LONG PRAIRIE — Undefeated Craig Orlando from Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie and Wadena-Deer Creek’s Cody Wheeler won individual titles at the Park Region Conference Tournament Saturday, Feb. 1.
The BHVPP Raiders placed fifth and the W-DC Wolverines were eighth in the team standings. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle won the nine-team tournament.
Orlando won all three of his matches and improved his season record to 35-0. He pinned Royalton-Upsala’s Mason Novitz in 23 seconds for the heavyweight championship.
The Raiders picked up second-place finishes from Dan Revering at 106 and Deagan Captain at 113. Mason Schroeder went 3-1 to finish third at 160.
Wheeler claimed the 182 title by injury default 23 seconds into his match with LPGE’s Caleb Pesta.
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Mason Snyder (126) and Logan Wegscheid (220) won third-place matches for WDC.
Team Scores: 1-Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 221, 2-West Central 156, 3-Ottertail Central 150, 4-Royalton-Upsala 138, 5-Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 136, 6-United North Central 127.5, 7-New York Mills 91, 8-Wadena-Deer Creek 68, 9-Osakis 35
BHVPP results:
106: 2-Dan Revering 2-1
113: 2-Deagen Captain 2-1
120: 5-Aiden Larson 2-2
126: 5-Reese Thompson 2-2
132: 5-Justin Koehn 2-2
152: 4-Brock Peterson 2-2
160: 3-Mason Schroeder 3-1
170: 5-Carter Rokes 2-2
182: Tyler Eggert 0-2
195: 5-Jaden Finck 2-2
220:4-Koal Ploutz 2-2
285: 1-Craig Orlando 3-0
Next: BHVPP hosts LPGE 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6.
WDC results:
106: River McQuiston 0-2
126: 3-Mason Snyder 3-1
132: Brandon Wheeler 0-2
138: Koby Endres 0-2
145: 4-Connor Dirks 2-2
160: Brayden Kleinke 0-2
182: 1-Cody Wheeler 3-0
220: 3-Logan Wegscheid 3-1
Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Pelican Rapids Triangular 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Grand Rapids 32, Aitkin 30
GRAND RAPIDS — Nathan Stifter and Sam Ostrode won by pins for the Aitkin Gobblers in a 32-30 non-conference loss to Grand Rapids Saturday, Feb. 1.
Carson Kullhem scored a 19-4 technical fall for the Gobblers and Hunter Hill won by a major decision.
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Grand Rapids 32, Aitkin 30
106: Nathan Trotter (A) dec. Justin Jobe 15-9
113: Marshall Larson (A) dec. Tanner Morlan 10-5
120: Carson Kullhem (A) tech. fall Sam Villeneuve Soule 19-4
126: Connor Wakefield (GR) maj. dec. Nathan Rom 10-1
132: Zach Wilke (GR) dec. Tanner Hills 7-2
138: Dusty Wilke (GR) dec. Jack Grell 2-0
145: Caydon Lehman (GR) pinned Cory Hill 0:49
152: Brayden Jones (GR) pinned Daniel Decent 1:05
160: Tyler Decent (A) dec. dain walters 11-5
170: Hunter Hills (A) maj. dec. Clayton danielson 14-4
182: Tyler Prebeck (GR) maj. dec. Zachary Leitinger 10-1
195: Tyler Theis (GR) by forfeit
220: Nathan Stifter (A) pinned Matti Rajala 2:54
285: Sam Ostrode (A) pinned Dominick Wuethrich 1:40
Overall: A 12-8. Next: Aitkin hosts Elk River, Zimmerman 5 p.m. Thursday Feb. 6.
Pierz places 7th in tournament
ST. PAUL — Trevor Radunz, Riley Hoskins, Tanner Young and Brandon Schlegel all placed second for the Pierz Pioneers who finished seventh as a team at the St. Croix Lutheran Invitational Saturday, Feb. 1.
Young improved his season record to 28-3 and Radunz is 34-6.
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