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Webster boys wrestling competes in first tournament of the season, Groton Area wrestlers place in event

Thirteen Webster Area Bearcat wrestlers made to the trip to the Clark/Willow Lake Tournament Dec. 2 for their first tournament of the season. Two Bearcats won their weight class, one placed second and four finished fourth in their weight class. As a team Webster Area finished fourth out of nine teams. Due to a technical issue with the stats some of the results reported here are incomplete.

Sixteen Groton Area Tigers made the trip with a number of wrestlers placing in their weight class.

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Karstyn Schlechter (Webster Area) finished in fourth. Schlechter received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal match, Schlechter was defeated by Daniel Mason (Pierre JV) by fall in 2:47. In the consolation round two, won by fall over Korbin Mix (Britton/Hecla) in 1:22. In consolation round three, Schlechter won by fall over Aksel Gjerde (Clark/Willow Lake) in 2:21. In the consolation semifinals, Schlechter won by a 10-8 decision over Noah Scepaniak (Groton Area). In the third place match, Schlechter lost to Maverick Clausen (Clark/Willow Lake) in a 8-0 major decision.

N. Scepaniak did not place. In the first round, he defeated Korbin Mix (Britton/Hecla) by fall in 1:24. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Luke Gauer (Groton Area) in a 16-4 major decision. In the semifinal, he was defeated by Noah Horsley (Pierre JV) by fall in 2:30. In the consolation semifinal, he was defeated by Schlechter by a 10-8 decision.

Gauer did not place. In the first round he received a bye. In the quarterfinal, he lost to Scepaniak by a 16-4 major decision. In the second consolation round, he received a bye. In the third consolation round, he lost to Maverick Clausen (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall in 2:10.

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Tayten Kurkowski (Webster Area) placed first. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Benny Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) in a 8-1 decision. In the semifinal, Kurkowski defeated Lincoln Kilker (Britton/Hecla) by fall in 2:00. In the first place match, he defeated Wyatt Hagen (Groton Area) by a 10-5 decision.

Hagen placed second. In the first round, he received a bye. In the quarterfinal, Hagen defeated Cain Hogg (Faulkton Area) by a 15-0 technical fall. In the semifinal, Hagen defeated Jyles Auble (Pierre JV) in a 8-5 decision. In the first place match, Hagen lost to Kurkowski in a 10-5 decision.

Aiden Storm (Groton Area) did not place. In the first round, he lost to Auble in a fall in 1:10. In the first consolation round, he received a bye. In the second consolation round, he lost to Pommer by fall in 1:59.

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Lincoln Krause (Groton Area) placed second. In the quarterfinal, he received a bye. In the semifinal, he defeated Karsten Lerwick (Kingsbury County) by fall in 2:00. In the first place match, he lost to Cade Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall in 0:49.

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John Bisbee (Groton Area) did not place. In the quarterfinal, he received a bye. In the semifinal, Bisbee lost to Sean Roseland (Faulkton Area) by fall in 0:28. In the consolation semifinal, Bisbee lost to Culter Davis (Kingsbury County) by fall in 2:08.

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Tacey Miller (Webster Area) finished in second place. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Brady Lowery (Pierre JV) by fall in 0:25. In the semifinal match, Miller defeated Camdyn Ockenga (Canton JV) in a 11-4 decision. In the first place match, Miller lost to Cody Zell (Kingsbury County) in a 8-7 decision.

Donavon Block (Groton Area) did not place. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, Block defeated Cody Shepherd (Tiospa Zina) by fall in 0:22. In the semifinal, Block lost to Zell by fall in 1:17. In the consolation semifinal, Block lost to Isaac Johnson (Clark/WIllow Lake) by a 11-2 major decision.

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Gavon Larson (Webster Area) did not place. Larson received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, Larson lost to Lane Albrecht (Kingsbury County) in a 5-3 decision. In the second consolation round, Larson received a bye. In the third consolation round, he defeated Westen Olson (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall in 2:13. In the consolation semifinal match, Larson lost to Wyatt Tuntland (Canton JV) by fall in 1:50.

Walker Zoellner (Groton Area) placed second. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, Zoellner defeated Bryce Heitkamp (Britton/Hecla) by fall in 0:51. In the semifinal, he defeated Tuntland by fall. In the first place match, he lost to Chase Adam (Canton JV) by fall.

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Haeden Jorgenson (Webster Area) finished in first place. In the quarterfinal match, Jorgenson defeated Lane Jensen (Kingsbury County) by fall in 1:37. In the semifinal match, Jorgenson defeated Taylor Merkel (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall. In the first place match, Jorgenson defeated Greyson Nielson (Kingsbury County) by technical fall winning 21-6.

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Rylan Meuer (Webster Area) did not place. In the quarterfinal match, Meuer lost to Conner Giedd (Kingsbury County) by fall in 3:16. In the first consolation round, Meuer defeated Lordus Ross (Tiospa Zina) by fall. In the consolation semifinal, Meuer lost to Austin Vig (Clark/Willow Lake) in a sudden victory 7-5.

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Trace Shoemaker (Webster Area) did not place. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, Shoemaker defeated Matt Batchelor (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall in 2:47. In the semifinal, Shoemaker lost to Ayson Rice (Canton JV) by a 18-1 technical fall. In the consolation semifinal, Shoemaker lost to Blake Jennings (Kingsbury County) in a 3-1 decision.

Christian Ehresmann (Groton Area) placed second. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Aiden Van Balen (Pierre JV) by fall in 0:17. In the semifinal, he defeated Landon Coyle (Faulkton Area) by fall. In the first place match, he lost to Rice in a 14-3 major decision.

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Gage Baumgarn (Webster Area) did not place. In the first round, Baumgarn defeated Dustin Stabnow (Britton/Hecla) by a fall in 1:06. In the quarterfinal, he lost to Garrett Cramer (Faulkton Area) by a 10-1 major decision. In the second consolation round, Baumgarn defeated Owen Anderson (Kingsbury County) in a 15-0 technical fall. In the third consolation round, he defeated Lane Halverson (Canton JV) by a fall. In the consolation semifinals, Baumgarn lost to Korbin Kucker (Groton Area) in a 10-1 major decision.

Blaise McGregor (Webster Area) did not place. In the first round, McGregor lost to Tyson Polston (Pierre JV) by a fall in 0:50. In the first consolation round, McGregor received a bye. In the second consolation round, he lost to Lane Halverson (Canton JV) by a fall in 1:46.

Kucker placed third. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Jackson Charron (Pierre JV) by fall in 3:16. In the semifinal, he lost to Aidan Kranz (Canton JV) won by 9-1 major decision. In the consolation semifinal, he defeated Baumgarn in a 10-1 major decision. In the first place match, he defeated Collin Beaner (Britton/Hecla) in a 4-2 decision.

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Easten Ekern (Groton Area) did not place. In the quarterfinal, he lost to Bryce Klancke (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall in 0:25. In the first consolation round, he lost to Micah Decker (Canton JV) by fall in 1:55.

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Hunter Bourassa (Webster Area) finished in fourth. In the first round he received a bye. In the quarterfinal, Bourassa defeated Devin Ridge (Canton JV) by fall in 3:26. In the semifinal, Bourassa lost to Josh Kannegieter (Clark/Willow Lake) by a fall. In the consolation semifinal, he defeated Deion Harris (Kingsbury County) by fall in 0:27. In the third place match, he lost to Sam Larson (Pierre JV) by fall in 3:19.

Ben Hoeft (Groton Area) did not place. In the first round he lost to Kalo Steely (Pierre JV) by fall in 1:51. He received a bye in the first consolation round. In the second consolation round he won by injury default over Conner Glines (Britton/Hecla). In the third consolation round, he lost to Harris by fall.

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Isaac Nelson (Webster Area) finished fourth. In the quarterfinal match, Nelson defeated Riley Popp (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall in 0:26. In the semifinal match, Nelson lost to Drake Mueller (Faulkton Area) by fall. In the consolation semifinal match, Nelson defeated Dashel Davidson (Britton/Hecla) by fall in 1:26. In the third place match, Nelson lost to Gunnar Swenson (Canton JV) by fall in 2:09.

Drew Thurston (Groton Area) did not place in the 190 weight class. In the quarterfinal, he was defeated by Swenson by fall in 1:30. In the first consolation round, he was defeated by Davidson by fall.

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Matthew Angiolelli (Webster Area) finished fourth. In the quarterfinal match, Angiolelli defeated Sam Crowe (Kingsbury County) by fall in 0:31. In the semifinal, Angiolelli lost to Lincoln Dikoff (Faulkton Area) by fall. In the consolation semifinal, he defeated Isiah Scepaniak (Groton Area) by fall in 0:47. In the third place match, he lost to Tristen Baloun (Faulkton Area) by fall in 1:42.

I. Scepaniak did not place. In the quarterfinal, he lost to Baloun by fall in 0:24. He received a bye in the first consolation round. In the consolation semifinal, he lost to Angiolelli by fall in 0:47.

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Gage Miotke (Webster Area) did not place. In the first round, he defeated Jesse Wentz (Canton JV) by fall in 0:40. In the quarterfinal, Miotke lost to Parker Bode (Faulkton Area) by fall in 0:18. In the second consolation round, he received a bye. In the third consolation round, Miotke defeated Collin Gaikowski (Clark/Willow Lake) by fall. In the consolation semifinal, he lost to Gavin Englund (Groton Area) by fall in 1:28.

Karter Moody (Groton Area) placed fourth. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, he defeated Gaikowski by fall in 0:40. In the semifinal, Moody lost to Bode by fall. In the consolation semifinal, Moody defeated Tyler Lease (Canton JV) by fall in 1:49. In the third place match, Moody lost to Englund by fall in 1:58.

Englund placed third. He received a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinal, Englund defeated Lease by fall in 2:42. In the semifinal, Englund lost to Tucker Hardy (Britton/Hecla) by fall. In the consolation semifinal, Englund defeated Miotke by fall in 1:28. In the third place match, Englund defeated Moody by fall in 1:58.

Coach Wade Rausch said he was happy with the way the team competed and saw a lot of positives. He said there are things he will work on with the team moving forward.

The Bearcats travel to the Northeast Conference Tournament in Milbank Dec. 14 followed by a trip to Mt. Vernon Dec. 16 for the Mt. Vernon-Plankinton Tournament.

Next up for Groton is a trip to Milbank Dec. 14 for the Northeast Conference Tournament.

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