WARRIOR WRESTLERS COMPETE ON THE ROAD

On January 12, the Fulda/MCC Warriors traveled to Worthington for a triangular against Worthington and Springfield then on Saturday to Colton, SD for the Tri-Valley Tournament. The Warriors fared well against the Springfield Tigers winning the dual 48-23, but Adrian got the best of them winning 53-14. First up for the Warriors were the Springfield Tigers and Kaston Clarke did not disappoint as he got in on a deep double leg takedown against Nathen Groebner. Clarke rode hard driving against Groebner’s post arm, eventually securing an arm bar, and continuing his forward momentum, put Groebner on his back for the pin within the first minute of the match.

Springfield gave the Warriors 5 forfeits against 1 Major decision loss by Torrin Clarke at 126 making the score 36-4 going into the 152# bout where Aiden Lorenzen, after three solid takedowns scored a fall skunking a butcher against Payton Johnson. Quintin Lewis followed suit at 160 against Kody Bast, wrestling hard, staying on his toes and being aggressive, scoring a fall of his own with a honeymooner putting the Warriors ahead even further 48-4.

After Luke Iverson gave up a second period fall to Damian Honeman at 170, Carson Klein went the distance, unable to get his offense going against Ashtin Johnson, holding him to a 3-8 decision only allowing 3 team points to the Tigers. Colby Kesteloot went the distance as well, with senior Sam Rummel giving up a major decision. Rylan Kleins performance went well against Springfield’s Mitchell Streich with a score of 3-8 before he fell by pin with 19 seconds left in the third period.

With a final score of 48-23, the Warriors, with only one open weight at 195, prevailed over the Tigers.

The Adrian Dragons, in dramatic fashion, called out the dual with the Warriors as the main event of the night, as they dimmed the lights and reduced down to only one mat. The Dragons Moe Erdman wrestling at 106, was tough and Kaston weathered the storm, only allowing a technical fall. Brayden Gilb, of the Warriors, scored 2 points on escapes and a penalty point before Travis Weiss secured a pin in the second period.

Teague Meyer, wrestling at 120 against Charger Erlandsen,

wrestled hard, staying in good position for two scoreless periods. The second period, Meyer’s defense kept Erlandsen from scoring. The third period, Erlandsen, starting in bottom position, earned an escape as Meyer tried for crossface cradle about halfway through the period. Erlandsen found a takedown and stayed on top until about 22 seconds left before Meyer fell to a pin.

Torrin Clarke, at 126, starting on bottom in the second period against Caleb Wolf, scored a reversal for the lead after a scoreless 1st period. Torrin was a tough opponent, riding hard, looking for back points, keeping Wolf on the mat, until he fell out of position and Wolf secured a granby roll, putting Clarke on his back late in the third period for the win.

At the 132 bout, Lucas Kuball caught the ankle of Jackson Jenniges, scoring a takedown. Kuball then stayed in good position, not giving Jenniges any breathing room, riding hard for the remainder of the period. The second period Jenniges started on bottom hoping to earn an escape and catch up, but Kuball allowed nothing as he held Jenniges to the mat and held his position and the lead. For the third period, Kuball started in bottom referee’s position and with many attempts, couldn’t earn an escape or reversal, but also didn’t allow back points, winning the match 2-0 to start the scoring for the Warriors with a decision.

Denver Ash then took on Jesse Bullerman at 138 and put on a takedown clinic after Bullerman started the scoring with a takedown. Ash, with outside single after outside single cutting Bullerman with an escape after each, hoping to break Bullerman. With one nearfall in the 2nd period and a couple more solid takedowns Ash walked away with a major decision with a 14-4 match and a 20-7 dual score.

Aiden Lorenzen, as well, with 5 takedowns in the match, an escape and a penalty point in the third took another major with a score of 12-4 closing the gap 20-11. Quintin Lewis in a nailbiter against Rilee Heidebrink only giving up a takedown in the first period, started his own scoring in the second period with an escape. With both wrestlers in the neutral position only handfighting finished out the period. The third period started with Lewis down by 1 and starting in top position, allowed Heidebrink an escape expanding the gap 3-1. Then Lewis showed he still had a full tank and brought Heidebrink to the mat with a

Quintin Lewis

double leg, ending up out of bounds but scoring his two. Still in a deficit, Lewis needing to score, allowing Heidebrink up, starting again in neutral, Lewis got in on another double and scored again obtaining the lead, then held on, giving up a stall warning to finish the match with a win.

Luke Iverson went the distance without being pinned by Breyer Hieronimus, giving up a major decision. Owen Olsem, in his first match coming back from a football injury, looked good, making it to the second period before falling to Micah Bullerman, followed by Carson Klein against the senior Quintin Wolf, who scored the pinfall 45 seconds into the second period. After an open weight by the Warriors, Colby Kesteloot stayed in good position against a Goliath of an opponent, as Jaren Winselman of the Dragons took Colby to the third period and only got a technical fall. Next up was Rylan Klein against a seasoned Cam Wineke. Klein scored the initial takedown in the first and second period but the veteran Wineke found a pinning hold and finished the dual with a final score of 55-14.

On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to Colton, South Dakota for the tri-valley tournament and performed well taking two sixth place finishes by Freshman Colby Kesteloot and Sophomore Carson Klein. The Warrior team is improving steadily and look forward to Canby on Thursday January 19th. Then the 7-9th graders will be competing in Mora, MN, for the 9 grade state team competition.