The Big Lake wrestling team placed eighth of 13 teams at the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Invitational last Saturday.
The Hornets had one individual champion and five other wrestlers finished in the top six spots in their weight class.
Carson Gellerman (25-0) won the title at 189 pounds. After a bye, the senior beat Birk Swenson of Mounds View by tech fall, 17-2. He beat Aaron Jones of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg by the same score. Then he beat Joseph Muhlstein of Mounds View, 14-4 in the final.
Cash Stortz took third at 133 pounds. He opened with a 7-0 win over Andy Fischer of Becker, then pinned Brady Kirkpatrick of Mound-Westonka at 1:20. He lost a 7-1 decision to champion Brett Swenson of Mounds View, then pinned Ryan LaCanne of Kenyon-Wanamingo at 1:17 in his final match.
Liam Mayer finished third at 215 pounds. After a bye, the 10th-grader pinned Knute Ronningen of Kenyon-Wanamingo at 1:38. He lost a 5-1 decision to Matthew Busse of Howard Lake, then pinned Logan Dudningen of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at 1:33 in his final match.
Dallas Sibbet finished fourth at 145 pounds. After a bye, he beat Jack Fischer of Becker, 16-5. He lost to Tony Baumann of Howard Lake, 7-1, then lost by pin to Connor Flanagan of St. Thomas Academy in his last match.
Elijah Schaller finished sixth at 121 pounds. After a loss by tech fall to Boston Kuschel of Becker, he had two bye wins. Then he pinned of Jonah Erickson of St. Thomas Academy at 0:46 and Brady Peacock of Mounds View at 2:41 before losing by pin to Max Schlagel of Howard Lake in his final match.
Cooper Cusick took sixth at 160 pounds. He had four bye wins, but lost his final match, 5-4 to Al Zuniga-Lop from Mound-Westonka.
Triangular
At a triangular meet last Thursday the Hornets lost to Becker, 44-22 and beat North Branch, 60-8.
Becker 44, Big Lake 22
107 Jacob Williams (BK) pinned Hayden Bessette at 1:22; 114 Rylan Kujawa (BK) over Grant Volk, 10-0; 121 Boston Kuschel (BK) pinned Elijah Schaller at 2:53; 127 Nolan Jurek (BK) over Gavin Jones, 13-4; 133 Bennett Kujawa (BK) over Cash Stortz, 9-6; 139 Jake Rosenow (BK) pinned Jason Wagner at 1:05; 145 Landen Kujawa (BK) pinned Jack Hess at 1:24; 152 Kaden Nicolas (BK) pinned Dallas Sibbet at 2:24.
160 Cooper Cusick (BL) pinned Brayden Boots at 1:01; 172 Caleb Smith (BL) over Kendrick Tomasko, 18-5; 189 Liam Mayer (BL) pinned Logan Carrington at 1:20; 215 Carson Gellerman (BL) by forfeit; 285 Aiden Golley (BK) over Austin Frederickson, 2-1.
Big Lake 60, North Branch 8
107 Hayden Bessette (BL) pinned Dominic Taylor at 0:25; 114 Jack Baker (NB) over Grant Volk, 10-7; 121 Elijah Schaller (BL) by forfeit; 127 Gavin Jones (BL) by tech fall over Mason Henry; 133 Cash Stortz (BL) by forfeit; 139 Jason Wagner (BL) by forfeit; 145 Jack Hess (BL) by forfeit; 152 Dallas Sibbet (BL) pinned Logan Rediske at 1:19.
160 Cooper Cusick (BL) over Emmit Hansen,10-1; 172 Evan Pommier (NB) by tech fall over Caleb Smith; 189 Carson Gellerman (BL) pinned Parker Deniger at 1:28; 215 Liam Mayer (BL) pinned Aydan Loren at 1:29; 285 Austin Frederickson (BL) over Moses Ochoa, 4-3.
Vs. Thunder
Last Tuesday, the Hornets beat Zimmerman, 39-30.
107 Hunter Houle (Z) over Hayden Bessette by tech fall; 114 Gabe Swenson (Z) by forfeit; 121 Mathew Morales (BL) oby forfeit; 127 Elijah Schaller (BL) by forfeit; 133 Dylan Doherty (Z) over Gavin Jones, 16-7; 139 Cash Stortz (BL) pinned Christopher Belair at 3:01; 145 Zander Spitzmueller (Z) over Jack Hess, 10-2; 152 Julian Juarez (Z) over William Hess by tech fall.
160 Nolan Wegner (Z) over pinned Cooper Cusick at 0:41; 172 Caleb Smith (BL) pinned Dalton Bryner at 2:40; 189 Carson Gellerman (BL) pinned Nathaniel Belair at 3:09; 215 Liam Mayer (BL) pinned Carson Stay at 1:18; 285 Austin Frederickson (BL) beat Bryce Nordlund 6-3.
Up Next
The Hornets hosted a triangular meet with Albany and Sauk Rapids-Rice Friday, results next week.
