Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Gators Down Rams

Coach Bergeron

The Gator wrestling team traveled to Roseau to take on the Rams for their first dual action of the year. The Gators looked like they were ready for action as Owen Novacek and Austin Maurstad got the Gators started out right with back to back pins to give the Gators a 12-0 lead. Wyatt Becker followed by dominating Chandler Mooney  12-0 for a major dec. to push the Gator lead to 16-0. Nick Kaml continued to look very dominate as he pinned Marc Stoltenberg at the 2:21 mark of the 2nd period to give the Gators a solid 22-0 lead.  Seth Dostal battle hard against veteran starter  Brett Jerome but Jerome pinned Dostal late in the 3rd period to put the Rams on the board. At 138 Trevor Undeberg has gotten off to a solid start as he moved his record to 4-1 on the season as he pinned James Rauser at the 2:27 mark of the second period to give the Gators a 28-6 lead. Dayton Bishop saw his first varsity action of the year at 145 as he wrestled hard in the first period but was pinned by a strong Darius Sikorski to close the gap to 28-12.

At 152 the Gators Brandon Waage proved why he is one of the leaders on the team as he dominated a solid  Jayfen Sikorski 12-2 for major Dec. to move the score to 32-12. Cody Olson for the Gators at 160 had a solid battle going with Blake Skogstad before Cody pinned him at the 4:28 mark of the second period. Gunner Gust showed a lot of energy at 170 to make quick work of Roseau’s Ryan Rosaaen with a pin at the 1:19 mark of period number one and give the Gators a 44-12 lead.

At 182 The Rams got back on the board as a solid Coltin Millner pinned Daron Sikorski midway through the second period. Beau Blumer for the Gators had a very entertaining match with Beau Kringer before Blumer got on top in the second period and pin Kringer with 8 seconds left in the second period. Adam Lorenson took the mat 220 pounds to take on the Rams Erik Karl, Lorenson showed his strength as he pinned Karl at the 1:05 mark of the first period. The night ended as the Gators Douglas Peterson took on a solid Kieren Oksanen at the 285 pound division, Oksanen caught Peterson midway through the 1st period to get the pin for the Rams. The Gators took home a solid 56-24 victory to move their record to 1-0 on the young season.

In JV action there were only 3 matches wrestled. Bryce Bergeron had a nice 4-3 dec. and Nick Keezar and Isaac Dostal both took the mat for the Gators for first time this year and battle hard but came up short.
The Gator team would like to thank the great fans that came out on a cold night in Roseau to watch the Gators cruise to their first victory of the year.

The Gators will take the mat again at home as they take on the Mahnomen-Waubun Cougars on Tuesday, Dec. 10th. This is a match that was rescheduled due to the Mahnomen football team playing in the State Championship.

Come on out and show your support as the Gators take the mat from the swamp for the first time this year.


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