Trio of ranked opponents tumble past SE grapplers
January 15th, 2009It was a challenging week for Sibley East’s wrestlers as they fell to Scott West, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian District (BOLD), and Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial (LCWM) in non-conference action last week.
All three of the Sibley East opponents are among the State’s top 12 in their respective classes, according to Wolverine coach Rod Tollefson.
The Wolverines, 4-7, will wrestle at Watertown-Mayer Thursday. They will compete in the Minnehaha Tournament on Saturday, then host Le Sueur-Hend. on January 22.
SE 10 Scott West 52
Wrestling shorthanded and against the 4th ranked team in Class AA. That was not a good combination for Sibley East’s grapplers Thursday as they fell at Scott West 52-10.
“We had several wrestlers sick or hurt against Scott West,” Sibley East head coach Rod Tollefson said. “You can’t wrestle a team of that caliber without your strongest lineup and expect to compete.”
Sibley East was without its top wrestler Adam Bates. That forced the Wolverines to forfeit the 119-pound match. They also had a forfeit at 112.
With those forfeits and a pin, Scott West jumped out to a quick 21-0 advantage.
Sibley East would win three of the next four bouts. Tyler Pasvogel posted a major decision victory for the Wolverines while Kyle Wiest and Joey Posivio won by decision.
The win by Posivio cut the lead to 24-10 only to have Scott West win the final six matches. That run included four pins, a forfeit and a major decision victory.
Individual Results
103-Luke Betchwars (SW) dec’d. Aaron Bates 6-5; 112-Gabe Fogarty (SW) won by forfeit; 119-double forfeit; 125-Jake Siegle (SW) pinned Caleb Ling in 2:48; 130-Tyler Pasvogel (SE) maj. dec’d. Francis Dvorak 14-4; 135-Mark Dvorak (SW) dec’d. Nathan Rose 15-8; 140-Kyle Wiest (SE) dec’d. Paul Dvorak 6-4 in OT; 145-Joey Posivio (SE) dec’d. Alex Hentges 5-0; 152-double forfeit; 160-Tyler Kivel (SW) pinned Kevin Lilienthal in 1:23; 171-Dillon Fogarty (SW) maj. dec’d. Marcus Evans 10-0; 189-Connor Fogarty (SW) pinned Miah DuFrane in 2:43; 215-Michael Kroells (SW) pinned Taylor Smith in 4:56; Hwt.-Travis Hentges (SW) pinned Aaron Rose in 2:47;
SE 18 BOLD 37
Sibley East hung around early but eventually could not keep pace with host BOLD in a triangular last Tuesday. The Wolverines fell to the #12 ranked Warriors 37-18.
Decision wins by Aaron and Adam Bates knotted the match at 6-6 through three bouts. But, BOLD would regain the lead for good with back-to-back decision wins. The Warriors would go on to win six of the final nine bouts.
Aaron Rose highlighted action for Sibley East. The junior pinned his heavyweight opponent in the second period.
Nathan Rose and Joey Posivio recorded decision wins for the Wolverines.
Individual Results
103-Aaron Bates (SE) dec’d. Alex Hatch 3-2; 112-Tyler Seehusen (B) pinned Anthony Stark in 3:46; 119-Adam Bates (SE) dec’d. Jacob Revier 6-4; 125-Kyle Schulte (B) dec’d. Tyler Pasvogel 3-0; 130-Brett Janke (B) dec’d. Caleb Ling 6-2; 135-Nathan Rose (SE) dec’d. Zach Revier 6-2; 140-Cody Goldschmidt (B) dec’d. Kyle Wiest 4-3; 145-Joey Posivio (SE) dec’d. Brent O’Halloran 5-2; 152-Alex Steffel (B) dec’d. Justin Luskey 7-6; 160-Trevor Nissen (B) dec’d. Kevin Lilienthal 9-4; 171-Sam Steffel (B) maj. dec’d. Marcus Evans 10-0; 189-Andrew Brooks (B) pinned Miah DuFrane in :43; 215-Tyler Minkel (B) pinned Taylor Smith in 1:30; Hwt.-Aaron Rose (SE) pinned Dustin Caspers in 2:31;
SE 22 LCWM 38
Rod Tollefson’s Wolverines were on the short end of a seesaw battle against LCWM as they fell to the 11th ranked Knights 38-22.
It wasn’t until the final four matches that LCWM took command. Prior to that, there were five lead changes and two ties.
Sibley East won three of the first four bouts enroute to a 10-6 lead. Adam Bates highlighted that rally with a 16-7 major decision win in the 119-pound bout.
A decision and major decision put LCWM back on top 13-10 but Sibley East responded with wins by Kyle Wiest and Joey Posivio. There decision victories gave the Wolverines a 16-13 advantage but it would prove to be the last lead for the black and gold.
The Knights rattled off five straight wins including a three pins and a major decision.
Aaron Rose closed out the match with a Sibley East win. He stuck his opponent in less than a minute.
Individual Results
103-Aaron Bates (SE) dec’d. Tanner Trembley 5-1; 112-Brandon Schultz (LCWM) pinned Anthony Stark in 1:02; 119-Adam Bates (SE) maj. dec’d. Spencer Yackel 16-7; 125-Tyler Pasvogel (SE) dec’d. Dakota Yarger 3-1; 130-Davantay Corey (LCWM) dec’d. Caleb Ling 5-1; 135-Dylan Yarger (LCWM) maj. dec’d. Nathan Rose 11-3; 140-Kyle Wiest (SE) dec’d. Aaron Hutchens 6-2; 145-Joey Posivio (SE) dec’d. Eric Hood 4-0; 152-Cody Tibbetts (LCWM) dec’d. Justin Luskey 10-6; 160-Nate Meixell (LCWM) maj. dec’d. Kevin Lilienthal 11-2; 171-Tom Sandt (LCWM) pinned Marcus Evans in 5:38; 189-Denver Colin (LCWM) pinned Miah DuFrane in 1:46; 215-Tyler McMonagle (LCWM) pinned Taylor Smith in 1:38; Hwt.-Aaron Rose (SE) pinned Brad Laidig in :48;
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