Crookston Pirate Wrestling gives up to many open weights in loss to Frazee in Section 8A tourney

The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team had six open weights and trailed 36-0 before the match started and Frazee cruised to a 66-12 victory in the Section 8A Team Wrestling quarterfinals at the Frazee High School gymnasium.

Crookston had six open weights going into the match. That gave Frazee 36 points before the match started so the Pirates knew their chances to win were slim.
Frazee won by forfeit at 107 pounds and won by pin at 114 and 121 pounds for an 18-0 lead. Crookston was open at the next three weights and Frazee to a 36-0 lead. At 145 pounds, Jose Arriaga had a solid match. He trailed 3-0 after being taken down but got an escape and a takedown for a 4-3 lead with 46 seconds left in the first period. Frazee’s Hunter Malone countered with an escape and a takedown for a 7-4 lead at the end of the first period. In the second period, Arriaga gave up an escape but countered with a takedown to get within an 8-7 deficit. Frazee’s Malone countered with an escape and a takedown for a 12-7 lead with 59 seconds left in the period. 29 seconds later Malone won by a pin at 3:30. Crookston picked up their first win of the match at 152 pounds when Gavyn Hlucny came out strong and picked up three points with a takedown and a few seconds later won by a pin at 38 seconds to get the Pirates within a 42-6 deficit. Frazee won the next four matches with two pins and two forfeits and had a 66-6 lead going into the heavyweight match. Crookston’s Riley Helgeson took a 3-0 lead with a takedown over a minute into the match and took a 3-0 lead into the second period. Riley got an escape for a 4-0 lead and got a pin a few seconds later at 2:40 to win his match, but Crookston lost the team portion 66-12.

Crookston wraps up the team season and will get ready for the Section 8A Individual Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 22 at the Crookston High School gymnasium.

Weight	Crookston-12	Frazee-66	Winner	Result
107	OPEN	Ashton Seller	Frazee	Forfeit
114	Jose Contreras	Christian Peichel	Frazee	Pin :52
121	Gabe Perala	Caleb Ratz	Frazee	Pin 1:47
127	OPEN	Gabe Schermerhorn	Frazee	Forfeit
133	OPEN	Liam Hamm	Frazee	Forfeit
139	OPEN	Cash Osterman	Frazee	Forfeit
145	Jose Arriaga	Hunter Malone	Frazee	Pin 3:30
152	Gavyn Hlucny	Brody Wischnack	Crookston	Pin :38
160	Lucas Perala	Blake Sonnenberg	Frazee	Pin 1:12
172	Paul Thornhill	Raymond Sanchez	Frazee	Pin 3:26
189	OPEN	Tanner Moe	Frazee	Forfeit
215	OPEN	Cade Nagel	Frazee	Forfeit
HWT	Riley Helgeson	Gavin Pope	Crookston	Pin 2:40

Riley Helgeson goes for the pin at heavyweight

The Pirates watch one of the matches with Gavyn Hlucny and Lucas Perala on the right

Coach Weiland and Coach Bergeron watching one of the matches

Tags: Chris Goodrich, Crookston Pirate Wrestling, Frazee hornet wrestling, Gabriel Perala, Gavyn Hlucny, Jaron Knutson, Jose Contreras, Lucas Perala, Paul Thornhill, Riley Helgeson, Section 8A Tournament, sports