CROOKSTON PIRATE WRESTLERS BEAT BGMR AND ROSEAU

The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team wrapped up its regular season home schedule with a 63-12 victory over the Roseau Rams, and a 58-22 victory over the  Badger/Greenbush-Middle River Gators in a triangular at the Crookston High School Gym tonight.  

CROOKSTON vs ROSEAU – 

Crookston came into the match knowing they were going to be heavy favorites as they took on an extremely young Roseau Ram team.  Every Ram wrestler was a 7th, 8th, or 9th grader except for one junior.
Crookston won the first seven matches. Gabe Perala won the first match by forfeit.  Evin Trudeau won the 113-pound match by a pin in the first period.  The third match of the dual was the only match to go the full six minutes as Jaron Knutson won the 120-pound match by a 6-4 decision.  Knutson took a 4-0 lead in the match before Roseau’s Tristan Carrizales responded with a reversal and two nearfall points to tie the match 4-4 going into the third period.  Late in the third period, Knutson scored two points on a reversal and held on for the 6-4 victory to give the Pirates a 15-0 lead.
Crookston’s Gavyn Hlucny continued the Pirate winning ways with a pin in 51 seconds before Lucas Peral won by a forfeit.  Casey Weiland came out strong in the 138-pound match and won by a pin in the first period.  Ethan Bowman did the same at 145-pounds with a win by pin in the first period for a 33-0 dual lead.
Roseau finally got on the board at 152-pounds at Damian Skibicki came out strong and won by a pin in 43 seconds to bring the Rams within a 33-6 deficit.
Crookston got back on the winning track when Carter Coauette won by a pin in 10 seconds.   The Pirates were open at 170 pounds and Roseau won its second match of the dual to get within a 39-12 deficit.
Crookston won the final four matches by pin.  Hunter Kresl won his 182-pound match by pin in 1:28, Hunter Kresl won by a pin in 58 seconds, Ethan Boll won by a pin in 30 seconds, and Riley Helgeson won his heavyweight match by pin in 15 seconds, and Crookston won the dual 63-12.

CROOKSTON vs BGMR –
BGMR came out strong as Keegan VonEnde won the first match of the dual by pin early in the second period.  Crookston was gifted six points at 113 pounds as Chris Goodrich won by a forfeit to tie the dual at 6-6.
Crookston’s Evin Trudeau dominated the first period as he took a 7-0 lead with a takedown and five nearfall points over the final 30 seconds of the period.  Trudeau added three nearfall points for a 10-0 lead early in the second period.  Later in the period, Evin added three more nearfall points before winning by a pin with 2.2 seconds left in the period to give Crookston a 12-6 lead.
At 126 pounds, Gavyn Hlucny scored two points on a takedown early in the first period and added three nearfall points later in the period for a 5-0 lead.  Gavyn added a takedown early in the second period for a 7-0 lead.  Hlucny scored two points on a reversal early in the third period before picking up a pin, and Crookston led the dual 18-6.
At 132 pounds, BGMR’s Emmitt Isane took a 4-1 lead into the second period.  Isane scored two points on a takedown midway through the second period and scored three nearfall points at the end of the period for a 9-1 lead.  With under 20 seconds left in the third period, Isane scored two points on a takedown and added three nearfall points for a 14-1 major decision to get within an 18-10 deficit.
Casey Weiland scored the first points of the 138-pound match with a takedown and led 2-0 after the first period.  Casey added a point on an escape before getting a takedown and took a 5-2 lead into the third period.  11 seconds into the third period, Weiland won the match by pin to give the Pirates a 24-10 lead.
At 145 pounds, Ethan Bowman came out strong and scored two points on a takedown early in the match.  He added three nearfall points late in the period for a 5-0 lead after one period. There was no scoring in the second period before Bowman scored a point on an escape and followed up with a takedown for an 8-1 lead.  Ethan would add five more points on nearfall points and won by a 13-1 major decision to give Crookston a 28-10 lead in the dual.
At 152 pounds, Crookston’s Jose Arriaga and BGMR’s Isaac Olson didn’t score a point in the first period. There wasn’t any scoring for the first minute of the second period before Olson scored two on a takedown and won by a pin.  BGMR won the 160-pound match by a forfeit to get within a 28-22 deficit.
Crookston took any thoughts of a Gator comeback away as they won the final five matches.  Carter Coauette won at 170 pounds by a forfeit, Hunter Knutson won by a pin in 40 seconds, Hunter Kresl won by a pin in nine seconds, Ethan Boll and Riley Helgeson both won by forfeits, and Crookston won the dual 58-22.

Crookston improves to 13-6 in duals on the year and will head to the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Invite on Friday and the Northwest Invitational in Fertile on Saturday.

To hear Coach Wes Hanson’s post-match comments click below.

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