PIRATE WRESTLING LOSES 3 MATCHES AT WEST CENTRAL QUAD

The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team had seven open weights out of the 13 spots in the lineup and lost all three duals at the West Central Area quadrangular. Crookston lost to West Central Area 66-7. They lost to Alexandria 64-9, and a 51-15 loss to Detroit Lakes. Mauricio Arriaga and Carter Coauette won all three of their matches. 

CROOKSTON VS WEST CENTRAL AREA –
Crookston started the day on a good note, with Mauricio Arriaga picking up a win at 107 pounds. Mauricio trailed 4-1 early in the match before he had an escape and reversal and was awarded two nearfall points for a 6-4 lead at the end of the first period. In the second period, Mauricio dominated. He had a reversal with two near-fall points and later added six more near-fall points for a 12-6 lead going into the third period. In the final two minutes, Mauricio had an escape, followed by a takedown and two near-fall points, and kept building on his lead to get a 21-11 major decision victory for a 4-0 Pirate lead.
The next Pirate victory, and last of the match, came at 172 pounds, with Carter Coauette winning by a 9-4 decision. Carter started with a takedown before giving up an escape. He had another takedown, allowed an escape, and followed with another takedown for a 6-2 lead at the end of the first period. Carter started the second period down and scored the only point of the period on an escape for a 7-2 lead. In the third period, both wrestlers scored two points on aarter and won the match 9-4, reversal, and C and the Pirates trailed 48-7. WCA won the next two matches by forfeit and won the last match by pin to win the dual 66-7.

CROOKSTON VS ALEXANDRIA –
Crookston started the second match of the day on another good note, with Mauricio Arriaga earning a 4-3 victory at 107 pounds. Mauricio trailed 2-0 at the end of the first period. He started in the down position in the second period and scored two points on a reversal. He gave up an escape and trailed 3-2 before he scored two points on a takedown and took a 4-3 lead into the third period. There was no scoring in the final period, and Mauricio held on for a 4-3 victory to give the Pirates a 3-0 lead. 
Crookston lost the next eight matches and trailed 46-3 before Carter Coauette got a win at 172 pounds. Carter started the match with a takedown and three near-fall points for a quick 5-0 lead. He gave up an escape and countered with another takedown for a 7-1 lead before winning by a pin at 1:28 to get the Pirates within a 46-9 deficit. 
Crookston lost the next two matches by forfeit and the final match by pin and the dual 64-9.

#	Crookston-9	Alexandria- 64	Win	Results
107	Mauricio Arriaga	Shane Timm	Crox	4-3
114	Gabriel Perala	Riley Gulbranson	Alex	Pin 1:38
121	OPEN	Mason McGrane	Alex	Forfeit
127	OPEN	Ty Larson	Alex	Forfeit
133	Jaron Knutson	Mason Evjen	Alex	Pin
139	OPEN	Zach Richards	Alex	Forfeit
145	Lucas Perala	Jackson Walliing	Alex	9-0
152	OPEN	Landon Day	Alex	Forfeit
160	OPEN	Gavin Englbrect	Alex	Forfeit
172	Carter Coauette	Aden Button	Crox	Pin 1:28
189	OPEN	Pablo Garcia	Alex	Forfeit
215	OPEN	Jaxon Werder	Alex	Forfeit
285	Riley Helgeson	Luke Maanum	Alex	Pin 2:38

 

CROOKSTON VS DETROIT LAKES –
Crookston took the lead for the third straight match thanks to Mauricio Arriaga, who won by decision. Mauricio scored two points on a takedown to start the match but trailed 5-2 shortly after. He scored a point on an escape and trailed 5-3 going into the second period. Mauricio started the period in the down position and scored an escape, followed by a takedown for a 6-5 lead. He gave up a reversal but countered with an escape, and the match was tied at 7-7 going into the third. Both wrestlers scored three points apiece in the third period to force a sudden victory period. Mauricio got a takedown to win the match 9-7 in sudden victory to give the Pirates a 3-0 lead.
Detroit Lakes won the next seven matches for a 42-3 lead. 
Carter Coauette picked up his third win of the day at 172 pounds with a forfeit to bring the Pirates within a 42-9 deficit. 
Crookston picked up another win at 189 pounds when Antonio Lamb won by a forfeit to get within a 42-15 deficit. Detroit Lakes won the last two matches to win the dual 51-15.

#	Crookston- 15	DL- 51	Win	Results
107	Mauricio Arriaga	Gage Weber	Crox	9-7 SV
114	Gabriel Perala	Kayden Newman	DL	Pin
121	OPEN	Talan Baker	DL	Forfeit
127	OPEN	Izaiah Vargas	DL	Forfeit
133	Jaron Knutson	Everett Northup	DL	Pin 2:12
139	OPEN	Jeremy Linn	DL	Forfeit
145	Lucas Perala	Beau Somdol	DL	Pin 1:04
152	OPEN	OPEN	–	–
160	OPEN	Brock Swiers	DL	Forfeit
172	Carter Coauette	OPEN	Crox	Forfeit
189	Antonio Lamb	OPEN	DL	Forfeit
215	OPEN	Tynan Simpson	DL	Forfeit
285	Riley Helgeson	William Martin	DL	4-3