The Blue Dragons wrestling team headed to Sioux Falls O'Gorman on January 19th to wrap up their dual season. We now will have two tournaments left in our regular season before beginning our post-season. On the night, we faced Dell Rapids in our first match. I felt we came out a bit lethargic in this match. We just didn't seem to have great intensity. We were missing a few starters with injury which didn't help the results. We did have some outstanding performances in this dual. John Houg gave up double-digit pounds while filling in for Thomas Howe. He earned a third period fall to give us the early lead in the dual. Tyler Willems also wrestled more aggressive early in the match getting the fall in the first period. Adrian Mendoza and Brady Bonte earned the other two wins for us in this dual. Between duals, we talked about going into the O'Gorman match with a purpose. We can't be timid at this point in the season. We must work to score points at all times. If we are controlling the match and scoring points, our opponent is not going to be able to do the same. We also addressed the pride we have in not losing to both schools. It didn't matter if they were both Class A schools. We needed to answer the second dual with a win. The second dual started a bit slow with our younger wrestlers being a bit overpowered. That happens at times and they need to understand that every match is a battle. If that match doesn't go right, they have to wipe the slate clean and start over. We talk about have short-term memory loss in these situations. We want to improve from them, but don't want to dwell on them. Going into the 160 pound match, we were down 26 - 9. I asked those upper-weight wrestlers to "strap us on their backs." We were going to rely on them to help the rest of the team earn a win. I was very pleased with their response especially considering that three of them moved up a weight class to pull it off. We went on to win the next 5 weights all by pin. Our two seniors, Brady Bonte and Matt Bankes, gave us the final two victories that gave us the lead and sealed the win.
We finished our dual season with an 8 - 7 record. It would have been nice to win a few more of those duals; however, knowing our situation with young guys to the lineup and many injuries, we were still able to finish on the winning side. We travel to Wagner on January 28th, for what is now an individual tournament. Individual results are below.
Garretson 24 Dell Rapids 54
106 - Tait Johnson lost by decision to Lathon Gorospe 8 - 2
113 - John Houg won by fall over Sutton Adams 5:45
120 - Tyler Willems won by fall over Jacob Huewe 1:46
126 - Colby Pierret lost by fall to Brenden Entringer 6:18 OT
132 - Sean Tillma lost by fall to Jordan Lindberg 3:16
138 - Ryan Nichols (DR) won by forfeit
145 - Tony Weiland lost by fall to Tyler Gee 1:34
152 - Sean McPadden lost by fall to Phillip Schwebach 1:47
160 - Adrian Mendoza won by fall over Riece Tiernan 3:37
170 - Dylan Rouzer lost by fall to Jackson Entringer 1:26
182 - Chad Munk (DR) won by forfeit
195 - Brady Bonte won by forfeit
220 - Matt Bankes lost by decision to Leon Maxwell 9 - 4
285 - Tristen Wagner lost by fall to Jacob Haberger 5:15
Garretson 39 SF O'Gorman 32
106 - Tait Johnson lost by major decision to Joseph Schmidt 11 - 2
113 - John Houg lost by fall to Eli Redding 1:53
120 - Tyler Willems won by decision over Zach Peltier 7 - 0
126 - Jacob Fitzgerald lost by major decision to Tyler Peltier 11 - 0
132 - Colby Pierret won by fall over Kier Currier 1:33
138 - Sean Tillma lost by fall to Cory Fichter 2:48
145 - Tony Weiland lost by fall to Ben Fichter 3:33
152 - Both teams were Open
160 - Sean McPadden won by fall over Zach Rohde 0:33
170 - Adrian Mendoza won by fall over Austin Merrill 2:27
182 - Dylan Rouzer won by fall over Brendan Logan 2:43
195 - Brady Bonte won by fall over Nate Lenz 0:43
220 - Matt Bankes won by fall over Jack Schuver 5:53
285 - Tristen Wagner lost by fall to Zach Shaw 0:38
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