NYM to host triangular on Thursday

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Oakley Kern took second and five Eagles placed at the Central Cass Letterman’s Tournament over the weekend. 

The large 30 plus team tournament capped off a busy week for the New York Mills wrestlers who competed in a quadrangular in Morris on Tuesday and hosted a triangular on Thursday night. 

This week the Eagles will host Park Rapids Area on Tuesday night, before hosting Frazee and United Clay Becker on Thursday night in a triangular at home. 

Tuesday

NY Mills went 1-2 in a quadrangular in Morris on Tuesday night. The Eagles fell to West Central Area 54-18 and Osakis 47-28, but were able to secure a commanding 51-22 win over Morris. 

In their win against the Tigers, The Eagles dominated the middle to upper weight brackets by winning eight of the final nine weight classes, with the lone loss coming as a forfeit at 172 lbs. 

WCA 54, NYM 18

107- Brody Brunkow (10-1) Sr., WCAA over Oakley Kern 8th, NYM (Dec 7-2)

114- Keiran Gehrke (6-6) Fr., WCAA over Jaeger Zutter 8th, NYM (F )

121- Monte Jannette (1-2) 8th, WCAA over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

127- Nathan Richter (9-2) So., WCAA over Carlyle Tumberg Jr., NYM (F 1:10)

133- Elijah O`Dea So., NYM over Caden Wevley (1-10) 8th, WCAA (F 0:42)

139- Creed Mursu Jr., NYM over Gauge Eide (1-10) Fr., WCAA (F 1:39)

145- Evan Dingwall (4-3) So., WCAA over Dawson Seelhammer So., NYM (F 0:40)

152- Tony Nichols Jr., NYM over Cody Krafthefer (0-11) Jr., WCAA (F 0:50)

160- Payton Schmidt (3-3) Fr., WCAA over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

172- Owen Gruchow (11-0) Jr., WCAA over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

189- Logan Schmall (11-4) Jr., WCAA over Wessten Simpson So., NYM (F 1:49)

215- Logon Long (10-1) Sr., WCAA over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

285- Freddi Munoz (11-1) Jr., WCAA over Grady Roberts Sr., NYM (Dec 6-1)

Osakis over NYM 47-28

107- Oakley Kern 8th, NYM over Bryce Fischer (0-0) 7th, OSAK (F 0:16)

114- Guy Steinbeisser (10-5) Fr., OSAK over Jaeger Zutter 8th, NYM (F 3:10)

121- Zane Wiener (4-7) 7th, OSAK over Seth Martinez , NYM (F 0:44)

127- Blake Fischer (13-2) Jr., OSAK over Wyatt Helmbrecht , NYM (TF 17-1 (4:29))

133- Ashton Pastian (7-5) Jr., OSAK over Carlyle Tumberg Jr., NYM (F 2:21)

139- Elijah O`Dea So., NYM over Kellan George (4-10) So., OSAK (MD 15-3)

145- Demetrius Redetzke (3-9) So., OSAK over Creed Mursu Jr., NYM (F 3:27)

152- Dawson Seelhammer So., NYM over Clayton Kruse (5-7) Jr., OSAK (F 4:37)

160- Tony Nichols Jr., NYM over Levi Ries (1-8) Sr., OSAK (F 5:08)

172- Simon Jacobson (9-2) Sr., OSAK over Royce Lorentz , NYM (F 0:40)

189- Tucker Hagen (10-3) Jr., OSAK over Wessten Simpson So., NYM (F 2:44)

215- Conner Koep (13-1) Jr., OSAK over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

285- Grady Roberts Sr., NYM over Forfeit, OSAK (FF)

New York Mills over MAHACA 51-22

107- Oakley Kern 8th, NYM over Zachary Huebner 7th, MAHA (F 0:25)

114- Jaxon Seggerman Fr., MAHA over Jaeger Zutter 8th, NYM (F 4:12)

121- Will Haugen Fr., MAHA over Seth Martinez , NYM (F 1:39)

127- Beau Haugen So., MAHA over Carlyle Tumberg Jr., NYM (MD 15-1)

133- Elijah O`Dea So., NYM over Brenden Hughes Fr., MAHA (F 4:48)

139- Creed Mursu Jr., NYM over Xavier Kleindl Sr., MAHA (TF 18-0 ())

145- Dawson Seelhammer So., NYM over Casey Raths So., MAHA (MD 16-2)

152- Tony Nichols Jr., NYM over Logan Gramith So., MAHA (F 1:49)

160- Royce Lorentz , NYM over Raul Velez Jr., MAHA (F 2:42)

172- Connor Duncan Sr., MAHA over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

189- Wessten Simpson So., NYM over Forfeit, MAHA (FF)

215- Greysen Saewert 8th, NYM over Forfeit, MAHA (FF)

285- Grady Roberts Sr., NYM over Isaac Persing Fr., MAHA (F 0:29)

Thursday

On Thursday night the Eagles hosted Walker-Hackensack-Akeley and Barnesville in a triangular with the Eagles edging the Trojans by a commanding 44-30 score.

Toivo Mursu and Oakley Kern got things going for the Eagles as the eighth graders picked up back-to-back pins at 107 and 114 lbs. NY Mills would drop the next two matches, before Carlyle Tumberg, Elijah O’Dea, Creed Mursu and Tony Nichols went on a four match winning streak to put NY Mills in front 32-12. 

Barnesville would storm back and make a match of it late by cutting the score to 32-30, but Wessten Simpson secured a pin at 215 lbs. and Grady Roberts won by a forfeit to put the match out of reach 44-30. 

New York Mills over Barnesvile 44-30

107 Toivo Mursu 8th, NYM over Beckett Gilsrud (2-3) 8th, BARN (F )

114 Oakley Kern 8th, NYM over Bridger Grabow (5-6) Fr., BARN (F 2:00)

121 Chase Hauck (10-2) Jr., BARN over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

127 Brant Cox (11-5) Fr., BARN over Wyatt Helmbrecht So., NYM (F )

133 Carlyle Tumberg Jr., NYM over Brock Grabow (6-3) Sr., BARN (TB 17-11)

139 Elijah O`Dea So., NYM over Elijah Pool (0-0) 8th, BARN (F )

145 Creed Mursu Jr., NYM over Jaron Poepping (4-8) Jr., BARN (F )

152 Tony Nichols Jr., NYM over Tate Pauna (7-10) So., BARN (TF 21-6 ())

160 Michael Connelly (1-7) Jr., BARN over Royce Lorentz So., NYM (F 0:50)

172 Matthew Jahr (2-2) Fr., BARN over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

189 Cameron Halverson (16-1) Sr., BARN over Forfeit, NYM (FF)

215 Wessten Simpson So., NYM over Lane Berggren (2-0) Fr., BARN (F 1:01)

285 Grady Roberts Sr., NYM over Forfeit, BARN (FF) 

Saturday

Oakley Kern took second and five Eagles placed at the Central Cass Letterman’s Tournament over the weekend. 

Kern opened the tournament as the sixth seed and picked a major decision in the opening round and securing a win in the quarterfinals to set up the NY Mills wrestler against the second seeded Simon Trapp of Valley City in the semi-finals. Trailing 2-0 heading into the third period, Kern secured a three point take down with just five seconds remaining in the match to come away with a thrilling 3-2 decision to advance to the championship match. Unfortunately, Kern fell to eventual champion Derick Jorissen of Central Cass by a 3-0 decision to finish in second place.

  Creed Mursu took third place at 139 lbs. as he entered the tournament as the fifth seed, but was able to pick up three straight decisions to advance to the semi-finals where he would face eventual champion Bode Henderson of Northern Lights. Mursu fell by a 6-0 decision, but went on to win his next match in the consolation bracket and secured a 10-0 major decision in the third place match to capture third. 

NY Mills senior Grady Roberts took fourth place in the tournament after winning by a major decision in the opening round and picking up back-to-back decisions to advance to the semi-finals. Roberts was leading in his semi-finals match against eventual champion Toby Bryan of Roseau until Bryan secured a reversal at the 1:23 point of the third period to come away with a 3-2 decision over Roberts. The NY Mills senior went on to win his next match by major decision, before falling in the third place match by an 8-4 decision to take fourth. 

Also placing for the Eagles was Zeke Geiser who took fifth place in the 107B tournament, as well as Tony Nichols who took sixth place in the 152 lbs. tournament. 

As a team the Eagles took ninth place overall with 108.5 points. The champion was Lisbon with 201 points and over 30 teams competed in the tournament as a whole.