It was nearly a perfect evening last Friday when the Becker Bulldog wrestling team hosted a triangular match and came away with 27 wins in 28 individual matches en route to two blowout wins.

They started the evening with a dominating 72-3 victory over Mississippi 8 foe Chisago Lakes before blanking the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm, 81-0.

In the win over the Wildcats, Becker picked up six forfeit wins to make the affair a one-sided event.  Bennett Kujawa and Nolan Jurek each scored forfeit wins to open the match, followed by a Kaden Nicolas decision at 120 as the rout was on.

Landen Kujawa (126) and Drew May (132) each picked up first period pins for the Bulldogs, followed by a pair of major decision wins – Ethan Duncombe (138) and Ethan Anderson (145) – as Becker led 36-0 after the first seven matches.

Next up was a Mason Doucette first period fall at 152, followed by a forfeit win at 160 for Adam Jurek. Ryan Nelson (170) and Tyson Ricker (182) each scored forfeit wins for Becker before Joe Goth also pinned his opponent at 220. A Bryce Kuschel win at 285 gave Becker the final tally.

In the nightcap, Becker went a perfect 14-0 in matches to quell the Storm in a win that included six Bulldog pins.

Picking up the wins for Becker were B. Kujawa (106), N. Jurek (113), L Kujawa (126), Anderson (145), Doucette (152) and Nelson (170).

Forfeit wins were picked up by Nicolas, Duncombe, A. Jurek, Ricker, Dylan Weber (195), Goth (220) and Kuschel.

May (dec. 132) was the other winner for the Bulldogs, who were ranked third in the state in the most recent Class AA rankings, as reported by The Guillotine.

In those same recent rankings, several Bulldogs picked up individual top ten rankings, including Nicolas (third at 113 pounds), Landen Kujawa (ninth at 126), Doucette (10th at 152), Ricker (ninth at 182), Dylan Kolby (fourth at 220), and Kuschel (10th at 285).

Thursday night, the Bulldogs were scheduled to travel to Cambridge-Isanti to take on the Bluejackets, while on Thursday, January 27th, the Bulldogs host the Big Lake Hornets.  Big Lake is currently ranked #5 in the state, setting up a border battle of two of the top teams in Class AA Wrestling.