CL smashes Fridley and SLP

Chisago Lakes 59, Fridley 18 Chisago Lakes 57, Spring Lake Park 15 The Wildcat wrestling team won two conference matches last week to improve their overall dual meet record to 8-4 (2-1 in the conference). They crushed Fridley 59-18 at home on Tuesday, December 18, with eight of their 9 contested wins coming by pin. They traveled to Spring Lake Park on Thursday, December 20, dispatching an undermanned Spring Lake Park team 57-15. Five of the Wildcat wins came by forfeit. The next action for the Wildcats will be the Hibbing Invitational, January 4-5 at Hibbing. The opening matches will take place on Friday, January 4 at 4 p.m. Results vs. Fridley 106: Solomon Lunde won by fall 120: Dustin Kluge won by forfeit 126: Nathan Graeve won by forfeit 138: Carson Velaski won by fall 145: Sean Hoyt won by fall 152: Quade Zupko won by fall 160: Joe Virga won by fall 170: Mark Sontag won by fall 182: Mike Sampson lost by fall 195: Eric Brown won by tech fall 285: Jonah Westbury won by fall Results vs. SLP 106: Solomon Lunde won by dec. 126: Kyle Schoenecker won by fall 132: Dylan Connell won by forfeit 138: Carson Velaski won by forfeit 145: Sean Hoyt won by forfeit 152: Quade Zupko won by fall 170: Mike Sampson won by forfeit 182: Bill Mechelke won by forfeit 195: Eric Brown won by fall 285: Jonah Westbury won by fall Zupko Watch Quade Zupko inched closer to the Wildcat career wins record. His two wins – one versus Fridley and one versus Spring Lake Park – give him 164 for his career, just six short of Travis Kammerer’s all-time record of 170. If Zupko continues to wrestle well, he will likely break the record sometime in mid-January.