W-DC downs rival Cardinals

STAPLES - Trey VanOrsdel, now 25-3, of Wadena-Deer Creek earned his 22nd pin of the season, defeating Gavin Kadlec of Staples-Motley in 1:03 at 140 pounds to lead the Wolverines past the Cardinals 42-27 in a matchup of Section 6-1A frontrunners and Mid-State Conference rivals Thursday.

The Wolverines' Tony Wegscheid improved to 23-2 with his pin of Chandler Trout at 189 while Mitch Steffans (103) recorded his 20th career win against Cardinal Jordan Heldman by way of pin. Derrick Rude (119), Jordan Rentz (112) and Josh Sweere (215) also picked up pins for the Wolverines

Jordan Bendson (152) of Staples-Motley tallied a 12-0 major decision victory over Aaron Uselman of Wadena-Deer Creek. Nick Trout (Hwt) and Jordan Bendson (152) each recorded pins for the Cardinals.

W-DC 42, S-M 27

103: Mitch Steffens (WDC) pinned Jordan Heldman 2:57

112: Jordan Rentz (WDC) pinned Brandon Sterriker 1:25

119: Derrick Rude (WDC) pinned Andrew Robben 2:56

125: Jared Wegscheid (WDC) dec. Trent Carlson 5-2

130: Matt Hagen (WDC) dec. Devin Becker 6-5

135: Tyler Odden (SM) dec. Jacob Wegscheid 8-6

140: Trey VanOrsdel (WDC) pinned Gavin Kadlec 1:03

145: Andrew Becker (SM) pinned Eric Monson 1:03

152: Jordan Bendson (SM) maj. dec. Aaron Uselman 12-0

160: Dillon Shequen (SM) dec. Tyler Savaloja 6-1

171: Kodiey Lind (SM) tech fall Isaac Lustila 5:38

189: Tony Wegscheid (WDC) pinned Chandler Trout 3:02

215: Josh Sweere (WDC) pinned Ryan Detloff 1:23

Hwt: Nick Trout (SM) pinned Eddie Lustila 2:39

Conference: WDC 1-1. Overall: WDC 12-3; SM 7-9. Next: WDC at Big Ole Tourney 11:30 a.m. Saturday. SM at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Invite 4 p.m. Friday.

Aitkin 48, Royalton 22

AITKIN - The Aitkin Gobblers wrestling team easily defeated Royalton 48-22 Thursday.

Keith Wasserzieher (112), Justin Chouanard (145), Andrew Hallberg (160), Matt Christensen (171), Nathan Cummings (189) and Taylor Wilke (Hwt) all won their matches by pin for the Gobblers.

On the year Jordan Chouanard (103) is 11-9, Wasserzieher 25-3, Dalton Stevens (125) 23-4, Justin Chouanard (145) 23-1, Hallberg 21-4 and Nathan Cummings (189) 18-8. Christensen improved his record to a perfect 27-0.

Aitkin 48, Royalton 22

103: Jordan Chouanard (A) fft.

112: Keith Wasserzieher (A) pinned Andy Poster (R) 1:30

119: Ben Presler (R) pinned Ryan Smith (A) 2:37

125: Dalton Stevens (A) dec. Odin Guerard (R) 11-6

130: Ryan Brady (R) dec. Craig Leathers (A) 8-5

135: Peter Borash (R) dec. Jeff Moe (A) 10-1

140: Kyle Wentland (R) dec. Ryan Skinner (A) 3-2

145: Justin Chouanard (A) pinned Jordan Wentland (R) :57

152: Neil Zimmerman (R) pinned Taylor Bitker (A) 3:32

160: Andrew Hallberg (A) pinned Brook Hackett (R) 1:31

171: Matt Christensen (A) pinned Dan Gadacz (R) 1:32

189: Nathan Cummings (A) pinned Craig Lensing (R) :55

215: Levi Stifter (A) dec. Jacob Kasella (R) 16-12

Hwt: Taylor Wilke (A) pinned Troy Lensing (R) 3:03

Overall: 14-3. Next: Aitkin hosts Little Falls Friday.

New York Mills 49,

Pequot Lakes/PR-B 20,

NEW YORK MILLS - Marcus Hernandez of the Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew improved to 24-8 with his pin at 160-pounds in a 49-20 loss to the New York Mills Eagles Thursday in non-conference wrestling.

Nic Harrison moved to 26-2 with a technical fall and Darian Rubner also won by pin to move to 15-4 on the season for the Road Crew.

Zach Humphrey won by decision for PL-PRB's other victory.

New York Mills 49,

Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 20

103 - Darian Rubner (PL/PRB) pinned Josh Bernu 3:36

112 - Myron Bell (NYM) maj. dec. Joe Knutson 14-3

119 - Bryan Shornack (NYM) pinned Andy Knutson :45

125 - Zach Humphrey (PL/PRB) dec. Mike Dittmann 7-0

130 - Nic Harrison (PL/PRB) tech. fall. Mike Kumpala 4:30

135 - Jordan Novak (NYM) pinned Chris Harrison 1:09

140 - Jordan Vaughn (NYM) dec. Levi Allen 3-1

145 - Jake Johnson (NYM) dec. Dustin Campbell 2-1

152 - Ryan Lee (NYM) forfeit

160 - Marcus Hernandez (PL/PRB) pinned Bryan Fisher 1:02

171 - Brandon Frost (NYM) dec. Pat Bresnahan 12-9

189 - Andy Hendrickx (NYM) forfeit

215 - Jarrod Norton (NYM) forfeit

Hwt - Andrew Frost (NYM) pinned Troy Griffith 3:41

Overall - PL/PRB 8-5. Next meet - Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus in Park Region Conference meet at New York Mills 10 a.m. Saturday.

Little Falls 37,

St. Cloud Apollo 36

ST. CLOUD - The Little Falls Flyers barely squeezed by Central Lakes Conference rival St. Cloud Apollo 37-36 Thursday .

Bryant Bue (112), Dillon Kifer (119) and Cody Bue (152) all won by pin for the Flyers.

Little Falls 37, Apollo 36

103: Mitch Bengston (SCA) dec. Charlie Wilczek (LF) 17-2

112: Bryant Bue (LF) pinned Alex Lawwell (SCA) 1:32

119: Dillon Kifer (LF) pinned Nick Stram (SCA) 2:43

125: Zack Clark (LF) DQ by dec. Marcus Ramos (SCA) 9-4

130: Sam Marcus (LF) dec. Nam Nguyen (SCA) 19-3

135: Austin Young (SCA) dec. Reid Olson (LF) 17-9

140: Derik Jendro (LF) dec. Jason Peterson (SCA) 16-1

145: Aaron Gastecki (LF) dec. Kyle Bauer (SCA) 4-0

152: Cody Bue (LF) pinned Kellen Frank (SCA) 1:23

160: David Then (SCA) pinned Austin Scherping (LF) 2:58

171: Chris Rochelau (SCA) dec. Peter Grams (LF) 6-5

189: Matt Spoden (SCA) pinned Brandon Hiemenz (LF) 2:10

215: Sam Koetter (SCA) pinned Nils Johnson (LF) 2:00

Hwt: Matt Shauer (SCA) pinned Travis Struchen (LF) :23

Conference: 4-4. Overall: 11-12. Next: Little Falls at Aitkin Friday.