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Chisago Lakes Invitational

A young, inexperienced Wildcat team opened the 2007-2008 wrestling season with a good showing at the Chisago Lakes Invitational Saturday, December 1. They beat Grand Rapids and put up a good fight against tough Forest Lake and Hibbing squads.

"We got the season off to a good start," said Wildcat head coach Shawn Frederixon. "We won more individual matches against Forest Lake than we ever have. We're a young team and we're going to have some tough matches this year. Today, the kids worked hard and got some good results. That's only the second time we've ever beaten Grand Rapids."

Four Wildcat wrestlers went undefeated in the tournament - Tony Gall (HWT), Travis Kammerer (135), Mike Michaelson (125) and Pao Thao (112). Thao is new to Chisago Lakes from Blaine. Troy Montague (215) also had a good day, winning two matches before losing to the number-one-ranked wrestler in the state.

CL 47, Grand Rapids 27

103: Mitch Jobe (GR) fall Quade Zupko (CL) 3:34

112: Pao Thao (CL) dec Matthew Ruder (GR) 7-6

119: Zac Bainville (GR) fall Tyler McConville (CL) 1:18

125: Mike Michaelson (CL) fall Travis Krumrei (GR) 2:19

130: Jake Bowersox (CL) forfeit

135: Travis Kammerer (CL) fall Ryan Kolka (GR) 4:38

140: Eric Enerson (GR) fall Trevor Reding (CL) 0:46

145: Riley Myers (CL) forfeit ()

152: Shane Hultman (CL ) fall Nate Schrupp (GR) 2:25

160: Derek Silbernagel (CL) tech Alan Grossman (GR) 3:24

171: Nick Ruder (GR) dec Clay Olson (CL) 7-6

189: Nick Hopkins (GR) fall Dylan Hoyt (CL) 2:27

215: Troy Montague (CL) fall Jeff Meyers (GR) 0:27

Hwt: Tony Gall (CL) fall Alex Siikanen (GR) 1:15

Forest Lake 48, CL 29

103: Austin Boniface (FL) fall Quade Zupko (CL) 5:02

112: Pao Thao (CL) maj Tony Smith (FL) 12-4

119: Ben Morgan (FL) fall Tyler McConville (CL) 1:24

125: Mike Michaelson (CL) fall Tyler Jensen (FL) 0:22

130: Kevin Nelson (FL) fall Jake Bowersox (CL) 0:32

135: Travis Kammerer (CL) dec Jake Riehle (FL) 7-5

140: Andy Kolbow (FL) fall Trevor Reding (CL) 0:53

145: Charlie Janssen (FL) fall Riley Myers (CL) 1:47

152: Mitch Koenig (FL) fall Shane Hultman (CL) 3:35

160: Derek Silbernagel (CL ) maj Joe Joyer (FL) 24-11

171: Caleb Corrow (FL) fall Clay Olson (CL) 5:31

189: Brent Kolbow (FL) fall Dylan Hoyt (CL) 1:50

215: Troy Montague (CL) fall Josh Mabry (FL) 0:33

Hwt: Tony Gall (CL) forfeit

Hibbing 48, Chisago Lakes 23

103: Michael Fuenffinger (H) maj Quade Zupko (CL) 10-2

112: Pao Thao (CL) dec Lexus Lustillo (H) 5-2

119: Tyler McConville (CL) fall Brad Belich (H) 1:42

125: Mike Michaelson (CL) maj Travis Steinke (H) 17-4

130: Mike Belich (H) fall Jake Bowersox (CL) 1:13

135: Travis Kammerer (CL) maj Cody Benz (H) 16-2

140: Joe Tichy (H) fall Trevor Reding (CL) 1:06

145: Forest Brownlee (H) tech Riley Myers (CL) 19-2

152: Tyler Greski (H) fall Shane Hultman (CL) 0:17

160: Blake Stenstrom (H) fall Derek Silbernagel (CL) 2:59

171: Will Johnson (H) forfeit ()

189: Jake Pullar (H) dec Clay Olson (CL) 6-0

215: Aaron Grozdanich (H) fall Troy Montague (CL ) 2:50

Hwt: Tony Gall (CL) fall Zach McComb (H) 0:20

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DUAL

CL 59, Columbia Heights 16

The Wildcats pummeled an outmatched Columbia Heights team 59-16 at home Thursday, December 6. Troy Montague electrified the home crowd with a pin just 11 seconds into the first period to put an exclamation point on this match. "Columbia Heights is a little down this year," said Wildcat head coach Shawn Frederixon. "They had a few forfeits tonight. But, all in all, we wrestled pretty well to win pretty big."

103 Quade Zupko CL won by forfeit 6-0

112Pao Thao CL tech fall over TimTorrell17-2 11-0

119Tyler McConville CL 10-8 over Mathias Waldemar 14-0

125 Jake Bowersox CL won by forfeit 20-0

130 Mike Michaelson CL 6-1 over Neil Manns 23-0

135 Travis Kammerer CL won by forfeit 29-0

140 Trevor Reding CL won by forfeit 35-0

145 Andy Reinartz CH 11-2 over Riley Myers 35-4

152 Shane Hultman CL won by forfeit 41-4

160 Will Van Gorden CH fall over Derek Silbernagel 41-10

171 Sean Anderson CH fall over Clay Olson 2:26 41-16

189 Dylan Hoyt CL fall over Derek Burbank 2:55 47-16

215 Troy Montague CL fall over Ben Lauer 0:11 53-16

Hwt: Tony Gall CL fall over Jamal Haidari 0:48 59-18

Princeton Quadrangular

The Wildcats struggled early at the Princeton Quadrangular Friday, December 7, but wrestled better through the rest of the day. They lost to Princeton and Sibley East, but finished the night on a high note by beating Long Prairie - Grey Eagle. The Wildcats trailed Long Prairie 32-27 heading into the last two matches, and Tony Gall (HWT) and Troy Montague (215) both pinned their opponents to give the Wildcats a 39-32 win.

"We didn't wrestle up to our potential against Princeton'" said Wildcat head coach Shawn Frederixon. "We didn't win close matches when we needed to. Give Princeton credit, though. They're a good squad. Against Long Prairie, we won all the close matches, and that made the difference. We started competing better towards the end of the day. That will happen with a young team. The younger guys were tentative at first and, by the end, they really started going after it.

"Travis Kammerer is undefeated so far this year," continued Frederixon. "He's really doing a nice job. Hopefully he can keep that up."

Troy Montague had pins at 11 seconds, 25 seconds and 21 seconds in his three matches on the day. Added together with his 11-second pin against Columbia Heights, Montague has only wrestled for one minute, four seconds in his last four matches. "He's an exciting wrestler to watch," said Frederixon, "and he's getting his matches over so quickly he doesn't even have time to break a sweat."

Princeton 42, Chisago Lakes 25

103Tyler Willenbring P 5-2 over Quade Zupko 3-0

112 Pao Thao CL 10-2 over Darrien Meixell 3-4

119 Zach Pederson P 7-1 over Tyler McConville 6-4

125 Corey Messer P fall over Jeff Abdullah 4:48 12-4

130 Mike Michaelson CL 10-3 over Luke Belair 12-7

135 Travis Kammerer CL fall over Kevin Salgado 2:51 12-13

140 Cody Bauman P 9-4 over TrevorReding 15-13

145 Adam Swenson P 8-3 over RileyMyers 18-13

152 Joel Wiedwitsch P fall over ShaneHultman 5:46 24-13

160 Derek Silbernagel CL fall over Scott Swanson 0:24 24-19

171 Seth Petron P fall over Clay Olson 1:52 30-19

189 Matt Zdrazil P fall over Dylan Hoyt 1:10 36-19

215 Troy Montague CL fall over Karl Eichenger 0:09 36-25

Hwt Billy Frank P fall over Tony Gall 5:19 42-25

Sibley East 48, CL 24

103 Adam Walters SE fall over Bobby Sontag 1:28 6-0

112 Adam Bates SE won by forfeit 12-0

119 Tyler Pasvogel SE 4-0 over Pao Thao 15-0

125 Kyle Wiest SE fall over Jeff Abdullah 1:34 21-0

130 Joey Posivio SE 3-0 over Mike Michaelson 24-0

135 Travis Kammerer CL 11-6 over Doug Petzel 24-3

140 Justin Luskey SE fall over Trevor Reding 0:37 30-3

145 Jake Zeiher SE fall over Riley Myers 3:14 36-3

152 Shane Hultman CL fall over Matt Pichelman 3:41 36-9

160 Derek Silbernagel CL 16-4 over Andy McGuire 36-13

171 Clay Olson CL fall over Kevin Lilienthal 1:55 36-19

189 Todd Pauley SE fall over Dylan Hoyt 1:09 42-19

215 Troy Montague CL fall Orlando Castillo 0:25 42-25

Hwt: Nick Gardner SE won by forfeit 48-25

Chisago Lakes 39,

Long Prairie Grey Eagle 32

103 Quade Zupko CL 9-2 over Jamie Wright 3-0

112 Zach Pesta LPGE 5-2 over Pao Thao 3-3

119 Tyler McConville CL fall over Nick Zastrow 0:54 9-3

125 Jeff Abdullah CL fall over Jordan Petrone 1:22 15-3

130 Mike Michaelson CL 7-3 over Kyle Middendorf 18-3

135 Travis Kammerer CL fall over Timber Holmquist OT 6:47 24-3

140 Mitch Zastrow LPGE won by forfeit 24-9

145 Daniel Middendorf LPGE tech fall over Riley Myers 15-0 24-14

152 Daniel Schad LPGE fall over Shane Hultman 3:23 24-20

160 Joseph Pesta LPGE fall over Derek Silbernagel 0:58 24-26

171 Clay Olson CL 7-2 over Kelly Holmquist 27-26

189 Chris Callahan LPGE fall over Dylan Hoyt 1:32 27-32

215 Troy Montague CL fall over Brian Reece 0:21 33-32

Hwt Tony Gall CL fall over Chris Whalen 0:49 39-32

The Wildcats were scheduled to head to Zimmerman for a dual meet Tuesday, December 11. Friday, December 14, they'll host a triangular at Chisago Lakes High School. They'll wrestle St. Cloud Tech at 5 p.m. and Fridley at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, they'll head across the border for a triangular at St. Croix Falls High School, with the matches beginning at 5 p.m.

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