The top-seeded West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville wrestling team took care of business on Friday, claiming the Section 6A Wrestling Team title. They won their opening round match against Ottertail Central, 66-10, beat New York Mills, 54-15, in their semifinal match, and then defeated Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie, 48-28 in the championship round. The Knights will now head to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul for the state meet on Thursday, March 2. The Section 6A individual tournament will be held on Saturday, February 25 at Wadena-deer Creek High School.
Section 6A Championship
West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 48, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 28
106: Hudson Truax (BHVP) over Evan Dingwall (WCAA) (MD 11-1)
113: Owen Gruchow (WCAA) over Orran Hart (BHVP) (Dec 4-3) 120: Justin Olson (BHVP) over Tucker McGee (WCAA) (Fall 1:36) 126: Carter Lohse (WCAA) over Preston Captain (BHVP) (Fall 3:44)
132: Bennet Arceneau (BHVP) over Sam Olson (WCAA) (Fall 3:56) 138: Deagen Captain (BHVP) over Adam Lohse (WCAA) (Fall 1:51) 145: David Revering (BHVP) over Kolby Peters (WCAA) (Fall 3:04) 152: Solomon Wales (WCAA) over Blake Sumstad (BHVP) (Fall 2:00)
160: Hunter Gruchow (WCAA) over Cayden Kimber (BHVP) (Dec 5-3)
170: Ezekiel Sieckert (WCAA) over Justin Koehn (BHVP) (Fall 2:00)
182: Anthony Sykora (WCAA) over Kade Nobles (BHVP) (Fall 0:20)
195: Beau Robinson (WCAA) over Carson Sanford (BHVP) (Fall 0:16)
220: Will Rustan (WCAA) over Braden Shamp (BHVP) (Fall 5:23) 285: Justin Blascyk (WCAA) over Hunter Strom (BHVP) (Fall 3:41)
Section 6A Semifinal
West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 54, New York Mills 15
106: Carlyle Tumberg (NYM) over Evan Dingwall (WCAA) (Dec 2-0)
113: Owen Gruchow (WCAA) over Finn Wallgren (NYM) (Fall 0:32)
120: Creed Mursu (NYM) over Tucker McGee (WCAA) (Fall 1:09) 126: Carter Lohse (WCAA) over Isaac Geiser (NYM) (Fall 0:26) 132: Sam Olson (WCAA) over Austin Geiser (NYM) (Dec 7-4)
138: Adam Lohse (WCAA) over Elijah Geiser (NYM) (Fall 1:06) 145: Solomon Wales (WCAA) over Brant Malone (NYM) (TF 17-1 2:52)
152: Hunter Gruchow (WCAA) over Joe Mann (NYM) (Fall 0:16) 160: Simon Snyder (NYM) over Ezekiel Sieckert (WCAA) (Dec 8-2) 170: Jon Rinerson (NYM) over Jeremy Blascyk (WCAA) (Dec 7-2) 182: Anthony Sykora (WCAA) over Blake Unger (NYM) (Fall 1:27) 195: Beau Robinson (WCAA) over Mason Unger (NYM) (Fall 0:58) 220: Will Rustan (WCAA) over Grady Roberts (NYM) (MD 8-0) 285: Justin Blascyk (WCAA) over (NYM) (For.)
Section 6A Quarterfinal
West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 66, Ottertail Central 10
106: Evan Dingwall (WCAA) over Lanston Barry (OTC) (Fall 1:51) 113: Owen Gruchow (WCAA) over Dylan Geihsler (OTC) (Fall 0:09)
120: Tucker McGee (WCAA) over Brock Resch (OTC) (Fall 3:11) 126: Mason Christianson (OTC) over Carter Lohse (WCAA) (MD 9-1)
132: Tayden Soma (OTC) over Sam Olson (WCAA) (Fall 1:49)
138: Adam Lohse (WCAA) over Carson Roehl (OTC) (Dec 7-0)
145: Solomon Wales (WCAA) over Conner Nelson (OTC) (Fall 1:51)
152: Kolby Peters (WCAA) over Xavier Lewis (OTC) (Fall 2:26) 160: Hunter Gruchow (WCAA) over Gaiden Hoeper (OTC) (Fall 1:21)
170: Ezekiel Sieckert (WCAA) over Will Schwartz (OTC) (Fall 1:15) 182: Anthony Sykora (WCAA) over (OTC) (For.)
195: Beau Robinson (WCAA) over (OTC) (For.)
220: Will Rustan (WCAA) over (OTC) (For.)
285: Justin Blascyk (WCAA) over Kale Rich (OTC) (Dec 5-3)