Parker Quad 12/10/09

We traveled to Parker to wrestle Sioux Valley, West Central, and Parker on Thursday.  This match posed many concerns for us.  First, we hadn't practiced since Monday because of the weather.  I know how much of a challenge it can be for these guys to hold their weight when they aren't at practice.  Everyone made weight for the team which allowed us to compete at full strength.  Second, it is always hard to keep the boys' focus when we have teams like Sioux Valley and Parker at matches.  Both teams have many forfeits in the lineup.  The wrestlers they have compete hard for them; however, they are fighting an uphill battle.  The difficult part for our team is to get a good warmup in for those that do have matches in those duals and be ready for West Central.  We knew going in to the dual with West Central that it may come down to a few matches going in our favor.  The boys came ready to wrestle and prepared themselves mentally and it showed.  I think they wrestled as well as they have to this point in the season.  Some highlights of the night were Tyler Willems filling in for an injured Thomas Howe and winning all three matches.  Tristen Wagner also wrestled his first ever varsity match and picked up the PIN!  Going undefeated on the night were also: Cody Bonte, Tanner Donelan, Scott Howe, Isaac Lukes, Zach Lukes, Brady Bonte, Ethan Storment, and Matthew Bankes.  We will need to use this as a building point into our middle part of the season as we begin facing the more difficult part of our schedule.  Our next 2 tournaments will be big tests for our team.  The Elk Point/Jefferson tournament (Dec. 19) will feature Canton, Tri-Valley, Winner, Bon Homme, and Woodbury Central (IA) along with many other good individuals from the remaining teams.  The Floyd Farrand tournament at Sioux Falls Lincoln (Dec. 28-29) features many top Class A and Class B schools including: Sturgis, Watertown, Vermillion, Wagner, Canton, and Howard.  After Christmas, we will have a good idea of where we are in our season and what preparations we need to make to finish the season strong.

Garretson 71     Parker 12

103 Tyler Willems wins by pin over Dorian Verhey 4:28

112 Colby Pierret wins by forfeit

119 Cody Bonte wins by forfeit

125 Tim Monroe (Parker) wins by forfeit

130 Dylan Naglestad (Parker) wins by forfeit

135 Tanner Donelan wins by pin over Shane Bentz 1:11

140 Scott Howe wins by forfeit

145 Isaac Lukes wins by forfeit

152 Dylan Severson wins by pin over William Clark 0:41

160 Jess Kruid wins by forfeit

171 Brady Bonte wins by technical fall over Lee Berens 17 - 2

189 Ethan Storment wins by forfeit

215 Tristen Wagner wins by pin over Payton Jensen 3:17

285 Matthew Bankes wins by forfeit

Garretson 66     Sioux Valley 6

103 Tyler Willems wins by pin over Hayden Hall 1:19

112 Colby Pierret wins by pin over Eli Westendorf 5:12

119 Cody Bonte wins by forfeit

125 Double forfeit

130 Double forfeit

135 Tanner Donelan wins by forfeit

140 Scott Howe wins by forfeit

145 Isaac Lukes wins by forfeit

152 Dylan Severson wins by forfeit

160 Jess Kruid wins by pin over Tyson DeGroot 3:17

171 Brady Bonte wins by forfeit

189 Ethan Storment wins by forfeit

215 Matthew Bankes wins by forfeit

285 Levi Larsen (SV) wins by forfeit

Garretson 47     West Central 26

103 Tyler Willems wins by pin over Skyler Hastings 3:32

112 Colby Pierret lost by major decision to Gerrit Pearson 13 - 5

119 Cody Bonte wins by technical fall over Nathan Gacke 18 - 3

125 Cody Miller (WC) wins by forfeit

130 Brady Eggebraaten (WC) wins by forfeit

135 Tanner Donelan wins by pin over Justin Erichsen 1:45

140 Scott Howe wins by decision over Casey Lowe 3 - 0

145 Isaac Lukes wins by pin over Brandon Pennock 3:55

152 Dylan Severson loses by pin to Zach Mettler 1:46

160 Jess Kruid loses by major decision to Tim Weber 16 - 2

171 Zach Lukes wins by pin over Spencer Hastings 3:38

189 Brady Bonte wins by pin over Michael Jensen 4:33

215 Ethan Storment wins by decision over Michael Kapperman 12 - 7

285 Matthew Bankes wins by pin over Bryce Hanisch 1:49