WARRIORS PERFORM WELL AT HOME TRIANGULAR MEET

The Fulda Murray County Central Warriors had one triangular this past week against state ranked #8 Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial(LCWM), and the state ranked #4 Jackson County Central(JCC). The Warriors performed remarkably well and the score board showed it.

First up for the night were the Jackson County Central Huskies. The first out at 107 was Kaston Clarke, who went 3 periods with #5 state ranked Kyler Their, losing by major decision, putting the Huskies up 4-0. Next up was Thomas Pruitt at 114, who fell by pinfall to Kaden Eller. Isaac Rodriguez of the Huskies, ranked #9, made short work of the young and fearless Truman Olsem. With the Warriors fielding a full team and the Huskies short a 127 pounder, the Warriors earned 6 on a forfeit. Down 6-16, the Warriors needed some help and Teague Meyer, at 133, offered everything he had against Geovany Muhoz-Mazaiegos. Meyer, scoring a takedown, and back to back nearfalls, finished the first period 8-0, and kept the scoring going in the second with a low single. After Geovany scored on a penalty, they finished the second period 10-1. The third period was all Meyer, again scoring early on another low single. Geovany found an escape and Meyer wasn’t deterred, catching another takedown and nearfall to finish the match 16-2 for a major decision. (10-16 Huskies). Denver Ash and #1 Nolan Ambrose battled it out at 139 and Ambrose scored the fall in the second period.(10-22 Huskies) Aiden Lorenzen at 145 took Trey Rossow three periods finishing in a decision bringing the Warriors to 13-22. Quintin Lewis at 152 scored a quick takedown and finished with a quick 38 second pin against Ryan Fricke edging the team score 19-22. Owen Olsem won by injury default over Quinn Landherr at 160 giving the War-riors their first lead of the night 25-22. Carson Lewis at 172 did tremendously well against the Huskies Carson Kolander going 6-3 in the first period. The second period Lewis allowed the escape starting on top and scored his own takedown of which Kolander was able to reverse and put on a pinning combination and Lewis fell 43 seconds into the 2nd period. Carson Klein dominated at 189 holding his own through 3 periods against the Huskies’ Seth Stai. Klein scored on a takedown and rode out the first period. In the second period, the wrestlers starting neutral, Stai got the takedown, but Klein was able to reverse and ride out the period again. The third period, they started neutral again. This time Klein scored the takedown and rode out the period finishing the match with a 6-2 decision. (28-28) The young Vincent Bray was called to fill the spot at 215 for the Warriors and went up against the Huskies Jack Mix. He fell in the first period, putting the Huskies back on top 28-34. For the heavyweight bout, Colby Kesteloot took Michael Hansen into the third period before scoring and there scored his takedown along with a penalty point for the win in a 3-1 decision. With a final score of 31-34 the Warriors were mighty close to taking down the giant in our section. Until next time.

Next up in the Triangular were the Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial Knights. Ranked eighth in the state, another powerhouse of a team and the Warriors were more than ready to take on the challenge. First up at 107 was Kaston Clarke against Brody Kerbst. Clark and Kerbst went 3 periods of which Kerbst came out on top scoring 8 points on two takedowns, a nearfall and an escape. Clarke scored 2 escape points finishing the match with the decision going to the Knights. At 114 Mason Kirchner lost by Technical fall to Connor Othoudt making the dual score 8-0 Knights. The 121# bout had Truman Olsem and Ryder Antony again going three periods, but Olsem wasn’t able to score and Antony won 8-0. (0-12) Knights. Brayden Gilb really showed off his takedown skills putting on a clinic against Jack Buss winning the match 13-5 on 5 takedowns, a reversal and a penalty point. Teague Meyer fell by pinfall to Carson Othoudt after scoring the first takedown in the first period. (4-18 Knights). Aiden Lorenzen was dominating and Parker Kamm was forced to forfeit his match by injury default. (10-18 Knights) Denver Ash was wrestling well into the third period where an illegal suplex by Zach Palmer forced him to leave the match by injury default and the win went to Denver Ash because of the illegal move. (16-18 Knights) Quintin Lewis was next against Talan Osborne at 152 and Lewis was the dominant wrestler going three periods and winning with an 8-7 decision giving the Warriors their first lead of the dual. (19-18 Warriors) Owen Olsem went to bat at the 160 lb. bout against Ryan Palmer and was holding his own. In the third period Olsem was also illegally thrown and was also the recipient of an injury default win as he wasn’t able to finish the match. Noah Mathiowetz and Jaxon Wendorff at 172 and 189 both lost by pin fall before Carson Klein grabbed the reigns and steered the team back on course, taking Mason Adams three periods, dominating in every way, winning with an 11-5 decision. (28-30 Knights) Colby Kesteloot wrestled very well against Dietrich Rosin, but just couldn’t find a way to score, eventually losing 4-1, putting the Knights on top 28-33.

It was a very tough night for the Warriors, but they handled themselves very well, maintaining composure and acting appropriately, given the circumstances of the illegal moves that caused injury to their teammates.

This is a really great group of kids and we’re proud of the respect they have for their opponents, teammates, and fans. Coming up this week is a quad in Granite Falls, Tuesday night at 5 and another quad in St. James, Thursday night at 5.