CROOKSTON PIRATE WRESTLERS FALL TO BARNESVILLE AND DGF

The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team wrapped up the regular season with two dual losses at the Barnesville triangular in Barnesville.  Crookston and the Barnesville Trojans tied at 42-42, but Barnesville won the tie-breaker to win the dual.  The Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Rebels won five of the first six matches to win the dual 45-29.

CROOKSTON vs Barnesville-
Crookston got behind right away with a loss by pin at 106 pounds but responded with three wins by pin.  Evin Trudeau won by a pin in 42 seconds, Jaron Knutson won by a pin 34 seconds into the second period, and at 126 pounds, Gavyn Hlucny won by a pin in the second period for an 18-6 lead.
Crookston wasn’t able to fill 132 pounds and lost by a forfeit, and Barnesville tied the dual with a pin at 138 pounds.  
Crookston regained the lead with Ethan Bowman winning by a pin in the first period, and the Pirates led 24-28.   Crookston was open at 152 pounds, and Barnesville won by forfeit for a tie at 24. 
Carter Coauette won his match at 160 pounds in 69 seconds, but the Pirates were open at 170 pounds, and the dual was tied at 30-30. 
Hunter Knutson gave the Pirates the lead back after a win by pin in 59 seconds, but Barnesville responded with a win by pin at 195 pounds, and it was tied at 36-36.
Ethan Boll won by a pin in the third period to give the Pirates a 42-36 lead going into the final match of the dual. Barnesville won the final match by a pin to tie the dual at 42-42.  The dual winner had to be decided by tie-breaker, and since Crookston had three forfeits, Barnesville won the match for a big Section 8A dual victory.

CROOKSTON vs DGF –
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton took a big lead to start the dual as they won five of the first six matches.  The lone win came from Evin Trudeau at 113 pounds with a 10-0 major decision, and the Rebels led 27-4.
Crookston’s Ethan Bowman stopped the run with a win by pin in the second period.  Crookston was open at 152 pounds, Carter Coauette gave Crookston four team points with an impressive 20-7 major decision.  Crookston was open again at 170 and 182 pounds, and Barnesville led 45-14 with three matches remaining.  Crookston’s Hunter Knutson won a thriller at 195 pounds when he scored an escape in the third period for a 1-0 victory.  The win was the 100th of Hunter’s career.
Ethan Boll won his match by pin in the first period, and Riley Helgeson won the heavyweight match by pin, and Diwlroth-Glyndon-Felton won the dual 45-29.

Crookston ends the regular season with a 13-8 dual record and will be the fourth or fifth seed in the Section 8A team wrestling tournament that starts on Tuesday, February 14.