Friday, October 18th, 2024 Church Directory
BECKER JUNIOR CALEB VEKVED pumped his fist as he celebrated a pin on Zimmerman’s Tristen Pettit at Thursday’s home meet against the Thunder.

Vekved Goes 4 0 On Season, Wrestling Team Improves To 3 1

The Becker Bulldog boys wrestling team went 2-1 last weekend and whooped Zimmerman Thursday to improve to 3-1 on the year.

Foley Meet
 
Josh Lumley and Caleb Vekved went 3-0 in their matches last Saturday in Foley as Becker beat Pine City and North Branch, but lost to Pierz, who is ranked high in the state Class A rankings.
 
“ I felt that we wrestled well for our first showing,” said Head Coach Matt Aho. “We have a lot of young talent on the team and I felt that they showed good potential.” 
 
Becker 68, Pine City 12
106lbs. - Brenton Arbuckle (BB) win by forfeit; 113lbs. - Josh Lumley (BB) win by forfeit; 120lbs. - Greg Petrie (PC) fall over Andrew Berglund (BB) 0:35; 126lbs. - Colten Demant (BB) win by forfeit; 132lbs. - Sam Kossan (PC) fall over George Lomeli (BB) 3:21; 138lbs. - Andy Johnson (BB) win by forfeit.
145lbs. - Caleb Vekved (BB) win by forfeit; 152lbs. - Josiah Borst (BB) technical fall over Josh Lange (PC) 16-0; 160lbs. - Jaylin Hildebrandt (BB) fall over Zach Mattison (PC) 0:23; 170lbs. - Zack Zimmer (BB) win by forfeit; 182lbs. - Tyler Madsen (BB) fall over Dakota Neid (PC) 1:37; 195lbs. - Tyler France (BB) decision over Marcus Scarbough (PC) 9-6; 220lbs. - Mason Olson win by forfeit; 285lbs. - Casey Vesledahl win by forfeit.
 
Becker 37, NB 36
(Becker wins in eighth criteria over North Branch).
 
106lbs. - Ryan Senne (NB) fall over Brenton Arbuckle (BB) 1:46; 113lbs. - Josh Lumley (BB) fall over Aaron Robilard (NB) 3:28; 120lbs. - Kody Strohmeyer (NB) decision over Andrew Berglund (BB) 7-3; 126lbs. - Thomas Steele (NB) fall over Colten Demant (BB) 5:07; 132lbs. - Alex Fitcha (NB) decision over George Lomeli (BB) 16-9; 138lbs. - Andrew Johnson (BB) decision over Andrew Peterson (NB) 5-3. 145lbs. - Caleb Vekved (BB) decision over Cameron Sampson (NB) 4-2; 152lbs. - Aaron Senne (NB) fall over Josiah Borst (BB) 5:17; 160lbs. - Arik Steele (NB) injury default over Jaylin Hildebrandt (BB); 170lbs. - Tyler Madsen (BB) fall over Austin Bigley (NB) 4:33; 182lbs. - Tyler France (BB) win by forfeit; 195lbs. - Bobby Lee (BB) fall over Tristan LaBelle (NB) 1:45; 220lbs. - Mason Olson (BB) fall over Bailey Adams (NB) 0:27; 285lbs. - Seamus Hunter (NB) fall over Casey Vesledahl (BB) 2:15.
 
Pierz 45, Becker 21
106lbs. - Brandon Ortman (PP) fall over Mikey James (BB) 1:42; 113lbs. - Josh Lumley (BB) decision over Cole Brausen (Pie) 6-1; 120lbs. - Brandon Sullivan (PP) fall over Andrew Berglund (BB) 1:26; 126lbs. - Andrew Tomala (PP) decision over Colten Demant (BB) 4-0; 132lbs. - Chris Ortman (PP) fall over George Lomeli (BB) 0:57; 138lbs. - Evan Woitalla (PP) fall over Andy Johnson (BB) 0:43. 145lbs. - Caleb Vekved (BB) decision over Kolton Eischens (Pie) 6-2; 152lbs. - Cody Ferris (BB) decision over Matt Kummet (PP) 7-2; 160lbs. - Brett Kapsner (PP) fall over Josiah Borst (BB) 1:10; 170lbs. - Jordon Goebel (PP) decision over Tyler Madsen (BB) 7-0; 182lbs. - Bobby Lee (BB) fall over Teddy Dehler (PP) 0:15; 195lbs. - Chris Weberg (BB) fall over Austin Gall (PP) 1:19; 220lbs. - Ryley Smude (PP) decision over Mason Olson (BB) 4-2; 285lbs. - Curtis Brisk (PP) fall over Casey Vesledahl (BB) 3:20.
 
Bulldog Meet
 
The wrestlers took on the Zimmerman Thunder at home Thursday night against a team from their conference and their section and came away with a big win, 45-19.
 
“It was a good first home dual win for us tonight with Zimmerman,” said Aho. “This puts us at 1-0 so far in our conference.”
 
Getting pins for the Bulldogs were Andrew Berglund, Caleb Vekved and Cody Ferris.  
 
106lbs. - Nathan Thompson (ZT) decision over Mikey James (BB) 7-3; 113lbs. - Josh Lumley (BB) decision over Evan Carr (ZT) 3-0; 120lbs. - Andrew Berglund (BB) fall over Nathan Harn (ZT) 3:26; 126lbs. - Colten Demant (BB) decision over Jacob Waalk (ZT) 6-5; 132lbs. - Trentin Milless (ZT) fall over George Lomeli (BB) 1:28; 138lbs. - Hunter Smith (ZT) major decision over Andy Johnson (BB) 12-0.
 
145lbs. - Caleb Vekved (BB) fall over Tristen Pettit (ZT) 4:40; 152-lbs. - Cody Ferris (BB) fall over Chase Rosby (ZT) 1:00; 160lbs. - Jaylin Hildebrandt (BB) decision over Kaleb Kleiver (ZT) 2-1; 170lbs. - Tyler Madsen (BB) decision over Justin Hartman (ZT) 6-1; 182lbs. - Austin May (ZT) fall over Tyler France (BB) 4:19; 195lbs. - Chris Weberg (BB) decision over Billy Johnson (ZT) 3-0; 220lbs. - Mason Olson (BB) win by forfeit; 285lbs. - Casey Vesledahl (BB) win by forfeit.
 
The Bulldogs compete this weekend (Friday and Saturday) in Brainerd, then head to Foley again Thursday to take on the Falcons.