Of the five Becker Bulldog wrestlers who made it to state this past weekend, only one got as high as sixth place (Bobby Lee).
At 106-lbs., Josh Lumley’s (17-12) first match was against Jake Gliva (38-9) of Simley with Gliva advancing with a 12-4 win. It was Lumley’s only match of the tournament.
At 145-lbs., Cody Ferris (31-11) lost his first round match to Jacob Steinbauer (39-5) of Waconia who eventually finished in third place. Ferris’s second round match was against Jackson Schauer (32-8) of Grand Rapids and Ferris eked out a 2-1 win in three overtimes to advance. Ferris’s day ended later on when he lost 3-2 to Alexi Bode (39-8) of Fosston/Bagley.
Zach Zimmer (23-3), wrestling at 160-lbs., started off on the right foot, beating Jarrett Nosal (26-8) of Detroit Lakes by a 4-1 score. However, Zimmer was pinned in his second round match against Thomas Miller (39-8) of Plainview-Elgin-Millville, then subsequently lost to Jake Pramann (31-12) of Princeton 5-4 to end his title hopes.
At 170-lbs., Bobby Lee (30-7) beat Joe Virga (33-2) of Chisago Lakes Area, 5-3 in his first round match, then beat Derek Johnson (34-6) of Cannon Falls in his second match. Lee would go on to lose to Derek Dahlke (40-8) of Scott West, 7-5 in overtime, then lose to Billy McClay (35-7) of Princeton 7-3 before ending his tournament run with a loss to Luke Kelvington (20-3) of Foley 5-3 in overtime for a sixth place finish.
At 220-lbs., Mason Olson (31-9) was pinned by Dalton Clouse (25-8) of Glencoe-Lester Prairie at 3:29, then lost to Dylan Winegar (30-12) of Waseca, 7-5 in overtime to end his tournament hopes.
Garrett Aldrich (39-7) of Albert lea Area won the title at 106-lbs. Jakob Stageberg (38-0) of New London-Spicer took home the championship at 113-lbs. Skyler Petry (42-0) of WEM/JWP won the title at 120-lbs. Anthony Luft (42-2) of Worthington took first in the 126-lb. category.
Griffin Parriott (42-1) of New Prague finished first at 132-lbs. Zach Siegle (49-1) of Scott West won the title at 138-lbs. Brady Berge (50-0) of Kasson-Mantorville won first place at 145-lbs. Mack Short (47-3) of Simley captured first place at 152-lbs. Andrew Fogarty (48-1) of Scott West won first place at 160-lbs.
Josh Selly (40-2) of Tri City United took home the first place trophy at 170-lbs. Austin May (37-7) of Zimmerman won first place at 182-lbs. Lance Benick (48-0) of Totino Grace captured the 195-lb. crown. Clay Broze (34-0) of Cannon Falls won first at 220-lbs. and Sam Stoll (45-0) of Kasson-Mantorville took home the heavyweight title at 285-lbs.