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Big Lake Triangular

The Wildcats dropped to 0-5 in dual meets on the season with two losses at the Big Lake Triangular Thursday, December 7.  They fell to Cambridge-Isanti 51-24 and lost to the host team 57-16.

Three individual Wildcats went 2-0 in the triangular.  Logan Bender, ranked fourth in Class AA in the state at 285 pounds, took just 29 seconds to pin Christian Prihoda of Cambridge-Isanti.  It took Bender a little bit longer to pin Trajan Mussehl of Big Lake, getting the fall at 1:04.  Bender is now 4-0 in the young season, and all four of his victories have been by pin.  

Michael Amos (160) also won both of his matches by fall, including a pin over Quinton Harcey of Cambridge for the second time in less than a week.  He also pinned Jack Christensen of Big Lake at 1:19.  And Connor Frederixon (215) pinned Nickolas Heissig of Cambridge-Isanti at 3:07, then went on to win by a 10-0 major decision over Mason Krebs of Big Lake.  Franklin Stark (139) rounded out the wins for the Wildcats, pinning Zach Hylton of Cambridge-Isanti at 2:45.

Wrestling schedule

The Wildcats will head up to Pierz,  Friday for the eight-team Pierz Tournament, which gets underway at 5 p.m.

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