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Pierz Duals

As a team, the Wildcats struggled against some tough competition at last Friday’s Pierz Duals, going 0-4 for the tournament.  

But they had some success individually, as both Connor Frederixon (215) and Logan Bender (285) went 4-0 for the day.

The host team beat the Wildcats 52-18.  Taden Morley (127) decisioned Gauge Johnson 6-4, and Michael Amos (160) won 7-2 over Brayden Melby.  Frederixon and Bender pinned their opponents.  Frederixon completed the pin at 3:24 of his match with Wyatt Dingmann, and Bender took just 25 seconds to demolish Jack Byker.  Bertha Hewitt defeated the Wildcats 54-15.  Braxton Bender-Ehlke pinned David Verbenen at exactly the one-minute mark of their match.  Frederixon won by forfeit, and Bender decisioned Braden Shamp, who is ranked seventh in Class A, 7-0.

Osakis won 60-12.  

Frederixon pinned Andrew Ziesmer at 1:26, and Bender needed just 32 seconds to pin Gavin Muenzhuber.  

In the seventh-place matchup, the Wildcats made it closer, losing 45-30 to Moorhead.  Conner Aspenson (114) won by forfeit.  Franklin Stark (139) won by fall over Micayah Garcia-Ortiz at 4:37.  Aydin Lemke (145) pinned Joshua Beach at 1:20.  

Frederixon won by forfeit, and Bender had his third pin of the day in the first period, finishing off Demarco Clay at 1:33.

Bender, ranked fourth in Class AA at 285 pounds, is undefeated at 8-0 for the season.

In their last action until after the New Year, the Wildcats will head north for the Rock Ridge/Mountain Iron-Buhl Tournament, to be held tomorrow at U.S. Steel Gymnasium, at Rock Ridge High School starting at 9 a.m.

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