friday’s section finals between the Hornets and Warriors. This was the fourth straight year the two teams met in the finals, and unfortunately for the Hornets, it was the fourth straight year Frazee finished as section runner ups. UNC was able to win four of the final matches of the night to defeat the Hornets by a score of 36-26 to end Frazee’s bid for a state tournament.

Frazee ends their season with a record of 15-8 overall as the team gears up for the Section 8A individual tournament that will be held on Saturday at Crookston High School.

Tuesday

Top seeded Frazee took advantage of six Crookston open weights on their way to a 66-12 over the Pirates on Tuesday night.

The Hornets dropped just two matches in the quarterfinal match up, while securing pins from Christian Peichel at 114 lbs., Caleb Ratz at 121 lbs., Hunter Malone at 145 lbs. and Raymond Sanchez at 172 lbs. 

Frazee 66 Crookston 12

107- Reller, Ashton (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Crookston) FORFEIT 6-0

114- Peichel, Christian (Frazee) over Contreras, Jose (Crookston) Fall 0:53 12-0

121- Ratz, Caleb (Frazee) over Perala, Gabriel (Crookston) Fall 1:45 18-0

127- Schermerhorn, Gabe (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Crookston) FORFEIT 24-0

133- Hamm, Liam (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Crookston) FORFEIT 30-0

139- Osterman, Cash (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Crookston) FORFEIT 36-0

145- Malone, Hunter (Frazee) over Arriaga, Jose (Crookston) Fall 3:31 42-0

152- Hlucny, Gavyn (Crookston) over Wischnak, Brody (Frazee) Fall 0:39 42-6

160- Sonnenberg, Blake (Frazee) over Perala, Lucas (Crookston) Fall 1:12 48-6

172- Sanchez, Raymond (Frazee) over Thornhill, Paul (Crookston) Fall 3:27 54-6

189- Moe, Tanner (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Crookston) FORFEIT 60-6

215- Nagel, Cade (Frazee) over Forfeit, (Crookston) FORFEIT 66-6

285- Helgeson, Riley (Crookston) over Pope, Gavin (Frazee) Fall 2:41 66-12

Friday

Frazee made quick work over Mahnomen/Waubun by a score of 46-16 to advance to its fourth straight Section 8A championship match on Friday night. The Hornets lost just two matches heading into the 189 lbs. bout to take a commanding 40-10 lead.

Ashton Reller opened the match with a major decision at 107 lbs. by a score of 11-3. Christian Peichel followed with a tech fall at 114 lbs., before Gabe Schermerhorn won by a fall at 127 lbs. and Liam Hamm picked up an 8-0 major decision at 133 lbs. Bailey Peichel, Blake Sonnenberg and Raymond Sanchez won three straight matches by tech fall from 152-172 lbs., while Cade Nagel won by a forfeit at 215 lbs. to round out the team score for the Hornets.

The victory set up a rematch with the United North Central Warriors for the Section 8A championship, after the Warriors narrowly defeated Fosston-Bagley in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the Warriors were able to do just enough to get by the Hornets for their fourth straight section championship, this time by a score of 36-26. 

Frazee opened the match against the Warriors with a pair of wins after Ashton Reller secured a pin over Henry Mayer as the first period was coming to a close, before Christian Peichel secured a 13-7 decision over Anton Anderson at 114 lbs. 

The Warriors won back-to-back matches at 121 lbs. and 127 lbs. by a tech fall and pin to take an 11-9 lead, before Liam Hamm and Cash Osterman put the Hornets back in front when they came away with a major decision and tech fall to give Frazee a 19-11 lead after the 139 lbs. weight class.

After a UNC win by fall at 145 lbs. made the score 19-17, Bailey Peichel secured a major decision win by a score of 17-6 to keep the Hornets in front by a score of 23-17.

Unfortunately, the Warriors went on a bit of a run to close out the match after they secured a decision and pin at 160 lbs. and 172 lbs. to give them a 26-23 lead.

Tanner Moe tied the match up at 23-23 with a 4-2 decision over Riley Livingston at 189 lbs. with two matches remaining.

UNC was able to come away with an opening period win by fall at 215 lbs. to set up a must-win heavyweight match for senior Cade Nagel with the Hornets trailing 32-26. Nagel was unable to get the necessary pin to tie the match up as he fell by a 15-5 major decision as the Hornets finished as the Section 8A runner up for the fourth consecutive season. 

Frazee defeated M-W 46-16

107- Ashton Reller (Frazee) over Avery Bush (M-W) Maj 11-3

114- Christian Peichel (Frazee) over Owen Hoban (M-W) TF 16-1

121- Cleighton Hoban (M-W) over Josiah Drewes (Frazee) Maj 12-3

127- Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) over Brandon Miller (M-W) Fall 1:40

133- Liam Hamm (Frazee) over Gabe Demere (M-W) Maj 8-0

139- Cash Osterman (Frazee) over Carter Thompson (M-W) Fall 1:16

145- Connor Lecy (M-W) over Hunter Malone (Frazee) Fall 5:47

152- Bailey Peichel (Frazee) over Cade Walz (M-W) TF 18-2

160- Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) over Dylan McMullen (M-W) TF 15-0

172- Raymond Sanchez (Frazee) over Jackson Jirava (M-W) TF 17-1

189- Blake McMullen (M-W) over Tanner Moe (Frazee) UTB 1-0

215- Cade Nagel (Frazee) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

285- Kaden Bartnes (M-W) over Gavin Pope (Frazee) OT 2-0

UNC defeated Frazee 36-26

107- Ashton Reller (Frazee) over Henry Mayer (UNC) Fall 1:58

114- Christian Peichel (Frazee) over Anton Anderson (UNC) Dec 13-7

121- Cooper Rife (UNC) over Caleb Ratz (Frazee) TF 18-3

127- Carter Ahrendt (UNC) over Gabe Schermerhorn (Frazee) Fall 1:40

133- Liam Hamm (Frazee) over Sam Roiko (UNC) Maj 15-2

139- Cash Osterman (Frazee) over Fynn Bakke (UNC) TF 17-2

145- Creed Koll (UNC) over Hunter Malone (Frazee) Fall 3:02

152- Bailey Peichel (Frazee) over Conrad Koll (UNC) Maj 17-6

160- Zach Davidson (UNC) over Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) Dec 9-4

172- Fordyce Johnson (UNC) over Raymond Sanchez (Frazee) Fall 0:54

189- Tanner Moe (Frazee) over Riley Livingston (UNC) Dec 4-2

215- Eli Roiko (UNC) over Gavin Pope (Frazee) Fall 0:20

285- Kevin Dailey (UNC) over Cade Nagel (Frazee) Maj 15-5