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Monticello Triangular
The Wildcats opened the 2022-2023 wrestling season with a triangular at Monticello.  The Wildcats lost to the host team 51-24 but came back to beat Sauk Rapids/Rice 41-21.  Conner Aspenson had a great start with a strong win over his Monticello opponent.  Against Sauk Rapids, five of the wins were by forfeit.  Braxton Bender-Ehlke (138) won by technical fall over Jack Barz 18-2.  And Logan Bender (220) pinned Carter Koltes at 3:01 of their match.

Chisago Lakes Duals
The Wildcats hosted the Chisago Lakes Duals Saturday, December 3   They lost all three of their matches:    Foley 52, Chisago Lakes 19; Kenyon Wanamingo 52, Chisago Lakes 12; and Holdingford 54, Chisago Lakes 29.  Wildcat head coach Shawn Frederixon said “A number of our guys had a pretty good weekend.  We didn’t win any duals on Saturday, but we were matched up against some pretty tough competition.

Opening Weekend Individual Results
106  Conner Aspenson 2-2
132  Franklin Stark 0-4
138  Braxton Bender-Ehlke 2-2
145  Andrew Novak 3-1
152/160  Bryce Morley 2-1
152/160  Michael Amos 0-4
160/170  Reed Bleymeyer 2-1
182  Stevie Weiss 1-3
195/220  Logan Bender 3-1
195/220  Connor Frederixon 3-0
285  Chuck Gilman  2-2

Wrestling Whangdoodles
The Wildcats’ only action this week will be a dual meet tomorrow night at 6 p.m. against the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets at Cambridge-Isanti High School.

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