Tuesday, Becker hosted Milaca and lost by 24.

Milaca 46, Becker 22

The Bulldogs hosted the Milaca Wolves and got wins from Lukas Paulson, Josh Lumley, Kevin Andres, Adam Bauman, Zack Fisher and Jaylin Hildebrandt.

106-lbs.: Paulson (BB) over Garrett Hall (MW), 9-4; 113-lbs.: Spencer Cook (MW) over Jacob Berning (BB) fall 4:35; 120-lbs.: Lumley (BB) over Zach Salgren (MW) MD 18-5; 126-lbs.: Andres (BB) over Moses Danilyuk (MW) 1-0; 132-lbs.: Bauman (BB) over Logan Majerus (MW) 3-0; 138-lbs.: Kyle Starr (MW) over Mikey James (BB) MD 22-9; 145-lbs.: Reece Sandberg (MW) over Jon Schwartz (BB) fall 4:50.

 

152-lbs.: Dru Kuchenbaker (MW) win by forfeit; 160-lbs.: Fisher (BB) over Cole Barsody (MW) 5-3; 170-lbs.: Gage Thomas-Ferry (MW) win by forfeit; 182-lbs.: Hildebrandt (BB) over Craig Santema (MW) fall 1:55; 195-lbs.: Neil Hanson (MW) win by forfeit; 220-lbs.: Alex Chidester (MW) over Austin Benkowski (BB) fall 1:59; 285-lbs.: Dylan Nelson (MW) over Casey Vesledahl (BB) fall 2:47.

 

The Bulldogs traveled to Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa last Saturday to compete in an invitational with seven area teams.

 

Becker’s Lukas Paulson took second place at 106-lbs. as he beat Hayden Hart of Ottertail Central (4-0), then Will Magaard of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (3-1) before losing to Canon Swanson of BBE (7-3).

 

At 120-lbs., Josh Lumley also took second place as he received a bye in the first round, beat Jacob Carlson of KMS (5-2) before losing to Noah Becker of LPGE-Browerville (11-1).

Wrestling at 126-lbs., Kevin Andres finished fourth when he beat Marc Hendricks of OTC (10-9), then lost to Jadon Buntjer of LPGE-B by fall (5:07) before losing to Andrew Loch of Litchfield by fall (2:16).

 

Adam Bauman finished fourth at 132-lbs. when he lost to Sam Tibbits of Litchfield in the first round (fall 3:34), then he beat Ryan Tuchtenhagen of Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted by fall (:43). He knocked off James Holen of OTC (8-4) before losing to Jonathan Tostenson of KMS (6-2) in the third place match.

 

At 138-lbs., Blake Paulson beat Trevor Ziegenhagen of Litchfield (3-0) before losing to Nicholas Middendorf of LPGE-B (5-4). Paulson then beat Alex Erlandson of OTC (9-0) before losing to Caleb Collins from KMS (4-1) to take fourth.

 

Jon Schwartz lost his first round match at 145-lbs. to Dylan Penk of Litchfield (fall 2:29), then lost to Isaiah Gilbert of BBE by fall (1:16).

 

At 152-lbs., Zack Fisher lost to eventual champion Coy Thorson of OTC (fall 2:30) in the first round, then beat Skyla Dacus of HLWW by fall (2:49) before losing to Colby Schramel of BBE by technical fall (4:38) to end his bid for placement.

 

Junior Jaylin Hildebrandt was Becker’s entry at 182-lbs., and he took home first place with wins over Orion Reutzel of BBE (fall :55), Keegan Cavallero of LPGE-B (4-1) and Kal Jackman of Litchfield (7-3).

 

At 195-lbs., Austin Benkowski lost his first round match to Gerad Moorse of Minneota (4-2) before losing to Joe Onstad of OTC by fall (3:48).

 

In the heavyweight match, (285-lbs.) Casey Vesledahl dominated with wins over Chase Liestman of Una (8-3), Austin Chyba of LPGE-B (fall 3:27) and Calton Kinney of KMS (fall 1:56) to take home first place.

 

As a team, Becker finished in sixth place.

 

1). Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 183.0; 2). LPGE-Browerville 134.0; 3). Ottertail Central 124.5; 4). Litchfield 121.0; 5). Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 119.5; 6). Becker 96.0; 7). Minneota 31.0; 8). Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 3.0.

 

The Bulldogs hosted a quadrangular Friday against Fergus Falls, Royalton and Delano-Rockford (full report on matches in next week’s Citizen-Tribune). They travel to Little Falls Tuesday, then Albany Thursday before heading to Tartan Saturday.