Five Eagles place at 28-team tournament

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Blake Unger took second place and five Eagles placed at the 28-team Central Cass Lettermens tournament over the weekend at Central Cass High School in North Dakota.

The tournament capped off a busy week for the Eagles as they split a triangular in Barnesville on Thursday night.

This week the Eagles will travel to Lake Park-Audubon for a triangular on Thursday night in their lone action of the week. 

Thursday

NY Mills took advantage of four Barnesville forfeits as they defeated the Trojans by a score of 45-25 on Thursday night. The dual was part of a triangular in Barnesville against the Trojans and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley/Nevis. 

In their match against the Trojans, the Eagles dominated the upper weights by securing six wins in the final seven matches of the night. Four of those wins came by forfeit, while Austin Geiser secured a first period pin at 160 lbs. and Joe Mann picked up a 15-9 decision at 172 lbs. Also securing a win for the Eagles was Wyatt Helmbrecht by a fall at 107 lbs. and Creed Mursu who secured a pin at 133 lbs.

In their other match, NY Mills fell to WHAN by a score of 33-28. WHAN won the opening six matches of the dual, before Tony Nichols won by an 8-4 decision at 145 lbs. Weston Simpson followed with a high scoring 15-13 decision at 152 lbs., before Austin Geiser made it three straight Eagle wins with a 14-4 major decision at 160 lbs. 

After a major decision for WHAN at 172 lbs. the Eagles secured wins by forfeit in the final three weights to end the match by a score of 33-28. 

New York Mills 45 Barnesville 25

107: Wyatt Helmbrecht (NYM) over Bridger Grabow (BARN) (Fall 1:23)

114: Chase Hauck (BARN) over Carlyle Tumberg (NYM) (TF 18-1 2:00)

121: Brant Cox (BARN) over Elijah O’Dea (NYM) (Dec 14-7)

127: Brock Grabow (BARN) over (NYM) (For.)

133: Creed Mursu (NYM) over Gus Brown (BARN) (Fall 1:14)

139: Tate Pauna (BARN) over Dawson Seelhammer (NYM) (Fall 0:00)

145: Tony Nichols (NYM) over (BARN) (For.)

152: Weston Simpson (NYM) over (BARN) (For.)

160: Austin Geiser (NYM) over (BARN) (Fall 1:13)

172: Joe Mann (NYM) over Jack Martin (BARN) (Dec 15-9)

189: Cameron Halverson (BARN) over Blake Unger (NYM) (TF 16-1 4:53)

215: Ashton Lehmann (NYM) over (BARN) (For.)

285: Grady Roberts (NYM) over (BARN) (For.)

Walker-Hack-Akeley-Nevis 33 New York Mills 28

107: Blake Orton (WHAN) over Wyatt Helmbrecht (NYM) (TF 17-1)

114: Ella Henning (WHAN) over Carlyle Tumberg (NYM) (Dec 6-5)

121: Cash Bullock (WHAN) over (NYM) (For.)

127: Peyton Richter (WHAN) over Elijah O’Dea (NYM) (Dec 16-15)

133: Chase Whitney (WHAN) over Creed Mursu (NYM) (Fall 2:41)

139: Vinny Perucho (WHAN) over Dawson Seelhammer (NYM) (Fall 2:44)

145: Tony Nichols (NYM) over Daniel Holt (WHAN) (Dec 8-4)

152: Weston Simpson (NYM) over Colton Hass (WHAN) (Dec 15-13)

160: Austin Geiser (NYM) over Gavin Swanson (WHAN) (MD 14-4)

172: Callen Whitney (WHAN) over Joe Mann (NYM) (MD 11-1)

189: Blake Unger (NYM) over (WHAN) (For.)

215: Ashton Lehmann (NYM) over (WHAN) (For.)

285: Grady Roberts (NYM) over (WHAN) (For.)

Saturday

Blake Unger took second place and five Eagles placed at the 28-team Central Cass Lettermens tournament over the weekend at Central Cass High School in North Dakota.

Unger advanced to the championship match after picking up three straight pins in his first three matches, before defeating Drew Zwak of Bishop Ryan by a tech fall in the championship match. It was the only match that went into the third period for Unger, who is now 12-5 on the season.

Oakley Kern took third place at 107 lbs. when he won his opening round match by a pin, before falling in the quarterfinals to Sutton Stearns of Oakes by a pin. In the consolation bracket, Kern picked up four straight pins, including a pin over Jayce Goebel of South Border at the 3:39 mark of the match to secure third place.

At 133 lbs., Creed Mursu secured third place after picking up a pair of pins in the opening two rounds of the tournament. He fell to Liam Hamm of Frazee in the quarterfinals to drop to the consolation bracket, where he picked up a pair of pins and an 8-1 decision to advance to the third place match. In the third place match, Mursu picked up another pin, this time against Brooks Grunefelder of Napoleon a the 2:52 mark of the match to finish in third place. 

Also placing for the Eagles was Grady Roberts who took fifth place at 285 lbs. and Austin Geiser who took fifth place at 160 lbs.

Central Cass Lettermens

1 South Border 197.5

2 Lisbon 195.5

3 Oakes 151.0

4 Frazee 126.5

5 Kindred 123.5

6 LaMoure 109.5

7 Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm 106.5

8 Northern Lights 105.5

9 New York Mills 104.5

10 Pembina County North 101.0

11 Napoleon 98.5

12 Deslacs-Burlington 91.5

13 Carrington 89.0

13 Harvey-Wells County 89.0

15 Hillsboro-Central Valley 86.5

16 Britton-Hecla 84.0

17 Central Cass 83.0

18 Bishop Ryan 78.0

19 Roseau 36.5

20 Sheyenne JV 36.0

21 May-Port-CG 24.0

22 Grafton 21.5

23 Larimore 21.0

24 Northwood 18.0

24 Webster Area 18.0

26 Northern Cass 15.0

27 Rugby 11.5

28 Thompson 7.0

107- Champ. Round 1 – Wyatt Helmbrecht (New York Mills) 5-10 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – TRYGG DAHLSTROM (Oakes) 22-6 won by tech fall over Wyatt Helmbrecht (New York Mills) 5-10 (TF-1.5 2:17 (17-1)); Cons. Round 2 – Wyatt Helmbrecht (New York Mills) 5-10 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 3 – Wyatt Helmbrecht (New York Mills) 5-10 won by fall over Wyatt Schaff (Deslacs-Burlington) 0-2 (Fall 1:34); Cons. Round 4 – Watson Nagel (Sheyenne JV) 10-6 won by decision over Wyatt Helmbrecht (New York Mills) 5-10 (Dec 9-3)

107- 3rd place- Champ. Round 1 – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 won by fall over Brody Pelton (Hillsboro-Central Valley) 7-6 (Fall 1:35); Quarterfinal – SUTTON STEARNS (Oakes) 6-6 won by fall over Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 (Fall 2:32); Cons. Round 4 – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 won by fall over Landyn Tetreau (Larimore) 5-12 (Fall 1:51); Cons. Round 5 – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 won by fall over Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 (Fall 1:48); Cons. Semi – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 won by fall over Nolan Galbreath (Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm) 7-10 (Fall 1:17); 3rd Place Match – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 won by fall over Jayce Goebel (South Border) 6-13 (Fall 3:39)

107- Champ. Round 1 – Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Nolan Galbreath (Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm) 7-10 won by decision over Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 (Dec 12-6); Cons. Round 2 – Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 3 – Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 won by fall over Owen Steinberger (Northern Cass) 6-10 (Fall 2:28); Cons. Round 4 – Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 won by medical forfeit over Isaac Davidson (Northern Cass) 19-7 (M. For.); Cons. Round 5 – Oakley Kern (New York Mills) 5-2 won by fall over Jaeger Zutter (New York Mills) 2-2 (Fall 1:48)

114- Champ. Round 1 – Joey Heyd (LaMoure) 12-5 won by tech fall over Carlyle Tumberg (New York Mills) 4-6 (TF-1.5 2:49 (17-1)); Cons. Round 1 – Carlyle Tumberg (New York Mills) 4-6 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 2 – Weston Sprabary (Roseau) 9-3 won by tech fall over Carlyle Tumberg (New York Mills) 4-6 (TF-1.5 5:26 (17-1))

121- Champ. Round 1 – Elijah O`Dea (New York Mills) 11-6 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Bode Henderson (Northern Lights) 18-1 won by fall over Elijah O`Dea (New York Mills) 11-6 (Fall 1:22); Cons. Round 2 – Elijah O`Dea (New York Mills) 11-6 won by fall over LODEN SKJEFTE (Oakes) 5-9 (Fall 1:15); Cons. Round 3 – Elijah O`Dea (New York Mills) 11-6 won by major decision over JAREN NELSON (Oakes) 10-14 (MD 20-12); Cons. Round 4 – Liam Lepp (South Border) 10-12 won by decision over Elijah O`Dea (New York Mills) 11-6 (Dec 12-5)

133- 3rd place- Champ. Round 1 – Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 won by fall over Shawn Barrette (Deslacs-Burlington) 6-14 (Fall 3:54); Champ. Round 2 – Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 won by fall over Colton Krebs (Thompson) 6-6 (Fall 1:07); Quarterfinal – Liam Hamm (Frazee) 14-10 won by decision over Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 (Dec 6-4); Cons. Round 4 – Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 won by fall over Cameron Kittelson (Kindred) 9-9 (Fall 1:53); Cons. Round 5 – Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 won by fall over Briar Suko (Sheyenne JV) 13-7 (Fall 3:14); Cons. Semi – Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 won by decision over Kruiser Burns (Grafton) 17-4 (Dec 8-1); 3rd Place Match – Creed Mursu (New York Mills) 14-5 won by fall over Brooks Grunefelder (Napoleon) 15-11 (Fall 2:52)

133- Champ. Round 1 – Dawson Seelhammer (New York Mills) 1-2 won by fall over Carter Glaesman (South Border) 0-2 (Fall 3:04); Champ. Round 2 – Riggin Sand (Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm) 5-5 won by tech fall over Dawson Seelhammer (New York Mills) 1-2 (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0)); Cons. Round 2 – Cameron Kittelson (Kindred) 9-9 won by injury default over Dawson Seelhammer (New York Mills) 1-2 (Inj. 3:36)

145- Champ. Round 1 – Royce Lorentz (New York Mills) 4-9 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Griffin Greenley (Lisbon) 10-5 won by fall over Royce Lorentz (New York Mills) 4-9 (Fall 1:32); Cons. Round 2 – Andy Pulak (Grafton) 5-14 won by fall over Royce Lorentz (New York Mills) 4-9 (Fall 5:34)

145- Champ. Round 1 – Tony Nichols (New York Mills) 5-11 won by fall over Grayson Mattson (LaMoure) 1-10 (Fall 1:08); Champ. Round 2 – CASE AWENDER (Oakes) 17-10 won by fall over Tony Nichols (New York Mills) 5-11 (Fall 4:25); Cons. Round 2 – Tony Nichols (New York Mills) 5-11 won by tech fall over Mason Bartels (Thompson) 3-10 (TF-1.5 4:29 (20-4)); Cons. Round 3 – Brock Johnson (Kindred) 9-4 won by major decision over Tony Nichols (New York Mills) 5-11 (MD 12-1)

152- Champ. Round 1 – Caleb Ibarra (Sheyenne JV) 7-7 won by fall over Weston Simpson (New York Mills) 5-8 (Fall 3:10); Cons. Round 1 – Shaiden Thomas (Grafton) 13-11 won by fall over Weston Simpson (New York Mills) 5-8 (Fall 3:46)

160- 5th place- Champ. Round 1 – Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 won by fall over Alex Short (Northern Lights) 2-12 (Fall 0:47); Champ. Round 2 – Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 won by fall over Rowdy Radel (Sheyenne JV) 3-10 (Fall 1:37); Quarterfinal – Rylend Whetzel (Harvey-Wells County) 7-9 won in sudden victory – 1 over Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 (SV-1 15-8); Cons. Round 4 – Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 won by fall over Connor Matz (Sheyenne JV) 3-7 (Fall 1:39); Cons. Round 5 – Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 won by fall over Dashel Davidson (Britton-Hecla) 9-9 (Fall 2:33); Cons. Semi – Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 15-9 won by decision over Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 (Dec 6-4); 5th Place Match – Austin Geiser (New York Mills) 20-5 won by medical forfeit over Rylend Whetzel (Harvey-Wells County) 7-9 (M. For.)

172- 2nd place- Champ. Round 1 – Blake Unger (New York Mills) 12-5 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Blake Unger (New York Mills) 12-5 won by fall over Max Bockness (Hillsboro-Central Valley) 8-13 (Fall 1:33); Quarterfinal – Blake Unger (New York Mills) 12-5 won by fall over JACOB PTACEK (Oakes) 7-7 (Fall 1:34); Semifinal – Blake Unger (New York Mills) 12-5 won by fall over Max Tjernlund (Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm) 14-8 (Fall 2:31); 1st Place Match – Drew Zwak (Bishop Ryan) 21-0 won by tech fall over Blake Unger (New York Mills) 12-5 (TF-1.5 5:09 (17-1))

215- Champ. Round 1 – MAX CLINE (Oakes) 18-10 won by fall over Ashton Lehmann (New York Mills) 3-7 (Fall 3:23); Cons. Round 1 – Ashton Lehmann (New York Mills) 3-7 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 2 – McCoy Ferguson (Central Cass) 6-11 won by fall over Ashton Lehmann (New York Mills) 3-7 (Fall 4:00)

285- 5th place- Champ. Round 1 – Grady Roberts (New York Mills) 13-6 won by fall over Seth Gleave (Harvey-Wells County) 0-2 (Fall 1:05); Champ. Round 2 – Grady Roberts (New York Mills) 13-6 won by fall over Aiden Huson (Sheyenne JV) 1-4 (Fall 4:29); Quarterfinal – Grady Roberts (New York Mills) 13-6 won by decision over Aiden Hinkle (Lisbon) 12-3 (Dec 12-5); Semifinal – Cade Okeson (Bishop Ryan) 23-0 won by tech fall over Grady Roberts (New York Mills) 13-6 (TF-1.5 5:07 (15-0)); Cons. Semi – Brett Tastad (Northern Lights) 15-6 won by fall over Grady Roberts (New York Mills) 13-6 (Fall 3:33); 5th Place Match – Grady Roberts (New York Mills) 13-6 won by medical forfeit over Porter Johnson (Harvey-Wells County) 13-5 (M. For.)

285- Champ. Round 1 – Alex Simpson (New York Mills) 2-2 received a bye () (Bye); Champ. Round 2 – Brett Tastad (Northern Lights) 15-6 won by fall over Alex Simpson (New York Mills) 2-2 (Fall 0:40); Cons. Round 2 – Alex Simpson (New York Mills) 2-2 won by fall over Seth Gleave (Harvey-Wells County) 0-2 (Fall 1:47); Cons. Round 3 – Alex Simpson (New York Mills) 2-2 won by fall over Riley Collins (Rugby) 2-13 (Fall 2:59); Cons. Round 4 – Toby Bryan (Roseau) 13-9 won by fall over Alex Simpson (New York Mills) 2-2 (Fall 0:51)