The contest opened with a fall for Osakis giving the Streaks an early lead, however both teams traded scoring opportunities for the first half dozen weights. Following the 138 lb. match the dual was knotted up at 18 points apiece. WCAABE's Jr. Kaleb Getz gave the Knights their first lead of the evening with a fall at 145 lbs. His match was followed up by a pair of pins by So. Kade Olson and Sr. Bryce Lien stretching the Knights lead to 36-18. By the end of the dual WCAABE poured on three more scores and ripped open the match on what was a tight contest to a 54-24 drubbing. 

About Tuesday Head Coach Brandon Gruchow stated, “This was a good confidence booster before heading into the Big Bear Tournament. I appreciated the fact that our wrestlers were trying the things that we have been working on in practice. That's always refreshing to see as a coach.” 

#17 WCAABE 54 Osakis 24

106 lb: Logan Grove (OSAK) over Solomon Wales per fall 3:24.

113 lb: Ashton Danner (WCAABE) over Gaven Cimbura per fall 1:02.

120 lb: Kale Drevlow (OSAK) won per forfeit.

126 lb: Anthony Sykora (WCAABE) over Garek Radtke per fall :45.

132 lb: Nathan Kulzer (OSAK) over Hunter Hanson per fall 5:17.

138 lb: Jordan Lohse (WCAABE) over Carsten Jacobson per fall 1:41.

145 lb: #7 Kaleb Getz (WCAABE) over Tyson Hagedon per fall :43.

152 lb: Kade Olson (WCAABE) over Duncan Vandergon per fall 1:56.

160 lb: Bryce Lien (WCAABE) over Hunter Harlow per fall 1:34.

170 lb: Triston Stoetzel (OSAK) over Hunter Mickelsen per decision 4-2.

182 lb: Colton Lindquist (WCAABE) over Brock Faber per fall 2:39.

195 lb.:#4 Wyatt Olson (WCAABE) over Ryan Milhausen per fall :49.

220 lb: Dominic Strom (OSAK) over Devin Stone per decision 2-1.

285 lb: Austin Mattson (WCAABE) won per forfeit. 

Friday and Saturday the Knights traveled to Cass Lake for the mega tournament called 'Battle at the Big Bear'. 39 teams from all three class sizes took the mat for two days of wrestling. When all matches ended WCAABE wrestlers So. Jordan Lohse and Sr. Wyatt Olson took home hardware as they placed 7th and 5th in their weight classes, respectively. The team placed 19th.

Hunter Mickelsen gathered his 50th career victory at Big Bear as he pinned Mathew Foster with a :28 fall.

Regarding his teams efforts at Cass Lake Coach Gruchow said, “After the first day of competition I felt like we were sitting in a good spot.  The guys pushed hard in their matches.  We made little mistakes throughout the day that cost us some matches and nine of our guys were out by the end.  The second day was a tough one on us as we lost three guys in the "blood round."  Our two captains prevailed through the tough competition and both found spots on the podium.  Overall, I am happy with our finish and look forward to get back in the room and keep tweaking the small things that will hopefully pay off big.”

For complete team results click the link below. 

http://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=196236132&userType=viewer&pageName=TeamResults.jsp;teamBox=1323605134:fontSizeBox=12:patternBox=1000

The Knights will resume dual action Friday, December 21 when they travel to Glenwood for a triangular vs. the hometown Minnewaska Lakers and the Morris Area/Hancock/Chokio-Alberta Tigers. Action is set to begin at 5 pm.