Section individual tournament set for Friday

Photos by Tasha Geiser
Royce Lorentz secures nearfall points during last week’s match against Otter Tail Central.

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The New York Mills wrestling team had the team portion of its season come to a close on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Section 6A tournament. The Eagles, who defeated Otter Tail Central in the opening round of the tournament, fell to top seeded Osakis by a score of 49-18. The loss ends NY Mills season with a record of 10-12 overall.

Austin Geiser attempts to get a takedown during last week’s quarterfinal match against Osakis.

Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie went on to defeat Osakis by a score of 33-28 to capture the Section 6A individual title and advance to the state meet. 

The Section 6A individual tournament is set for Friday night at Wadena-Deer Creek High School. The wrestling will get underway at 2 p.m.

Tuesday

In a match that once again came down to the wire, eighth seeded NY Mills knocked off an upset minded Otter Tail Central Bulldog team by a score of 30-27 on Tuesday night. 

Photo by Tasha Geiser
Elijah O’Dea works for position during New York Mills’ first round match against Otter Tail Central last week.

In a back-and-forth match throughout the night, NY Mills found itself in a quick 8-0 hole when OTC won the opening two matches of the night by a major decision. That’s when Creed Mursu secured a pin at 121 lbs. and Elijah O’Dea followed with a 6-3 decision to give the Eagles a 9-8 lead. From there, OTC and NY Mills traded matches with Cayden Dittberner winning a 6-0 decision for OTC at 133 lbs. and Royce Lorentz winning a thrilling 7-5 overtime decision for 3 important team points for the Eagles to make the score 12-11 in favor of NY Mills.

Mason Christianson won by fall at 145 lbs. for the Bulldogs, before Austin Geiser won by a fall at 152 lbs. to once again give NY Mills a 1 point lead. 

After OTC took a 24-18 lead following two straight wins at 160 and 172 lbs., Blake Unger and Bode Roberts secured two straight Eagle pins to give NY Mills a 30-24 lead heading into the heavyweight match. 

Needing to simply fend off a pin to avoid the match going into the tiebreak criteria, Grady Roberts fell by a 6-3 decision, but most importantly, secured a 30-27 team win for the Eagles. 

New York Mills 30 Otter Tail Central 27

107: Charlie Bertrand (OTC) over Wyatt Helmbrecht (NYM) (MD 8-0)

114: Julien Umlauf (OTC) over Carlyle Tumberg (NYM) (MD 12-0)

121: Creed Mursu (NYM) over Dylan Geihsler (OTC) (Fall 1:08)

127: Elijah O’Dea (NYM) over Peter Newark (OTC) (Dec 6-3)

133: Cayden Dittberner (OTC) over Finn Wallgren (NYM) (Dec 6-0)

139: Royce Lorentz (NYM) over Brock Resch (OTC) (SV-1 7-5)

145: Mason Christianson (OTC) over Elijah Geiser (NYM) (Fall 1:58)

152: Austin Geiser (NYM) over Tayden Soma (OTC) (Fall 2:31)

160: Gaiden Hoeper (OTC) over Weston Simpson (NYM) (Dec 5-2)

172: Levi Evavold (OTC) over Joe Mann (NYM) (MD 13-2)

189: Blake Unger (NYM) over Xavier Lewis (OTC) (Fall 3)3)

215: Bode Roberts (NYM) over Will Schwartz (OTC) (Fall :25)

285: Kale Rich (OTC) over Grady Roberts (NYM) (Dec 6-0)

Friday

NY Mills had its season come to a close on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Section 6A team tournament. The Eagles fell to top seeded Osakis by a score of 49-18. 

Creed Mursu put the Eagles on the scoreboard at 121 lbs. when he secured a 6-5 decision over Zackery Bruder to make the score 10-3 in favor of Osakis. 

Austin Geiser won a 9-4 decision at 160 lbs., before Blake Unger won by an injury default at 189 lbs. and Bode Roberts secured a pin at 215 lbs. at the 3:20 mark of his 215 lbs. match. 

Osakis defeated New York Mills 49-18

107 – Blake Fischer (Osakis) over Wyatt Helmbrecht (NYM) Fall 1:10

114 – Ashton Pastian (Osakis) over Carlyle Tumberg (NYM) Maj 13-0

121 – Creed Mursu (NYM) over Zackery Bruder (Osakis) Dec 6-5

127 – Reggie George (Osakis) over Elijah O`Dea (NYM) Fall 1:17

133 – Christian Nathe (Osakis) over Finn Wallgren (NYM) Fall 5:10

139 – Simon Jacobson (Osakis) over Royce Lorentz (NYM) Fall 1:49

145 – Jacob Taplin (Osakis) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

152 – Lukas Duchene (Osakis) over Elijah Geiser (NYM) Dec 8-5

160 – Austin Geiser (NYM) over Tucker Hagen (Osakis) Dec 9-4

172 – Gaven Cimbura (Osakis) over Joe Mann (NYM) Fall 3:06

189 – Blake Unger (NYM) over Mazin Al-Ameri (Osakis) Inj 1:09

215 – Bode Roberts (NYM) over Conner Koep (Osakis) Fall 3:20

285 – Zachary Winkle (Osakis) over Grady Roberts (NYM) Fall 4:14