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Chisago Lakes Triangular

Boys

The boys’ wrestling team won both duals as the hosts at the Chisago Lakes Triangular on Thursday, January 15.  The Wildcats triumphed over Big Lake 49-24 and beat Mora 44-27.  Seven Wildcats won both of their matches on for the day: Grant Hansen (107), Conner Aspenson, Lucas Yang (133), Gus Strub (139), Brannick Malchow (152(, Luke Grabow (189) and Matt Raboin (285). Strub had the most exciting match of the day, going to overtime against Bentley Hill of Mora before claiming a 20-17 sudden victory.

Chisago Lakes 49, Big Lake 24

107 Grant Hansen (7-4) Fr., CHLA over Lucas Hemmesch (0-0) 8th, BILA (F 1:06)

114 Elijah Schaller (0-0) Jr., BILA won by forfeit

121 Conner Aspenson (6-5) Sr., CHLA over Grant Volk (0-0) Jr., BILA (MD 9-0)

127 Ryker Jackman-Shaw (0-0) Fr., BILA won by forfeit

133 Lucas Yang (5-2) Jr., CHLA over Jaylen Rand (0-0) Fr., BILA (TF 19-4 (5:41))

139 Gus Strub (1-9) Jr., CHLA over Forfeit, BILA (FF)

145 Bruce Sweno (0-1) Fr., CHLA over Forfeit, BILA (FF)

152 Brannick Malchow (5-7) So., CHLA over Forfeit, BILA (FF)

160 Tucker Houle (5-6) Fr., CHLA over Harlan Bieniek (0-0) Fr., BILA (F 1:07)

172 Jack Lehto (0-0) So., BILA over Henry DeCorsey (1-9) So., CHLA (F 4:40)

189 Luke Grabow (3-8) Fr., CHLA over Liam Mayer (0-0) Jr., BILA (F 3:01)

215 Austin Frederickson (0-0) Sr., BILA over Connor Bresnahan (2-9) Jr., CHLA (F 2:26)

285 Matt Raboin (9-3) Jr., CHLA over Henry Kuchera (0-0) Sr., BILA (MD 8-0)

Chisago Lakes 44, Mora 27

107 Grant Hansen (7-4) Fr., CHLA over Chad Lee (7-12) 7th, MORA (F 1:02)

114 Conner Wentworth (0-0) 7th, MORA over Dylan Yang (1-1) 8th, CHLA (F 0:34)

121 Conner Aspenson (6-5) Sr., CHLA over Carter Hill (7-8) Fr., MORA (F 2:43)

127 Henry Berg (6-7) 8th, MORA won by forfeit

133 Lucas Yang (5-2) Jr., CHLA over Mason Gorecki (2-14) 8th, MORA (TF 15-0 (4:00))

139 Gus Strub (1-9) Jr., CHLA over Bentley Hill (7-8) Fr., MORA (SV 20-17)

145 LJ Sjodin (5-5) Fr., MORA over Bruce Sweno (0-1) Fr., CHLA (F 5:45)

152 Brannick Malchow (5-7) So., CHLA over Tucker Koch (10-3) So., MORA (F 1:11)

160 Stratton Nelson (15-4) Jr., MORA over Tucker Houle (5-6) Fr., CHLA (Dec 7-3)

172 Connor Sjodin (8-11) Jr., MORA over Henry DeCorsey (1-9) So., CHLA (F 2:49)

189 Luke Grabow (3-8) Fr., CHLA over Ethan Hanson (3-3) Fr., MORA (F 0:45)

215 Connor Bresnahan (2-9) Jr., CHLA over Charles Whitbred (5-9) So., MORA (F 1:33)

285 Matt Raboin (9-3) Jr., CHLA over Oliver Miller (8-9) Fr., MORA (F 0:55)

Girls

That same evening, the Wildcat girls wrestled a dual against Mora, losing 60-6.  Two wrestlers also wrestled against Big Lake.  Libby Carlson (235) was the only Wildcat girl to win matches.  She pinned Sylvia Carlstrom of Mora at 108 and won by a 4-1 decision over Jaydin Dahn of Big Lake.

Mora 60, Chisago Lakes 6

100 Hannah Berg (12-4) So., MORA won by forfeit

106 Forfeit, CHLA vs. Forfeit, MORA (DFF)

112 Brianna Koch (4-4) Sr., MORA over Cora Hinsch (0-2) 8th, CHLA (F 1:22)

118 Bridget Bankers (12-3) Jr., MORA over Bella Widmer (2-2) Jr., CHLA (F 0:31)

124 Anja Bakke (6-3) Jr., MORA won by forfeit

130 Valerie Pierce (6-4) 8th, MORA won by forfeit

136 Natalie Olson (10-4) So., MORA over Sienna Frederixon (1-1) 8th, CHLA (F 0:24)

142 Ava Showers (8-6) Sr., MORA over Sophie Strub (0-0) Sr., CHLA (F 2:55)

148 Kylee Nelson (12-0) So., MORA over Quinn Vega (0-0) 8th, CHLA (F 0:32)

155 Tabytha Lee (11-3) 8th, MORA won by forfeit

170 Shelby Strandlund (13-2) So., MORA over Ruby Schlender (1-0) So., CHLA (F 3:11)

190 Forfeit, CHLA vs. Forfeit, MORA (DFF)

235 Libby Carlson (3-4) Fr., CHLA over Sylvia Carlstrom (7-8) 7th, MORA (F 1:08)

Chisago Lakes vs. Big Lake

136 Alexa Guy (0-0) , BILA over Sienna Frederixon (1-1) 8th, CHLA (F 0:35)

235 Libby Carlson (3-4) Fr., CHLA over Jaydin Dahn (0-0) Sr., BILA (Dec 4-1)

St. Croix Lutheran Lady Crusader Invitational

The Wildcat girls finished eighth at the 17-team St. Croix Lutheran Lady Crusader Invitational on Friday, January 16.  Individually, the top two Wildcat finishers were Ruby Schlender (170), who came in third, and Libby Carlson (235), who came in fourth.  Schlender lost her opening match by pin to Alyssa Diedrich of Roseville at 4:34. In the wrestlebacks, she needed just 58 seconds to pin Camden Rodriguez-Hild of Maple Grove, and followed that up with a pin over Mu Wah of St Paul Humboldt-Open World Learning to earn a spot in the third place match against Reece Siedlicki of Apple Valley.  Schlender won by a 12-3 major decision over Siedlicki  to claim third place.

Carlson opened with a pin just three seconds before the end of match against Jocelyn Stillwell of Cloquet-Esko-Carlton.  She lost her second match by pin at 2:47 to Reymie Keenan of Minneapolis Edison.  She won by fall over Ashlynn Johnon of Roseville and lost by a 4-1 decision to Mila Carnahan of Apple Valley to finish fourth.

Individual Results

112  Cora Hinsch              1-2         5th

118  Hadley Vega             0-2         DNP

136  Sienna Frederixon    3-3         6th

148  Quinn Vega               0-2         DNP

148  Sophie Strub             1-3         6th

170  Ruby Schlender        3-1         3rd

235  Libby Carlson            2-2         4th

St. Croix Lutheran Crusader Invitational

The next day, the boys participated in a boys’ invitational at St. Croix Lutheran.  They finished  fourth out of 15 teams.  Conner Aspenson won all three of his matches to claim first place at 114 pounds and needed less than three minutes of mat time to do it. He needed just ten seconds to pin Jaxon Berry of North Branch.  He won by fall over Colton Wiltrout of Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg/Siren in 51 seconds.  And in his third first-period pin of the day, he triumphed over Finn Root of WEM-JWP at 145 to claim the championship.

Individual Scores

107  Grant Hansen 4-1 5th

114  Conner Aspenson 3-0 Champ

133  Lucas Yang 2-1 3rd

139  Gus Strub 1-2 DNP

145  Wallace Lakour 0-2 DNP

152  Brannick Malchow 2-2 4th

160  Tucker Houle 3-1 3rd

172  Henry DeCorsey  0-2 DNP

189  Luke Grabow 4-1 5th

215  Connor Bresnahan 0-2 DNP

285  Matt Raboin 2-1 3rd

Wrestling Whangdoodles

Tomorrow night, the girls will head across the border into the land of cheeseheads to participate in the 46-team Saint Croix Falls Girls Tournament, with matches getting underway starting at 4 p.m.  And on Tuesday, January 27, the boys will head to Minneapolis Edison for a dual meet that starts at 4 p.m.

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