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The Ottertail Central Bulldogs traveled to Belgrade on Friday for the BBE Invite. “There was some great competition as the host team Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa is ranked #1 in the State at the A level and the Becker Bulldogs who are ranked #3 in AA. Then throw in Eden Valley-Watkins, Frazee and Quad County and you find yourself wrestling against some pretty stiff competition,” Coach Jason Rogers stated. The Bulldogs ended up in 4th place and wrestled very competitively.
Logan Schleske ended up taking 5th at 152 lbs, in what was probably the most competitive bracket at the tournament with three ranked wrestlers. After Schleske won his first match against Brady Crabtree of Frazee by a score of 8-2, he found himself wrestling the #1 ranked Blaine Fischer from BBE. Logan wrestled him very tough, but came up short losing 8-0. Schleske then went through the consolation bracket meeting Crabtree again in the 5th place match. This time Schleske was able to get the fall to end his tournament.
Jaxon Rich 160 lbs, ended up in 4th place. Jaxon wrestled very well winning his first match against Jack Graham of Frazee by a score of 8-3. He then had to wrestle the #1 seed of his bracket Sam Nistler of Eden-Valley Watkins. Nistler was able to get a throw on Rich and ended up pinning him. Rich then went to the consolation bracket and got a pin against Nolan Hildahl of Quad County. This put him in the 3rd place match where he met Adam Jurek of Becker and lost by tech fall. He went 2-2 on the day.
Kale Rich and Tayden Soma were both able to bring home 2nd place finishes. Rich was able to get a pin against Armando Walker of EV-W and then lost to the #10 ranked Ethan Spanier of BBE in the finals. Soma was able to get a pin against Blaine Carroll of Quad County before losing to Nolan Jurek of Becker in the finals 14-1.
Brien Poser was the lone champion for the Bulldogs at 138 lbs. Poser started the day with a bye before wrestling Tanner Viessman from BBE in the semis. Poser dominated the whole match and came away with a 17-3 victory. In the finals he met state ranked Wyatt Engen also from BBE, here Poser was able to control the whole match and came away with a 9-0 victory.
“All the Bulldogs wrestled very tough today and I was happy with their effort. We are starting to come along as a team,” said Coach Rogers.
The OTC Bulldogs will travel to Ortonville on Tuesday for a triangular with Ortonville and Wahpeton-Breckenridge, start time is 5 pm. Then on Saturday, the Bulldogs will travel to Alexandria for the Big Ole Invitational.