The Becker Bulldog boys wrestling team got pins from Lukas Paulson, Jacob Berning and Jaylin Hildebrandt to pull out a big win over Zimmerman Thursday night at home.

 

“We had a good conference win tonight at home,” said Head Coach Matt Aho. “ I am excited to see our guys wrestling tough.  They are each approaching the match with a winning attitude.” 

 

With the win, Becker is now 1-1 in the conference with a victory over Zimmerman and a loss to Mora. 

 

 

At 106-lbs., Becker’s Lukas Paulson pinned Will Pouliot of Zimmerman at 2:42. Jacob Berning did the same to Nick Merta at 2:25 of their 113-lb. match

At 120-lbs., the Thunder’s Even Garr won a decision over Becker’s Brenton Arbuckle, 2-1. Bulldogs Logan Jurek (132-lbs.), Kevin Andres (136-lbs.) and Blake Paulson (138-lbs.) all won their matches by forfeit to give Becker a big lead.

 

Zimmerman’s Trent Miles pinned Becker’s John Schwartz at 1:02 of their 145-lb. match and that was followed by an 11-7 decision win for Becker’s Adam Bauman at 152-lbs. over Randy Bray.

 

At 160-lbs.,  Chase Rosby of Zimmerman won by fall over Becker’s Zach Fisher at 3:22. Becker had no one to wrestle at 170-lbs. so Zimmerman’s Kaleb Kliever took home the victory by forfeit.

 

Hildebrandt easily dispatched Kadin Hakola in 48 seconds in the 182-lb. match while the Thunder’s Justin Robertson did the same (55 seconds) to Becker’s Brady Gruenhagen at 195-lbs.

 

 Zimmerman’s Billy Johann pinned Becker’s Austin Benkowski at 1:01 of their 220-lb. match and Casey Vesledahl closed out the night with a win by forfeit at 285-lbs.

 

Today (Saturday), the boys travel to Delano to take on the Tigers and the Rockford Rockets. Thursday, they will hit the road for Foley to compete against the Falcons at 7:30 p.m.