WRESTLING
Minneota had six individual champions in the four-team West Lyon Invitational Saturday in Larchwood, IA.
West Central Area amassed the most points among the four teams with 161.5. Minneota was second with 135 points.
Champions for the Vikings were: Adam DeVlaeminck (2 falls) at 138 pounds, Destin Fier (4 falls) at 150, Cael Fier (2 falls) at 175, Eli Gruenes (2 falls) at 190, Noah Gorecki (2 falls) at 215 and Ryan Meagher at 285.
Heydan Danielson at 106, Quinton Anderson at 120, Brock Fier at 165, and Kyler Lozinski at 215 all placed second individually.
WEST LYON INVITATIONAL
(Saturday, Jan. 18 Larchwood, IA)
TEAM SCORING
(1) West Central Area 161.5 (2) Minneota 135 (3) West Lyon, IA 87 (4) Luverne 69.5
MINNEOTA INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
(106 pounds)
HEYDAN DANIELSON: LOST 8-5 decision to Caden Roe, West Central ... pinned Jackson Viereck, West Lyon, 1:24 ... pinned Brody Kopp, Luverne, 4:45 ... 2nd Place
(120 pounds)
QUINTON ANDERSON: won 11-0 major decision over Grayson Pischke, West Central ... pinned Reece Snyders, West Lyon. :40 ... lost 19-4 technical fall to Brody Gossen, West Central ... 2nd Place
(126 pounds)
BLAKE MEAD: lost 8-7 decision to Karson Vessells, West Central ... 5th Place
(138 pounds)
ADAM DEVLAEMINCK: pinned Beckett Driesen, West Lyon, :53 ... Won 15-3 major decision over Leif Ingebretsen, Luverne ... won 7-2 decision over Langdon Klinkhammer, West Central ... pinned Trace Dreke, West Lyon, 1:59 ... 1st Place
(144 pounds)
BRETTEN COEQUYT: was pinned by Greeley Kerkvliet, West Lyon, 4:19 ... was pinned by Orlando Whiting, West Central, :54 ... lost 10-9 decision to Alex Jansma, West Lyon ... was pinned by Hudson Hough, Luverne ... 5th Place
(150 pounds)
DESTIN FIER: pinned Kevin Cholopray, West Central, 1:29 ... pinned Hayden Whiting, West Central, 1:40 ... pinned Matthew Gangestad, Luverne, 1:44 ... pinned Justus Leuthold, West Lyon, 0:58 ... 1st Place
(165 pounds)
TIM DESMET: pinned Adrian Carmona, Luverne, 5:20 ... was pinned by Owen Jennings, West Lyon, :55 ... was pinned by Keaton Vessells, West Central, 1:58 ... 4th Place
BROCK FIER: lost 15-2 major decision to Keaton Vessells, West Central ... won by forfeit over Tim DeSmet, Minneota ... pinned Owen Jennings, West Lyon, 1:22 ... pinned Adrian Carmona, Luverne, :43 ... 2nd Place
(175 pounds)
CAEL FIER: pinned Kale Bullerman, Luverne, 1:32 ... pinned Noah Cummins, West Lyon, 1:27 ... won 6-2 decision over Cain Grocott, West Central ... 1st Place
(190 pounds)
ELI GRUENES: pinned Ashton Altman, Luverne, :33 ... pinned Braxton Huber, West Central, 2:24 ... won by forfeit over Jackson VerMeer, West Lyon ... 1st Place
(215 pounds)
NOAH GORECKI: pinned Carter Evans, West Central, :53 ... won by forfeit over Kyler Lozinski, Minneota ... pinned Logan Willi, Luverne, 1:07 ... 1st Place
KYLER LOZINSKI: pinned Logan Willi, Luverne, 4:41 ... forfeited to Noah Gorecki, Minneota ... won 9-1 decision over Carter Evans, West Central ... 2nd Place
(285 pounds)
RYAN MEAGHER: pinned Nate Struck, West Central, 1:16 ... won 9-1 major decision over Phillip Pottebaum, West Lyon ... pinned Alex Lopez, West Lyon, 1:38 ... 1st Place
NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICAN QUAD
(Results Thursday, Jan. 16)
Minneota won a pair of duals at the Norwood Young America Triangular on Thursday to improve to 8-0 on the season.
The Vikings routed Central Public Schools 49-17 before rallying to edge Hutchinson/Buffalo Lake-Hector/Stewart 29-28.
Against Central Public, Minneota got pins from Owen Myrvik at 114, Adam DeVlaeminck at 133, Mason Javers at 152, Brock Fier at 160, Noah Gorecki at 189 and Eli Gruenes at 215.
Destin Fier won a major decision at 145, Quinton Anderson earned a decision at 121 and Heydan Danielson received a forfeit at 107.
Against Hutchinson/BLHS, the Vikings trailed 14-0 after three matches, but rallied to win seven of the next 10 matches.
Blake Mead, ranked No. 10 at 127 pounds, started things off for Minneota with a pin. Trailing 20-6, the Vikings reeled off four straight wins to tie the dual 20-20. Adam DeVlaeminck, ranked No. 3 at 139, got a pin, followed by a decision from Destin Fier at 145.
Brock Fier, rated No. 6 at 172, scored a big 5-2 win over Raydon Bipes, ranked No. 4 at 152. Mason Javers then won a decision at 160 to tie the match, 20-20.
Luke Hoag, ranked No 2 at 160, went up a weight to notch a technical fall as the Tigers regained the lead, 25-20.
Eli Gruenes, ranked No. 4 at 189, got a pin to put Minneota back in front, 26-25.
Hutchinson/BLHS then got a 3-2 win from Larkun Kurth at 215 for a 28-26 with one match remaining.
Ryan Meagher secured the match for Minneota with a 4-0 win at heavyweight.
MINNEOTA 49, CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS 17
107: Heydan Danielson, Min, won by forfeit
114: Owen Myrvik, Min, pin Cody Bratz 1:22
121: Quinton Anderson, Min, dec Judd Pauly 10-3
127: Nate Venske, CPS, dec Blake Mead 12-10
133: Adam DeVlaeminck, Min, pin Parker Honl 1:59
139: Collin Degn, CPS, techfall Brycen Myhre 18-1
145: Destin Fier, Min, majdec Ryan Neubarth 13-1
152: Mason Javers, Min, pin Colton Krueger 1:56
160: Brock Fier, Min, pin Tyler Neubarth 3:10
172: Connor Hansen, CPS, dec Cael Fier 11-8
189: Noah Gorecki, Min, pin Preston Sprengeler 1:33
215: Eli Gruenes, Min , pin Austin Symanitz 1:36
285: Carter Storms, CPS, pin Ryan Meagher 1:36
MINNEOTA 29, HUTCHINSON/BLHS 28
107: Javean Centeno, Hut, majdec Heydan Danielson 12-3
114: Shane Kramer, Hut, pin Owen Myrvik 2:39
121: Judah Perrault, Hut, majdec Quinton Anderson 10-1
127: Blake Mead, Min, pin Brayden Denler 1:42
133: Logan Schwanz, Hut, pin Eli Faris 2:46
139: Adam DeVlaeminck, Min, techfall Dominik Panitzke 16-1
145: Destin Fier, Min, dec Max Martin 7-5
152: Brock Fier, Min, dec Raydon Bipes 5-2
160: Mason Javers, Min, dec Mark Reasbeck 19-14
172: Luke Hoag, Hut, techfall Cael Fier 17-2
189: Eli Gruenes, Min, pin Conner Kurth 4:33
215: Larkun Kurth, Hut, dec Kyler Lozinski 3-2
285: Ryan Meagher, Min, dec Kyler Haugen 4-0