Gator Wrestlers Takedown Rams

By: Coach Bergeron

The Gator wrestling team opened their season with a solid 48-18 road victory over the Rams. The Gator wrestling team took the mat with some new varsity wrestlers in Wyatt Becker, Devin Dostal, Zach Berg, and Eli Novacek. The Gators also took the mat with four State ranked wrestlers in Isaac Novacek, Tomm Ingle, TeJay Wojchowski and Alex Yeager, along with returning solid starters in Brandon Waage,  Gunner Gust , Jake Jenson and John Westman.

Wyatt Becker got the Gators rolling with a solid 7-3 victory controlling  the action over a solid Brett Jerome to give the Gators an early 3-0 lead.

Devin Dostal BGMR had an exciting match as he got out to a 7-4 second period lead before pinning Casey Warner at the 5:41 mark to give the Gators a 9-0 lead.

Isaac Novacek BGMR took his #1 ranking in the state to the mat and proved to be too much for Derek Olson as he jumped out to an early 6-1 lead before pinning Olson at the 1:30 mark of the first period. After Brandon Waage dominated the action is his match against a solid Jaufen Sikorski with a pin in :48 seconds the Gators took a commanding 21-0 lead.

The Rams would put together two victories as upper classmen Jesse Eastman and Kyle McCourt took the mat.  Jesse Eastman and Zach Berg took the mat for an exciting first period at Eastman took a 2-1 lead into the second period and pinned Berg at the 3:22 mark. Kyle McCourt and Gunner Gust took the mat at 138, which proved to be the most exciting match of the night as senior McCourt held on to win a very entertaining 10-9 dec. over an up and coming 9th grader Gunner Gust to cut the lead to 21-9

Jake Jenson got the Gators back on the board at 145 as he took control early and  pinned a strong Ryan Erickson at the 2:37 mark of the second period to give the Gators a 27-9 lead.

The Rams Colton Miller (152) took on Brendon Dostal and pulled away late to take a 11-5 dec. and pulled the score to 27-12.

The Gators would win five of the next six matches wrestled as State ranked wrestlers Tomm Ingle (160) and TeJay Wojchowski (170) would take home victories. Ingle would take home a close 4-2 dec. over a solid Trevor Peterson and Wojchowski would control the match from the start as he dominated a strong Tyler Crabtree with a pin at 1:25 of the first period to give the Gators a 36-12 lead.

John Westman (182) would take the Forfeit, followed by a double ff at 195. This would make the score 42-12 before Roseau’s Kieren Oksanen (220) would take on a young Eli Novacek and record a pin at the 1:10 mark of the first period.

Returning State Champ Alex Yeager would close out the scoring as the Rams were open at 285.

The Gators will take their 1-0 record to Wadena on Saturday as they battle in a very tough Wadena Tournament.

The Gator team would like to thank the large crowd that came out to support the Gators to a solid 48-18 opening match victory.

December 1, 2011

Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 48 Roseau 18
106 Wyatt Becker (BGMR) Dec. Brett Jerome (ROS) 7-3
113 Devin Dostal (BGMR) Fall Casey Warner (ROS) 5:41
120 Isaac Novacek (BGMR) Fall Derek Olson (ROS) 1:30
126 Brandon Waage (BGMR) Fall Jaufen Sikorski (ROS) :48
132 Jesse Eastman (ROS) Fall Zach Berg (BGMR) 3:22
138 Kyle McCourt (ROS) Dec. Gunner Gust (BGMR) 10-9
145 Jake Jensen (BGMR) Fall Ryan Erickson (ROS) 2:37
152 Colton Miller (ROS) Dec. Brendon Dostal (BGMR) 11-5
160 Tomm Ingle (BGMR) Dec. Trevor Peterson (ROS) 4-2
170 TeJay Wojochowski (BGMR) Fall Tyler Crabtree (ROS) 1:25
182 John Westman (BGMR) Won by FF
195 Double Forfeit
220 Kieren Oksanen (ROS) Fall Eli Novacek (BGMR) 1:10
285 Alex Yeager (BGMR) Won by FF