Eagles fall to Raiders 37-30in section team opener
Sports | Published on February 17, 2026 at 3:22pm GMT+0000 | Author: Tucker Henderson
0Individual tournament set for Friday
By Chad Koenen
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Sixth seeded New York Mills narrowly fell to third seeded Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie by a score of 37-30 on Friday night. The loss ends the Eagles season with a record of 12-11 as they will gear up for the individual section tournament on Friday at Wadena-Deer Creek High School.
BHVPP jumped out to an early 20-6 lead after securing wins in four of the opening five matches of the night. The lone win for the Eagles during that stretch came at 114 lbs. when Jaeger Zutter secured a pin over Nikolai Hagen at the 3:19 mark of the match.
Creed Mursu and Dawson Seelhammer picked up back-to-back wins by a major decision and pin at 139 lbs. and 145 lbs., before Hudson Truax won the 152 lbs. match for BHVPP by a tech fall to put the Raiders up 25-16.
Tony Nichols secured an 11-9 decision at 160 lbs., before Wessten Simpson won by tech fall at 215 lbs. and Grady Roberts secured a first period pin at 285 lbs. to make the final score 37-30 in favor of the Raiders.
West Central Area would go on to defeat Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville by a score of 33-28 to advance to state.
Bertha-Hewitt- Verndale -Parkers Prairie over New York Mills 37-30
107 Adam Grabow (35-4) Sr., BHVP over Toivo Mursu 8th, NYM (F 1:03)
114 Jaeger Zutter 8th, NYM over Nikolai Hagen (22-11) Jr., BHVP (F 3:19)
121 Isaiah Duberowski (8-7) 8th, BHVP over Wyatt Helmbrecht So., NYM (MD 12-0)
127 Merrick Hoffman (33-9) So., BHVP over Carlyle Tumberg Jr., NYM (MD 15-5)
133 Wyatt Jares (24-5) Jr., BHVP over Elijah O`Dea So., NYM (F 2:35)
139 Creed Mursu Jr., NYM over Logan Becker (13-14) So., BHVP (MD 17-7)
145 Dawson Seelhammer So., NYM over Landen Nistler (2-1) So., BHVP (F 2:48)
152 Hudson Truax (32-4) Sr., BHVP over Chevy Herron Jr., NYM (TF 18-3 (4:41))
160 Tony Nichols Jr., NYM over Preston Captain (16-21) Sr., BHVP (Dec 11-9)
172 Gage Barthel (19-17) So., BHVP over Royce Lorentz So., NYM (F 2:56)
189 Tanner Schulke (21-18) Sr., BHVP over Garrett Lehmann Fr., NYM (F 0:14)
215 Wessten Simpson So., NYM over David Veronen (5-17) Jr., BHVP (TF 17-1 (5:31))
285 Grady Roberts Sr., NYM over Oliver Willis (2-10) Fr., BHVP (F 1:13)