Minneota wrestlers second at Jackson
Minneota finished second at the Jackson County Central Pizza Ranch Invitational wrestling tournament at Jackson on Saturday.
Harrisburg won the event with 205 points with Minneota second at 184 and host Jackson County Central third at 130.5.
Minneota didn't get an individual champion, but Brant Buysse, Shawn Buysse and T.J. Esping took second place honors.
In third for the Vikings were Cole VanOverbeke and Teddy Pesch.
JCC Pizza Ranch Invitational
1. Harrisburg 205
2. Minneota 184
3. Jackson County Central 130.5
4. Worthington 121
5. West Sioux 117
6. Windom/Mt. Lake 115.5
7. Lake Crystal-Welcome Memorial 96.5
8. Wabasha-Kellogg 93
9. St. James Area 70.5
10. Sioux City East 68
11. Waseca 64
12. New Richland-H-E-G 55
13. Luverne 48
14. United South Central 44
15. Adrian 36
16. Madelia/Truman 6
Pizza Ranch Invitational
Minneota Results:
106-Jonah Gruenes, 3-1, Fifth Place.
Major decisioned by Payton Handevidt (Jackson County Central) 12-1. Bye; Pinned Breyer Hieronimus (Adrian), 1:00; Decisioned Tucker Wills (Lake Crystal-WMA), 9-2; FIFTH PLACE-Major decisioned Riley Cowell (Luverne), 13-5.
113-Eric Carrasco 1-2, Fourth Place.
Bye; pinned Wyatt Westcott (St. James), 3:23; pinned by Sean Heeney (Sioux Falls East), 3:23; THIRD PLACE-Decisioned by Logan Taylor (Adrian), 2-1.
120-Kade Lozinski, 4-1, Fifth Place.
Pinned Andrew Reich (New Richland-H-E-G), 2:27; Lost major decision to Brett Willaby (Windom-Mountain Lake), 11-3; pinned Zaydan Abdulrahman (Worthington), 1:46; pinned Brandon Combs (Adrian), :23; Fifth Place-pinned Dayton Deutsch (Waseca), 5:59.
126-Brant Buysse, 3-1, Second Place.
Pinned Zach Bradley (Luverne), :57; pinned Trenton Renquist (Windom-Mt. lake), 1:26; decisioned Sam Kulseth (St. James Area), 6-5; CHAMPIONSHIP-Decisioned by Caleb Clobes, (Lake Crystal-WMA, 7-2.
132-Teddy Pesch 3-1, Third Place
Major decisionedTanner Sanderson (Wabasha-Kellogg), 11-2; decisioned Ethan Hendrickson (Jackson County Central), 7-0; Lost major decision to Jacob Prunty (Worthington), 13-0; THIRD PLACE-Major decisioned Tucker Oeltjenbruns (Luverne), 11-2.
138-Blake Reiss 2-2, Fifth Place.
Lost major decision to Tagen Miller (Wabasha-Kellogg), 10-0; bye; Major decisioned Lay K Paw (Worthington), 12-1; decisioned Gavin Sonnek (United South Central), 4-2; FIFTH PLACE-Pinned Preston Nelson (Adrian), :56.
145-Austin Kloos 0-2, No Place.
Decisioned by Zach Spinks (Windom-Mt. Lake), 10-4; pinned by Aaron Munoz (Jackson C. C.), :52.
152-Justin Johnson 2-2, Sixth Place.
Pinned by Brandon Schuller (West Sioux), 2:54; bye; pinned Jaime Castenada (Adrian), :57; decisioned Devin Beier (Wabasha-Kllogg), :57; FIFTH PLACE-Decisioned by Collin Kehrwald (Harrisburg), 7-6.Cons.
160-Cole Vanoverbeke, 2-1, Third Place
Bye; tech fall Patrick Fischer (Sioux City East), 16-0, 4:43; decisioned by Cole Staloch (New Richland-H-E-G), 7-3); THIRD PLACE-Major decisioned Ryan Meyer (Harrisburg), 10-2.
170-Kyle Banks 1-2, No Place.
Pinned James Hodge (Madelia-Truman-Martin Luther), 2:24; pinned by Jeremiah Colon (Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area), 5:21; pinned by Tyler Jacobson (New Richland-H-E-G) over Kyle Banks, 1:39.
182-Shawn Buysse, 3-1, Second Place.
Pinned Avery Northquest (Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area), 5:11; tech falled Dawson DeBell (Sioux City East), 18-2, 4:38; decisioned Cody Irish (Wabasha-Kellogg), 8-1; CHAMPIONSHIP-Decisioned by Cade Bruggeman (Harrisburg) 1-0.
195-Josh Laleman 1-2, Fourth Place.
Bye; pinned Sam Dunker (Jackson County Central), 3:15; pinned by Jabari Carlton (Windom-Mountain Lake), :41; Third Place: decisioned by Jacob Neuberger (Worthington), 5-1.
195-Layne Lozinski, 2-2, Fifth Place
Bye; Decisioned by Josh Tassler (Harrisburg), 4-2; pinned William Rehm (Saint James Area, 3:42; FIFTH PLACE-Decisioned Jon Norgrant (Wabasha-Kellogg), 7-5.
220-Jackson Esping, 1-2, Fourth Place.
Bye; decisioned; Jacob Billings (United South Central), 8-4; pinned by Jacob Hertzog (Waseca) 1:28; THIRD PLACE-Pinned by Kyler Bak (West Sioux) over Jackson Esping.
285-Trent Esping, 2-1, Second Place.
Bue; pinned David Frank (West Sioux), 1:18; pinned Noah Sandmeyer (St. James Area), 4:27; CHAMPIONSHIP-Decisioned by Sam Detert (Harrisburg), 3-1.