Minneota wrestlers top Adrian, WML
Minneota edged Adrian Area 34-33 and then defeated Windom/Mountain Lake 42-28 in the Adrian Triangular on Tuesday. Against Adrian, the Vikings got pins from Troy Van Keulen at 106 pounds and Jackson Esping at 220.
Minneota trailed 27-25 with three matches remaining when a decision by Hudson Scholten at 195 gave the Vikings a 28-27 advantage. Esping's first-period pin then clinched the match. Peyton Gillund at 120 pounds earned a major decision, while Zack Fier at 132, Jonah Gruenes at 152 and Blake Reiss at 160 each won decisions.
Eric Carrasco got a forfeit win at 126. In the second match against Windom/Mountain Lake, Minneota also won eight of the 14 matches. Carrasco at 120, Gruenes at 152 and Scholten at 182 all recorded pins.
Van Keulen at 106 and Kade Lozinski decisions. Minneota also received three forfeits.
Adrian Triangular
Minneota 34, Adrian Area 33
- 106: Troy Van Keulen (Min) pin David Anaya 2:44
- 113: Brayan Ayala (Adr) pin Ezequiel Monzon 4:19
- 120: Peyton Gillund (Min) majdec Reese Morrison 12-2
- 126: Eric Carrasco (Min) won by forfeit
- 132: Zack Fier (Min) dec. Breyer Heronimus 4-0
- 138: Logan Sherer (Adr) dec. Kade Lozinski 4-2
- 145: Logan Taylor (Adr) pin Alex DePestel 1:36
- 152: Jonah Gruenes (Min) dec. Isaac Bullerman 10-3
- 160: Blake Reiss (Min) dec. Quentin Wolf 9-3
- 170: Cameron Wienekje (Adr) pin Conner Sik 3:24
- 182: Preston Nelson (Adr) pin Tyler Gronke 1:52
- 195: Hudson Scholten (Min) dec. Jared Winselman 7-4
- 220: Jackson Esping (Min) pin Beau Bullerman 1:12
- 285: Scot Edwards (Adr) won by forfeit
Minneota 42, Windom/Mt. Lake 28
- 106: Troy Van Keulen (Min) dec Thavien Xayachak 5-2
- 113: Tucker Renquist (WML) dec Peyton Gillund 9-6
- 120: Eric Carrasco (Min) pin Matthew Ekstrom 2:21
- 126: Caden Swoboda (WML) dec Truman Wambeke 9-3
- 132: Kade Simmons (WML) maj. dec. Zack Fier 14-5
- 138: Kade Lozinski (Min) dec. Trenton Renquist 9-6
- 145: Brett Willaby (WML) pin Alex DePestel 6:07
- 152: Jonah Gruenes (Min) pin Micah Holmberg 1:20
- 160: Blake Reiss (Min) won by forfeit
- 170: Cole Sanow (Min) won by forfeit
- 182: Hudson Scholten (Min) pin Keith Swenson 2:37
- 195: Alex Altmann (WML) pin Tyler Gronke 3:26
- 220: Jackson Esping (Min) won by forfeit
- 285: Eli Mutz (WML) pin Jayden Gamrak 4:00