The Becker wrestling team had great success this week, going 2-1 in a weekend tournament and beating Little Falls at home Tuesday night.
Becker 38, LF 30
Tuesday’s match against Little Falls came down to the heavyweight match with Bulldog Casey Vesledahl facing Little Falls’ Dustin Tabatt for the individual and team win. Vesledahl kept his composure and wrestled well eventually pinning Tabatt at the 3:02 mark of the match to give the Bulldogs the win.
“This was another huge win for us,” said Head Coach Matt Aho. “Again, we where the underdogs going into this match and our wrestlers stepped up and got the job done.”
The dual was close the entire night with Little Falls leading rather handily until Becker won five of the final six matches (including heavyweight) to steal the win.
“This win was truly a team effort and it shows how hard we have been working on improving and getting better,” said Aho.
The win over Little Falls helped the Bulldogs improve to 3-1 in the conference and 10-5 overall.
Scores: 106-lbs.: Josh Lumely (BB) decision over Leo Wilczek (LF) 6-0; 113-lbs.: Lane Rutten (LF) pinned Kevin Andres (BB) 1:29; 120-lbs.: Logan Kapphahn (LF) pinned Colten Demant (BB) 1:13; 126-lbs.: Zach Fisher (BB) decision over Chase Scherping (LF) 16-4; 132-lbs.: Josh Beack (LF) pinned Andy Johnson (BB) 3:58; 138-lbs.: Caleb Vekved (BB) pinned A.J. Jenks (LF) 3:29.
145-lbs.: Cody Ferris (BB) decision over Justin Jenks (LF) 5-0; 152-lbs.: Axel Lange (LF) pinned Jaylin Hildenbrant (BB) 1:36; 160-lbs.: Zack Zimmer (BB) decision over Derek McMahan (LF) 10-2; 170-lbs.: Tyler France (BB) decision over Trevin Larson (LF) 7-1; 182-lbs.: Bobby Lee (BB) win by forfeit; 195-lbs.: Chris Weberg (BB) decision over Tyler Gastecki (LF) 7-3; 220-lbs.: Trysten Ross (LF) pinned Mason Olson (BB) 4:37; 285-lbs.: Casey Vesledahl (BB) pinned Dustin Tabatt (LF) 3:02.
Tartan Tournament
The Bulldogs wrestled three rounds of competition last weekend and went 2-1, achieving third place at the Tartan Duals tournament.
Becker beat Hopkins in the first round by a score of 43-23, lost to New Prague in the second round (43-29) and won their third round matchup with Grand Rapids, 44-27.
New Prague is ranked #7 in the state.
Four Bulldog wrestlers went undefeated in the tournament including, Zack Zimmer (160-lbs.), Bobby Lee (170), Mason Olson (220) and Casey Vesledahl (285).
The Bulldogs wrestled Friday night at home against Champlin Park and Fillmore Central (full report on matches in next week’s Citizen), they then compete Thursday at home against Mora in which Olympic gold medal winner Jordan Burroughs will be on hand to help train and coach the Becker wrestlers and sign autographs (see story on Burroughs in today’s Citizen).
