Becker’s winners were Josh Lumley (113-lbs.), Colten Demant (126-lbs.), Colten Vekved (145-lbs. and Bobby Lee (170-lbs.).

 

Vekved showed his worth after he beat Foley’s   Randy Jenson, who is ranked fifth in the state. 

 

Becker won just the four matches but lost two other ones by one point and had a few other matches that could have gone their way.  

 

“It was a good showing against the number one ranked team in the state,” said Head Coach Matt Aho.

 

 

106-lbs.: John Dierkens (FF) decision over Mikey James (BB), 1-0; 113-lbs.: Josh Lumley (BB) pinned Cody O’Neil (FF) 5:27; 120-lbs.: Taylor Jurek (FF) pinned Andrew Berglund (BB) at 3:44; 126-lbs.: Demant (BB) decision over Simon Bryce (FF) 9-4; 132-lbs.: Tyler Funk (FF) pinned George Lomeli (BB) at 2:17; 138-lbs.: Logan Lunde (FF) pinned Andy Johnson (BB) at 1:41; 145-lbs.: Caleb Vekved (BB) decision over Randy jensen (FF) 4-3.

 

152-lbs.: Carter Nielsen (FF) pinned Cody Ferris (BB) at 5:26; 160-lbs.: Tyler Beehler (FF) major decision over Jaylin Hildenbrandt (BB) 9-1; 170-lbs.: Bobby Lee (BB) major decision over Spencer Ewell (FF) 15-4; 182-lbs.: John Garceua (FF) decision over Tyler France (BB) 5-4; 195-lbs.: Tyler Midas (FF) pinned Chris Weberg (BB) at 4:43; 220-lbs.: Mitch Struffert (FF) decision over Mason Olson (BB) 6-0; 285-lbs.: Mitch Keeler (FF) pinned Casey Vesledahl (BB) at 4:32. 

 

 

The Bulldogs traveled to Brainerd last weekend and had five athletes place in the top 10. 

 

The team finished 15th among 16 teams.

 

At 106-lbs., former Bulldog wrestler Neil Schmalz who now wrestles for Mound-Westonka, took home the top prize in four matches — two being pins.

 

At 113-lbs., Becker’s Lumley lost his first match to Brennen Holien of ACGC (fall 2:30), then lost to Teddy Pierce of Chisago Lakes to conclude his tournament. Brian Maas of Bemidji took home the first place prize,

 

At 120-lbs., Andrew Berglund lost his first match to Tanner Reetz of Frazee, then lost to Andy Schlossen of Brainerd in the consolation round. Reetz went on to win the championship.

 

Demant wrestled for Becker at 126-lbs. and lost his first match against Chris Ortman of Pierz, then lost to Riley Schock of Moorhead in the second round.

 

Sam Bennyhoff of Mound-Westonka captured the title with a 5-3 decision in the championship match.

 

At 132-lbs., Becker’s George Lomeli lost to Tyler Funk of Foley in the first round, then proceeded to lose to Kevin Trinh of Armstrong in the second. Funk went on to win the weight class with a 6-1 victory over Tyler Berghuis of ACGC.

 

Andy Johnson of Becker wrestled Kenny Mark of Moorhead at 138-lbs. and lost his first round match by a fall at 5:16. In the consolation round, Johnson lost to Evan Woitalla of Pierz by fall at 2:02.

 

Wrestling at 145-lbs., Vekved won his first two matches over Brent Lindgren of Sauk Rapids-Rice (fall 1:22) and Justin Jenks of Little Falls (decision 7-4). Vekved eventually lost to Jackson Schauer of Grand Rapids who lost in the championship match to Larry Bomstad of ACGC. Vekved finally lost in the fifth place match to Jenks by default.

 

At 152-lbs., Cody Ferris lost his first match to Axel Lange of Little Falls (4-2), then beat Tate Arntson of Brainerd (fall 1:50), Matt Kummet of Pierz (4-2), Nick Gravdahl of PLPRB (12-2) before losing the third place match to Lange 5-2.

 

At 160-lbs., Becker’s Jaylin Hildenbrandt lost to Derek McMahon of Little Falls, then lost to Beau Casteel of Grand Rapids (2-1) to bow out of the tournament.

 

Tyler Madsen won his first match at 170-lbs., beating Nick Peterson of Bemidji by fall at 1:01. Madsen then lost to eventual champion Mitch Lange of Royalton by technical fall (4:59) before beating Troy Smith of Armstrong (13-1) and Calvin Streeper of Frazee (2-0) to advance. Madsen then lost to Ozzy Miller of PLPRB (8-1), then Jordan Nelson of ACGC (3-2) to take home sixth place.

 

At 182-lbs., Tyler France lost to Justin Mackenthun of PLPRB by a fall at 5:08, then beat Grant Smude of Pierz (8-4) before losing to Tyler Gastecki of Little Falls (fall 3:47).

 

At 195-lbs., Chris Weberg lost to Eri Gonzalez of Armstrong (5-2), then beat Gage Blechinger of Little Falls (6-2) before losing to Brody Wilander of Bemidji (fall 4:32).

 

At 220-lbs., Becker’s Trevor Goodrich lost in the first round to Mitch Keeler of Foley (fall 1:54), then beat Leo Kuklok of Royalton (fall 1:37) before losing to Hutton Adams of Armstrong (5-4).

 

At heavyweight (285-lbs.), Casey Vesledahl pinned Wes Mann of Grand Rapids at 1:07, then lost his second round match to Curtis Brisk of Pierz by a 1-0 decision. Vesledahl moved on to the consolation round and beat Stanley Dokken of Armstrong (fall :17) before losing to James Weiss of Brainerd (fall 3:26).

 

The Bulldogs are off until Friday and Saturday when they travel to Fargo to compete in the Rumble on the Red tournament.