Section 8-3A Wrestling: Schlosser, Lange capture championships

By Brainerd Dispatch

February 22, 2015 at 11:00 PM

ALEXANDRIA - Andy Schlosser (120 pounds) of Brainerd and Axel Lange (152) of Little Falls captured championships in the Section 8-3A individual wrestling tournament Saturday night to advance to the state tournament.

Schlosser defeated Bemidji's Brian Maas 11-6 for his title. Maas was seeded first at 120 and ranked second at that weight class. Schlosser (38-2) was seeded second in the section and ranked fourth in 3A.

"Maas beat Andy in the Paul Bunyan tournament earlier in the season 7-4 I believe was the score," Warriors co-head coach Mike Boran said. "Both of them are pretty highly ranked for whatever that's worth. It was just a fun, entertaining match to watch.

"Andy really wrestled well. He went in with a pretty good game plan and just beat him. It was a great match for Andy to come back and beat a highly ranked kid who has placed in the state a couple times. It was a nice step for him to go to the state tournament with some momentum."

Runner-up Braden Kramer (106) will also advance for the Warriors, as well as second-place Josh Beack (145) of Little Falls.

Kramer lost a 2-1 decision to Zac Spohn of Sauk Rapids for the 106 title. He will carry a 24-7 mark to state.

"It was a nice accomplishment for Braden being an eighth-grader," Boran said. "He's having a good season. He went in and knew it would be close in the final match. He had a great tournament. He's had a great season. Advancing to state as an eighth-grader was a big step for him."

Logan Kapphahn (126) also qualified for the Flyers by winning a true-second place by decision over Alex Pachan of St. Cloud Apollo.

Brainerd's Cole Kubesh (113) wrestled for true second and lost by decision to Alex Kern of St. Cloud Tech. The Warriors' Kesmond Willert lost a 6-4 decision to Blake Olhausen of Alexandria for true second at 138.

A.J. Jenks of Little Falls lost for true second by fall to Dustin Neu of Alexandria at 160. The Flyers' Billy Winkelman (285) lost by fall to Kolton Farnick of Sauk Rapids-Rice for true second.

Section 8-3A Individual Results

106: 1st-Zac Spohn (Sauk Rapids-Rice), 2nd-Braden Kramer (Brainerd)

113: 1st-Rylee Molitor (Sartell)

120: 1st-Andy Schlosser (Brainerd)

126: 1st-Tony Bemboom (Sauk Rapids), True 2nd- Logan Kapphahn (Little Falls), 5-Drew Breun (Brd)

132: 1st-Austin Brenner (St. Cloud Tech)

138: 1st-Korey Keske (Sauk Rapids), 3-Kesmond Willert (Brd)

145: 1st-Noah Peichel (Sartell), 2nd- Josh Beack (Little Falls), 5-Eli Horn (Brd)

152: 1st-Axel Lange (Little Falls), 6-Tate Arntson (Brd)

160: 1st-Samuel Grove (Moorhead)

170: 1st-Cole Schreder (Tech), 4-Morgan Gibson (Brd)

182: 1st-Ben Lien (Moorhead), 3-Isaiah Stewart (Brd)