The Bulldogs were led by seniors Jaxon Rich, Brien Poser and Logan Schleske.  Jaxon Rich was able to reach his first ever finals by getting two pins in the quarter finals and semifinals.  Although he came up a little short in the finals and finished in 2nd place at 160 pounds.  Brien Poser was probably in the toughest bracket of the tournament at 138 pounds.  It included two former state runner-ups and two other wrestlers that entered the tournament undefeated.  Poser was able to avenge his only loss on the year by defeating Solomon Wales in the first round 8-1.  He then ran into last year’s AA runner up Davin Rose from MAHACA and lost by tech fall.  This sent him to the consolation bracket, where he was able to win his last two matches of the day and finished in 3rd place.  Logan Schleske also had a very tough bracket, but he was able to go 3-2 on the day and finished in 5th place at 152 pounds.  Other place winners for the Bulldogs included Kale Rich in 5th at 220 pounds, Tommy Ehlert in 6th at 145 pounds and Tayden Soma in 6th at 113 pounds. 

“All these boys wrestled really tough today.  I liked what I saw on the mat. Tommy had a match where he was losing 11-4 and was able to get a nice throw and pin his opponent.  Tayden was also in a match in which he was losing 14-1 going into the 3rd period and ended up losing 15-13.  The will to never give up was very evident today.  That is what is great about this sport, you can be losing pretty bad and still have a chance to win,” sand Head Coach Jason Rogers.

The Bulldogs have a pretty light schedule this week  Their only date is the Jackhammer Tournament in Pequot Lakes on Friday and Saturday.