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Spring Lake Park 35, CL 33 

The Wildcats matched up well against conference opponent Spring Lake Park, but the Panthers squeezed out a 35-33 win over the Wildcats Thursday, January 11 at Chisago Lakes.

In one of the key matchups of the evening, Wildcat Mitch Anderson, ranked eighth in the state, won a hard-fought 3-2 win over fifth-ranked Jamon Brunette. Anderson scored all of his points in the second period on an escape and a takedown, and limited Brunette to just two escapes for the match.

It looked like Jonathan Barwin (135) had Augustine Dolo pinned early in their match. As Dolo rolled over onto both shoulders while attempting a maneuver against Barwin, Barwin held him there for a few seconds. But the referee did not award the pin to Barwin, and Dolo pinned Barwin later in the match.

Mike Welle's matchup with Justin Dahl was the turning point in the match. Welle and Dahl tied 1-1 in regulation, and Dahl took down Welle for two points and the win with just 15 seconds left in the first overtime.

"That was a fun dual" said Wildcat head coach Shawn Frederixon. "We needed to get at least one more pin to win the match, but it just didn't happen."

Individual Results

103     Phuong Vuong S 16-0 over Tim Welle 5-0

112     Travis Kammerer CL 6-3 over Matt Weber 5-3

119     Mike Michaelson CL 9-2 over Kyle Kaminski 5-6

125     Jared Johnson S fall over Tyler McConville 2:32 11-6

130     Mitch Anderson CL 3-2 over Jamon Brunette 11-9

135     Augustine Dolo S fall over Jonathon Barwin 3:53 17-9

140     Shane Hultman CL fall over Mike Froelich 3:10 17-15

145     John Hogie CL fall over Kevin Wolf 1:18 17-21

152     Josh Dahl S fall over Derek Silbernagel 2:57 23-21

160     Justin Dahl S 3-1 OT over Mike Welle 26-21

171     Ben Chandler S fall over Mike Melter 3:30 32-21

189     Ed Kaminski S 6-0 over Jason Schumann 35-21

215     Troy Montague CL fall over Brian Leonhardt 0:45 35-27

275     Tony Gall CL won by forfeit 35-33

Cambridge/Isanti Quadrangular

The Wildcats ran into some tough competition at the Cambridge/Isanti Quadrangular Friday, January 12. They lost to Champlin Park 58-12 and fell to hosts Cambridge/Isanti 69-0 before coming back to beat Princeton 46-21.

Travis Kammerer (112) and Mitch Anderson (130) pinned their opponents to record the only Wildcat points against Champlin Park. John Hogie (140) and Mike Welle (152) came the closest to scoring against Cambridge/Isanti, with each of them losing by just two points in their matchups.

The Wildcats won 10 of 14 individual matchups against Princeton, including pins by Kammerer, Anderson, Jon Barwin (135), Shane Hultman (140) and Welle. Barwin's pin of Scott Swanson just 27 seconds into the match was his first pin of the season.

Champlin Park 58, CL 12 

103     Skyler Vongkaysone CP won by forfeit 6-0

112     Travis Kammerer CL fall over Dez Dower 3:29 6-6

119     Andrew Alexander CP 11-10 over Tyler McConville 9-6

125     Jordon Bock CP fall over Jake Bowersox 1:39 15-6

130     Mitch Anderson CL fall over Curtis Shaffer 3:45 15-12

135     Josh Wiseman CP fall over Jonathan Barwin 1:20 21-12

140     Steven Watt CP 13-1 over Riley Myers 25-12

145     Matt Baarson CP 18-2 over Shane Hultman 30-12

152     Shane Hartwig CP 4-1 over Mike Welle 33-12

160     Tyler Ockuly CP 9-8 over Derek Silbernagel 36-12

171     Jess Mortensen CP fall over Mike Melter 3:16 42-12

189     Al Quaye CP fall over Jason Schumann 3:45 48-12

215     Ed Cotton CP 14-3 over Troy Montague 52-12

275     Sam Maresh CP fall over Tony Gall 3:10 58-12 

Cambridge Isanti 69, CL 0 

103     Joe Holmberg CI won by forfeit 6-0

112     Clayton Jennissen CI 9-0 over Travis Kammerer 10-0

119     Chad Larsen CI 13-0 over Mike Michaelson 14-0

125     Derek Swanson CI fall over Jake Bowersox 1:25 20-0

130     Scott Gifford CI 7-0 over Mitch Anderson  23-0

135     Jason Ingberg CI fall over Jonathan Barwin 0:59 29-0

140     Erik Elmstrand CI 4-2 over John Hogie 32-0

145     Dalton Lilledahl CI 15-0 over Shane Hultman 37-0

152     Tyler Swanson CI 5-3 over Mike Welle 40-0

160     Matt Jennissen CI fall over Derek Silbernagel 3:01 46-0

171     Ross Dankers CI 17-2 over Mike Melter 51-0

189     Tony Nelson CI fall over Jason Schumann 1:35 57-0

215     Dallas Nelson CI fall over Troy Montague 1:30 63-0

275     Kyle Groves CI fall over Tony Gall 3:31 69-0 

Chisago Lakes 46, Princeton 21 

103     Zach Pederson P 15-0 over Tim Welle 0-5

112     Travis Kammerer CL fall over Andrew Barthel 5:00 6-5

119     Mike Michaelson CL 9-0 over Luke Belair 10-5

125     Eric Tadych P fall over Jake Bowersox 2:46 10-11

130     Mitch Anderson CL fall over Kevin Salgado 1:26 16-11

135     Jonathan Barwin CL fall over Scott Swanson 0:27  22-11

140     Shane Hultman CL fall over Adam Swenson 2:20 28-11

145     John Hogie CL 8-6 over Levi Cuny 31-11

152     Mike Welle CL fall over Clay Frank 5:15 37-11

160     Derek Silbernagel CL 13-10 over Matt Porter 40-11

171     Mike Melter CL 14-8 over Seth Patron 43-11

189     Matt Zdrazil P fall over Jason Schumann 3:49 43-17

215     Kyle Katz P 16-3 over Troy Montague 43-21

275     Tony Gall CL 11-5 over Billy Frank 46-21

Hinckley-Finlayson

Jaguar Invitational 

Despite missing two of their top wrestlers, the rest of the Wildcats stepped up their performance to finish third out of ten at the Jaguar Invitational (Hinckley/Finlayson) Saturday, January 13.

Mike Michaelson (119) and Troy Montague (189) won their weight classes. Michaelson had three pins in his championship run. Those three pins gave Michaelson 25 for his career. Travis Kammerer ended up in second place after losing 8-7 to Andrew Kustleben of Holdingford in the 112-pound championship match. Tony Gall (285) was pinned with just 12 seconds left in his match against Dain Racker of Melrose and also ended up in second place. And Jonathan Barwin (130) got his second pin in two days, this time over Chris Rausch of Melrose.

The two missing wrestlers were John Hogie, who had to sit out the tournament because of an injury, and Mitch Anderson, who ended up in sixth place even though he became ill and had to withdraw early.

"If we had had John and Mitch," said Wildcat head coach Shawn Frederixon, "we would have had a chance to push Mound Westonka for the title. We ended up just a couple of points from second. I was really proud of the way the rest of our team wrestled and stepped up their performance."

"With three meets and eight individual matches in three days," said Frederixon, "it made for quite a challenging week for our guys. But they seemed to rise up and find the energy they needed to do well on Saturday. The tough schedule will help to toughen them up both mentally and physically as they realize how much their bodies can do. We've got just a few weeks left before the section tournament."

Team Tournament Standings

1. Mound Westonka 200

2. Holdingford 165

3. Chisago Lakes Area 162.5

4. Trinity School 152.5

5. Hinckley 136

6. Rush City 132

7. Melrose 127.5

8. Ogilvie 121

9. Virginia 77

10. Granite City Baptist 14 

Individual Finishes

103     Tim Welle DNP

112     Travis Kammerer 2nd

119     Mike Michaelson 1st

125     Mitch Anderson 6th

130     Jonathan Barwin 5th

145     Mike Welle 3rd

152     Shane Hultman DNP

160     Derek Silbernagel 3rd

171     Mike Melter 5th

189     Troy Montague 1st

215     Jason Schumann 6th

285 Tony Gall 2nd

The Wildcats have another tough three-day stretch this week. They travel to Hinckley today, Thursday, January 18, to take on Mille-Lacs at 7 p.m. and Hinckley-Finlayson at 8:30 p.m. They'll head to Irondale to take on the Knights Friday, January 19 at 7 p.m. And, the Wildcats will host a triangular Saturday, January 20, welcoming Cloquet and Kasson-Mantorville to Chisago Lakes High School. Saturday's matches start at 10 a.m.

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