The Big Lake wrestling team continues to be one of the better teams in the state this season. Over the weekend, the Hornets were impressive with a fourth-place finish at the 28-team Jackhammer Invitational at Pequot Lakes High School.
Big Lake crowned two individual weight-class champions, had one second place finish, two thirds and a fourth place at the meet.
Cash Sixberry remained undefeated (16-0) at 120 lbs. He pinned Asher Hedblom of Rock Ridge Virginia Area at 1:29 in the quarterfinals. He pinned Max Martin of Hutchinson at 2:00, then he pinned Brett DeRoo of Belgrade-Brooten Elrosa (BBE) at 1:43 to take the title.
At 126, Christian Noble (14-0) pinned Bryson Swenson of Andover at 0:20 in the quarterfinals. He won by tech fall, 19-3 over Wyatt Engen of BBE. He pinned Tony Baumann of Howard Lake at 2:59 for the championship.
Nolan Reiter (16-2) beat Devin Hansen of Albany, 7-2 in the quarterfinals at 132 lbs. He beat previously undefeated Colbe Tappe of Staples-Motley, 9-2 before falling to Ryan Jensen of BBE in the finals and finished second.
At 113, Cash Storz (5-1) pinned Caleb Fronning of Fergus Falls at 2:51 in the quarterfinals. He lost to undefeated Christian Jelle of Hibbing, 12-4, then pinned Elias Houle of Andover at 1:42 to take third place.
At 145, Dillon Browen (14-5) pinned Korey Kinyon of Pequot Lakes at 1:14 in the quarterfinals. He lost to Tyson Ullyot of Detroit Lakes, 14-5, then pinned Carter Coauette of Crookston at 4:41 to place third.
Tyler Dehmer (15-5) lost by tiebreaker to Zak McPhee of Proctor/Hermantown in the quarterfinals at 160, and again to McPhee in the finals, 7-5. He finished fourth.
Final team scores were:
1). BBE 227.0, 2). Pequot Lks-Pine River-B 215.5, 3). Thief River Falls 213.5, 4). Big Lake 204.5, 5). Hutchinson 133.0, 6). Andover 128.0, 7). Aitkin 125.5, 8). Albany 109.0, 9). Detroit Lakes 106.0, 10). Crookston 104.5, 11). Rock Ridge Virginia Area 98.0, 12). Perham 84.5, 13). Hibbing 76.5, 14). Howard Lake Waverly Winsted 74.0 15). Barnesville 69.0, 16). New York Mills 67.0, 17). Staples-Motley 60.0, 18). Irondale Spring Lake Park St. Anthony Village 56.0, 19). Bertha Verndale Parkers 55.5, 20). Otter Tail Central 52.0, 21). Park Rapids Area 51.0, 22). Deer River 43.0, 23). Fergus Falls 34.0, 24). Walker-Hack-Akeley-Nevis 30.0, 25). United Clay Becker 21.0, 26). Proctor/Hermantown 20.0, 27). Crosby-Ironton 18.0, 28). Fosston/Bagley 15.0.
Friday, the Hornets won 12 of 14 matches and beat Cambridge-Isanti, 69-10.
106: Landon Bagne (BL) over Brady Huntley, 6-5;
113: Leo Edblad over Ivan Lapointe (BL), 14-3;
120: Cash Sixberry (BL) over Blaine Wald, Fall 1:26;
126: Christian Noble (BL) over James Peterson, Fall 3:37;
132: Nolan Reiter (BL) over J. Peterson, Fall 3:05;
138: Zack Smith (BL) over James Harcey, Fall 0:49;
145: Dillon Browen (BL) over Maverick Henderson, Fall 3:01;
152: Dante Visci (BL) over Keith Hout, Fall 2:32;
160: Tyler Dehmer (BL) over Jacob Henderson, Fall 1:39;
170: Johnathon Murphy (BL) over Treytin Byers, Fall 4:00);
182: Brett Bordwell (BL) over Justin Henderson, Fall 0:33;
195: Peter Duncombe (BL) over Shawn Henderson, Fall 3:37;
220: Scott Simpson over Rieley Mullen (BL), Fall 3:58;
285: Kane Lapointe (BL) over Deke Scot, Fall 0:45.
Earlier in December, the Hornets finished a close second to St.Michael-Albertville at the Maple Grove Crimson Invite.
In that meet, Big Lake had six individual champions and three second place finishes.
Cash Sixberry (120), Christian Noble (126), Nolan Reiter (132), Jonathan Murphy (170), Brett Bordwell (182) and Rieley Mullen (220) each won their weight class.
Luke Schumacher (138), Dante Visci (152) and Peter Duncombe (195) had second-place finishes.
Final team scores were:
1). STMA 286.5, 2). Big Lake 265.5, 3). Blaine 101.0, 4). Maple Grove 92.5, 5). Bismarck Legacy 81.0, 6). Monticello 75.0, 7). Tartan 67.0, 8). North Branch 66.5, 9). Rush City-Braham 38.0, 10). St. Paul Highland Park 38.0, 11). Eagan 21.0, 12). Roseville Area 13.0, 13). Spectrum 7.0,
The Hornets also won a triangular meet against Monticello (68-3) and ROCORI (45-30) on Dec. 9.
They beat Foley, 47-21 and Annandale-Maple Lake 51-20 in another triangular Dec. 7.
The Hornets competed in a quad meet at Chanhassen High School against Chaska, Anoka and Centennial Tuesday, results to follow next week.
