Wrestling: Flyers defeat Warriors, lose to Willmar in 8-3A semifinals

MOORHEAD- Luke Venske, Grant Litke and Francis Houdek pinned their opponents in the No. 4-seeded Little Falls Flyers' 35-28 victory over the No. 5 Brainerd Warriors in the Section 8-3A team quarterfinals Saturday.

Kyle Eschenbacher recorded the only pin for the Warriors.

The Flyers advanced to the semifinals where they fell 56-18 to the top-seeded Willmar Cardinals.

Quarterfinals

Little Falls 35, Brainerd 28

106 - Atlie Danielson (Brd) maj. Dec. Calvin Sherwood 14-0

113 - Chad Orsburn (Brd) win by forfeit

120 - Kyle Eschenbacher (Brd) pinned Trent Krupke 4:00

126 - Denny Busbey (Brd) dec. Kole Kern 7-5

132 - Kyle Patnode (Brd) dec. Simon Pantzke 6-2

138 - Brad Patnode (Brd) dec. Dakota Kern 10-4

145 - Gabe Nagel (LF) maj. dec. Max Boran 10-1

152 - Simon Bryce (LF) dec. Braden Kramer 7-5 ot

160 - Jon Nelson (Brd) dec. Tony Winkleman 4-0

170 - Francis Houdek (LF) pinned Isaiah Boberg 0:21

182 - Grant Litke (LF) pinned Morgan Gibson 2:38

195 - Sam Nagel (LF) maj. dec. Austin Newgord 14-4

220 - Luke Venske (LF) pinned Fletcher DeRosier 1:21

285 - Ryan Graves (LF) win by forfeit

Overall: B 11-13. Next: Brainerd in Section 8-3A individual championships at St. Cloud Tech Saturday.

Semifinals

Willmar 56, Little Falls 18

106 - Caden Carlson (W) pinned Calvin Sherwood 5:25

113 - Jack Roehl (W) win by forfeit

120 - Israel Navarro (W) pinned Trent Krupke 0:37

126 - Josh Miley (W) pinned Dakota Kern 0:30

132 - Clay Carlson (W) tech. Fall Simon Pantzke 24-7

138 - Cael Carlson (W) pinned Dakota Kern 1:10

145 - Gabe Nagel (LF) dec. Grant Deegan 7-0

152 - Simon Bryce (LF) dec. Bryce Erickson 8-2

160 - Ethan Roux (W) pinned Francis Houdek 1:30

170 - Grant Litke (LF) pinned Kaden Streed 2:00

182 - Lincoln Shinn (W) pinned Charles Steadman 0:41

195 - Sam Nagel (LF) pinned Josiah Swanson 0:52

220 - Andrew Reigstad (W) pinned Luke Venske 2:53

285 - Charlie Farhat (W) dec. Ryan Graves 5-2

Overall: LF 17-15. Next: Little Falls in Section 8-3A individual championships at St. Cloud Tech Saturday.