Peyton Gillund (top) of Minneota defeated Ivan Mares of Willmar 1-0 at 132 pounds last Thursday in MInneota.

Vikings win Big Ole title in Alex

DeVlaeminck, Fier, Gruenes, Scholten claim individual titles

Adam DeVlaeminck at 113 pounds, Zack Fier at 160, Eli Gruenes at 182 and Hudson Scholten at 285 all won individual championships as Minneota placed first in the eight-team Big Ole Invitation Saturday in Alexandria.
Minneota, ranked No. 6 in Class A, amassed 201.5 points. Annandale/Maple Lake was second with 185.5 and Alexandria third with 182.
Brock Fier at 145 pounds and Alex DePestel at 170 each placed second in the tournament. Peyton Gillund at 132 and Kyler Lozinski at 192 each finished in third place.
Destin Fier was fourth at 152 pounds. Earning fifth place was Kaden Lasentski at 106, Ezequiel Monzon at 132 and Chase Johnson at 138. RJ Sorensen was sixth at 120 pounds.
Minneota had some wrestlers compete at the same weight, although one of the two were not eligible for team points.

Team scoring
(1) Minneota 201.5 (2) Ananndale/Maple Lake 185.5 (3) Alexandria 182 (4) Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 167 (5) New York Mills 106 (6) Barnesville 98 (7) Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 85 (8) Badger-Greenbush/Middle River 55

Minneota individual results

106 pounds - QUINTON ANDERSON: was pinned by Nolan Fettig, Alexandria, 3:13 ... was pinned by Porter Pribyl, Annandale, 1:00
106 pounds - KADEN LASNETISKI: pinned Aiden Meech, New York Mills, 4:50 ... lost 0-6 decision to Cassen Brumm, Annandale ... lost 3-8 decision to Porter Pribyl, Annandale ... won by injury default over Aiden Meech, New York Mills ... 5th place
113 pounds - ADAM DEVLAEMINCK: pinned Oswaldo Moreno, KMS, :40 ... pinned Wesley Zuelke, Annandale. 1:41 ... won by 9-1 majdec over Drayson Elfering, Alexandria ... 1st place
113 pounds - BLAKE MEAD: pinned Cash Bullock, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley-Nevis, 3:12 ... was pinned by Drayson Elfering, Alexandria, 2:36 ... pinned Finn Wallgren, New York Mills, 1:00 ... won by 14-4 majdec over Bullock ... 3rd place
120 pounds - RANDY SORENSEN: was pinned by Kadin Martin, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley-Nevis, 2:46 ... won by 2-0 dec over Zachary Richards, Alexandria ... was pinned by Owen Lund, Badger-Greenbush/Middle River, 1:24 ... lost by 1-12 majdec to Creed Mursu, New York Mills ... 6th place
132 pounds - PEYTON GILLUND: pinned Jacob Loween, Alexandria, :32 ... lost 2-7 decision to Noah Gindele, Annandale ... won by injury default over Ezequiel Monzon ... pinned Taytan Nielson, KMS, 1:34 ... 3rd place
132 pounds - EZEQUIEL MONZON: pinned Davis Vrolson, Annandale, 5:23 ... lost 0-9 majdec to Ayden Hauck, Barnesville ... won 9-0 majdec over Emmitt Isane, Badger-Greenbusch/Middle River ... lost by injury default to Peyton Gillund, Minneota ... won 3-1 decision over Austin Geiser, New York Mills ... 5th place
138 pounds - CHASE JOHNSON: was pinned by Noah Johnson, KMS, 5:21 ... won 8-6 decision over Elijah Geiser, New York Mills, 8-6 ... lost 0-7 decision to Christian Berg, Badger-Greenbush/Middle River ... pinned Asher O’Brien, Barnesville, :43 ... 5th place
145 pounds - BROCK FIER: pinned Landon Arvidson, Alexandria, 1:24 ... pinned Brant Malone, New York Mills, 3:34 ... was pinned by Callen Whitney, Walker-Hackensack/Akeley-Nevis, 1:48 ... 2nd place
152 pounds - DESTIN FIER: bye ... was pinned by Jett Olson, KMS, :56 ... won 12-2 majdec Gavin Engelbrecht, Alexandria ... lost 5-11 dec to Cole LaFave, Annandale ... 4th place
160 pounds - ZACK FIER: pinned Gavin Grabow, New York MIlls, :52 ... pinned Gavin Swanson, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley-Nevis, :33 ... won 15-2 majdec over Carson Cooper, Annandale ... 1st place
170 pounds - ALEX DEPESTEL: pinned Damion Hanson, Badger-Greenbush/Middle River, 3:08 ... pinned Cameron Halverson, Barnesville, 5:35 ... lost 0-10 majdec to Kelly Johnson, Alexandria ... 2nd place
170 pounds - NOAH GORECKI: was pinned by Kelly Johnson, Alexandria, :43 ... was pinned by Blake Unger, New York MIlls, 3:25
182 pounds - ELI GRUENES: won 15-0 techfall over Pablo Garcia, Alexandria ... pinned Shay McClory, Annandale, 1:22 ... pinned Landon Seward, Alexandria, 2:24 ... 1st place
195 pounds - KYLER LOZINSKI: bye ... was pinned by Cody Vatnsdal, Alexandria, 5:44 ... won 5-3 dec over Jordan Nicholson, Alexandria ... pinned Carter Courtright, Annandale, 1:57 ... 3rd place
220 pounds - JOE VERSCHELDE: was pinned by Owen Kidrowski, KMS, 5:34 ... was pinned by Dylan Gray, Alexandria, 1:34
285 pounds - HUDSON SCHOLTEN: bye ... pinned Tim Wells, Barnesville, 3:53 ... pinned Grady Roberts, New York Mills, 1:29 ... 1st place

Scholten pin gives Vikings win
Minneota 34, Willmar 30
(Result Thursday, Jan. 12)
Minneota, rated No. 6 in Class A, hosted Class AAA No. 13-ranked Willmar in a rescheduled match and came away with an impressive 34-30 victory on Parents’ Night.
Hudson Scholten’s thrilling second-period pin at 285 pounds secured the match for the Vikings (8-0), who won eight of the 14 matches.
The Vikings rolled out to a 10-0 lead after decisions by Kaden Lasnetski at 106 and Quinton Anderson at 113, and a major decision by Adam DeVlaeminck (currently ranked No. 3 at 106 pounds) at 120.
Cavin Carlson, No. 6 in AAA at 120 pounds, then notched a pin for the Cardinals to make it 10-6.
Peyton Gillund, rated No. 5 at 132, earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Ivan Mares.
Willmar then won three straight matches, including two pins, to take a 21-13 lead.
Zack Fier, No. 2 at 152, then scored a pin at 160 and the Vikings closed to within 21-19.
The Cardinals then increased their lead to 27-19 with a pin by Braeden Erickson, rated No. 7 at 170 pounds.
Minneota got a pin from Alex DePestel at 182 and a decision by Eli Gruenes at 195 for a 28-27 lead.
A decision at 220 by Zander Miska gave Willmar a 30-28 lead heading into the final match.

106 pounds: Kaden Lasnetski, Min, dec Wyatt Cruze 2-0
113 pounds: Quinton Anderson, Min, dec Tommy Quinn 3-2
120 pounds: Adam DeVlaeminck, Min, majdec Carson Eichhorst 18-7
126 pounds: Cavin Carlson, Wil, pin Mason Javers 3:31
132 pounds: Peyton Gillund, Min, dec Ivan Mares 1-0
138 pounds: Marco Sanchez, Wil, dec Ezequiel Monzon 4-3
145 pounds: Conlan Carlson, Wil, pin Brock Fier 2:57
152 pounds: Cameren Champagne, Wil, pin Destin Fier 5:23
160 pounds: Zack Fier, Min, pin Isaac Zelaya-Velasquez 2:55
170 pounds: Braeden Erickson, Wil, pin Noah Gorecki 2:46
182 pounds: Alex DePestel, Min, pin Steven Cruze 1:32
195 pounds: Eli Gruenes, Min, dec Ramero Trevino 7-2
220 pounds: Zander Miska, Wil, dec Kyler Lozinski 5-0
285 pounds: Hudson Scholten, Min, pin Daunte Cas

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