Esping third; VanOverbeke seventh at Rumble
Minneota's defending state champion heavyweight TJ Esping took third at the Rumble on the Red wrestling tournament at the Fargodome on Friday.
He woin a 3-2 ultimate tie breaker over Calvin Menke of Scott West to take third place honors.
On Thrusday Esping had three pins and a 3-0 decision to advance.
He got his third pin in 31 seconds over DJ Schneibel of Rugby, ND — then beat Dillon McEachran of Faribault, 3-0 in the quarterfinals.
— but Friday he lost his first match when he was pinned by Zachary Jakes of Mankato West in 3:54. However, he came back in his next match to pin Bryce Benhart of Lakeville North in 31 seconds in the consolation semifinals, then took third place over Menke.
At 152 pounds, Cole VanOverbeke took seventh place when he pinned Kotbe Booka of Moorhead in 34 seconds in the seventh place match.
On opening day VanOverbeke won two matches on a pin and 6-5 decision, then losing to Jaden Mairs of Fargo Davies on a pin. He came back to pin Camden Tshudi of Delano in 2:32 in the consolations.
But on Friday he really got going. VanOverbeke got a pin in 2:05 and beat Kolton Silva of Grand Island, 2-1 to keep his day going.
He finally lost to Cade Spilde of Stoughton, 3-2. But he got to wrestle for seventh and took home that honor.
At 120 pounds, Brant Buysse picked up a pair of wins on a 7-5 decision and a pin but got pinned by Devin Schulz of Bismarck Century. He came back in the consolation round with a pin in 44 secondsover Caleb Talamantes of Albert Lea Area.
His first match Friday was a 6-0 win over Ethan Bowman of Jamestown, ND, 6-0. But then he was eleminated by Taylor DeFrang of Dover-Eyota, 9-3. Buysse ended the tournament with a 4-2 record.
Shawn Buysse, wrestling at 182 pounds, won his first match with a major decision, then was pinned but came back to pin Braxton Garceau of St. Cloud Tech in 1:35 of the consolations.
He was beaten on Friday by Logan Erlandson of Valley City, NE, 10-4.
Teddy Pesch at 126 pounds and Blake Reiss at 138 and Austin Kloos each won their second of three matches on the day.
The Rumble on the Red ends on Friday. After the first day Minneota was in 28th place out of 84 teams with a total of 40 points.
106-Eric Carrasco
Jordan Lohse (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) dec. Carrasco, 5-3; Cameron Davis (Albert Lea Area) dec. Carrasco, 7-3.
120-Brant Buysse
Brant Buysse (Minneota) dec. Nolan Hentges, Cambridge-Isanti, 7-5; Buysse pin Cole Ciardelli Wayzata,:46; pinned by Devin Schulz (Bismarck Century), 5:40. Consolations: Buysse pin Caleb Talamantes (Albert Lea Area), :44; Buysse decisioned Ethan Bowman (Jamestown, ND),6-0; Taylor DeFrang (Dover-Eyota), decisioned Buysse, 10-5.
126-Teddy Pesch
Chandler Nagel (Linton-HMB) dec. Pesch (Minneota, 6-3; Pesch dec. Grant Woodruff (St. Francis), 8-3; Josh Miley (Willmar) dec. Pesch, 6-4 (ot).
138-Austin Kloos
Tanner Kroells (Delano) maj. dec. Kloos, TF 17-1 5:44; Kloos maj. dec. Lathan Wilson (Austin), 13-3; Mitchell Hogue (Wayzata) maj. dec. Austin Kloos (Minneota,10-1.
138-Blake Reiss
Emerson Urbina (Grand Island) dec. Blake Reiss, 7-3; Reiss pin Sam Tollison (East Ridge), 1:38; Carter Bornholdt (New Prague) dec. Reiss, 7-3.
152-Cole Vanoverbeke
VanOverbeke pinned Walker Mullin (Benilde St. Margarets), :43; VanOverbeke dec. Gunnar Feldhege (Rocori), 6-5; Jaden Mairs (Fargo Davies) pin VanOverbeke, :49; VanOverbeke pin Camden Tschudi (Delano), 2:32; VanOverbeke pinned Jayden Sundstrom (St. Cloud Tech), 2:05; VanOvervbeke decisioned Kolton Silva (Grand Island, NB), 2-1; Cade Spilde (Stoughton) decisioned VanOverbeke, 3-2; SEVENTH PLACE: VanOverbeke pinne Kolte Boioka (Moorhead), :34.
160-Kyle Banks
Riley Habisch (Buffalo) pinned Banks, 1:43; Austin Underdahl (Faribault) pinned Kyle Banks, 2:12.
182-Shawn Buysse
Buysse maj. dec. Jacob McDonald (Delano),15-3; Rowan Morgan (Mounds View) pinned Buysse, 5:08; Buysse pinned Braxton Garceau (Saint Cloud Tech); 1:35.
285-TJ Esping
Esping pinned Mitchell Borwege (Medford), 2:40; Esping pinned Brett Heinlein (Eagan), 5:18; Esping pinned DJ Schneibel (Rugby, ND); :31; Esping dec. Dillon McEachran (Faribault), 3-0; Zachary Jakes (Mankato West) pinned Esping, 3:54; Esping pinned Bryce Benhart (Lakeville North), :31. THIRD PLACE: Esping won an ultimate tie breaker of Calvin Menke of Scott West, 3-2.