GARRETSON – Flandreau placed eight matmen on the podium at the Jesse James Invitational Wrestling tournament on Saturday, January 11. Taking the top positions were junior Teague Bergjord going …
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GARRETSON – Flandreau placed eight matmen on the podium at the Jesse James Invitational Wrestling tournament on Saturday, January 11.
Taking the top positions were junior Teague Bergjord going 3-0 at 120 pounds and senior Karter Headrick, also 3-0, at 215.
Flandreau took fifth as team scoring 162 points from the 12 schools in attendance.
“Going in we had a goal to place as a team in the top five and for everyone to win a match,” said Head Coach Cody Chamblin. “We got that top five and we got some wins for our younger kids.”
Tri-Valley won the invite with 280 points followed by Groton Area with 224.5. Beresford/Alcester-Hudson was third with 187.5 and Elk Point-Jefferson came in fourth.
Bergjord opened the day in the second seed position and was awarded a bye in the first round. He then won a 16-1 tech fall over Cade Aasheim of Lennox before pinning Kyson Kucker of Groton Area in 5:29 in the semis. In the finals he won a hard-fought 9-6 win over top seeded Owen Bunde of Tri-Valley.
Headrick, top seeded, also had an opening round bye before facing Emory Lefers of Lennox. The Flier won by tech fall, 21-6. He pinned Elliot Powell of Tri-Valley in 1:42 in the semis. In the final match, he met Aiden Hibelink of Chester Area and pinned the Flyer in 1:20.
Garretson, Lennox, Marion/Freeman, Chester Area, Baltic, Scotland and Hanson rounded out the field.
Earning third place wins were Zach Pederson at 126, Gabe Frias at 132 and Justin Klein at 175 all recording 4-1 marks on the day. Fourth place was taken by Hayden Pearson (3-2), Rhyder Behnke (4-2) was fifth and in his first outing of the year, Tyton Peters (3-3), took sixth.
Chamblin was happy with the way his younger and newer wrestlers finished.
“This was Gabe’s first time on the podium,” said Chamblin, “and we also had a couple more firsts on the team.”
Jesse James Invite Results
106 Aston Duncan, LBF :39 Blake Benson, Garr; bye; won forfeit; LBF Josh Oleson, Free;
120 Teague Bergjord, bye; won 16-0 TF Cade Aasheim, Lenn.; WBF 5:20 Kyson Kucker, Grot; won 9-6 Owen Bunde, TV – 1st place
126 Zach Pederson, WBF :33 Justin DelCid, Bal; WBF 3:14 Ben Seeley, Ber; lost 9-0 Logan Pankratz, Free; WBF 3:50 Kedren Fergen, Lenn; won 19-3 TF Seeley, Ber. – 3rd place