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Mora 45, North Branch 9

Mora dominated the Viking wrestling team, beating them 45-9 last Thursday, January 29 at Rush City. "Mora is a good team and they out-wrestled us at virtually every weight," said Viking head coach Tony Aho. "They have an experienced kid at every weight and we needed to wrestle perfectly to stay with them. Unfortunately, that didn't happen tonight, but we will get another chance at them later. Jake Kostik got a nice win over a good wrestler and John Morrison beat a pretty good heavyweight."

Individual Results

103 - Reid Johnson lost by fall

112 - Jake Kostik won by dec.

119 - Patrick Mork lost by dec.

125 - Jake Kalkbrenner lost by dec.

130 - Tom Mork lost by dec.

135 - Boyd Suparat lost by maj. dec.

140 - Sam Peltier lost by fall

145 - Stuart Frink lost by dec.

152 - Nick Salo lost by dec.

160 - Andy Freel lost by tech. fall

171 - Chad Anderson won by dec.

189 - Erik Chouinard lost by fall

215 - Justin Bergerson lost by dec.

285 - John Morrison won by dec.

Grand Rapids Skip Nalan Tournament

The Vikings has a fruitful trip to Grand Rapids last Saturday, January 31, winning the ten-team Grand Rapids Skip Nalan Tournament. Boyd Suparat (135) and Justin Bergerson (215) each won individual championships. The other coaches voted Suparat the tournament's outstanding wrestler.

"This was an excellent team effort," said Viking head coach Tony Aho. "Although some of the other teams sat kids out of the tournament, our kids went out and wrestled very hard and deserved this championship. Reid Johnson is getter better each and every day and is starting to emerge as a good lead-off man for this team. Tom Mork had a nice tournament and is starting to show some spark out there. Boyd bounced back from a tough loss against Mora and dominated his weight class. Sam Peltier is an eighth grader at 140 pounds who did not place but earned two key pins which really helped the team. He is strong and coachable so we think he will be very good. Stuart Frink, Nick Salo, Chad Anderson and Erik Chouinard all came out and earned key wins for the team. Justin Bergerson took the championship at 215 and is becoming one of our better wrestlers."

Team Results

1. North Branch 237.5

2. Grand Rapids 223.5

3. Hibbing 197

4. Mahnomen-Wauban 160.5.

5. Aitkin 160

6. Cloquet/Esko 132.5

7. Deer River 120.5

8. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 119

9. Ogilvie 118

10. Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 102

11. Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl 88

12. Roseau 74

13. Nashwauk-Keewatin 54

Individual results

103 Reid Johnson 5th

112 Jake Kostik 4th

119 Patrick Mork 6th

125 Jake Kalkbrenner 6th

130 Tom Mork 3rd

135 Boyd Suparat Champion

140 Sam Peltier DNP

145 Stuart Frink 3rd

152 Nick Salo 5th

160 Andy Freel 4th

171 Chad Anderson 5th

189 Erik Chouinard 3rd

215 Justin Bergerson Champion

285 John Morrison 2nd

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