GROVE CITY -- Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City turned in a dominating performance in its own tournament Saturday, placing all 14 wrestlers in the top three spots, including nine champions.
Scott Litzau, a 119-pound sophomore for ACGC, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Wrestler after winning his first match by a first-period pin, upsetting top seed Ethan Hildebrandt of St. James 1-0 in the semifinals and then earning a first-period pin in the championship.
Also winning titles for the Falcons, who were third in the Class A state tournament last year, was defending state champion Jeremy Anderson at 103 pounds, Ben Meyer at 112, Bill Wheeler at 125, Matt Pearson at 135, Travis Whitcomb at 140, A.J. Frederiksen at 160, Nic Leither at 189 and Dave Nelson at 215. Wheeler earned his 100th career win.
The Falcons finished with 254.5 points to 149 for runnerup St. James. Willmar was third with 121.5 points.
Travis Frederiksen at 152 pounds, Micah Larson at 171 and Josh Lies at heavyweight all placed second for ACGC.
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Willmar had two individual champions: Drew Larson at 152 pounds and Trent Molacek at 171. Brandt Haglund at 135 and Brandon Rieckman at 160 were both second.
Team scoring
(1) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 254.5 (2) St. James 149 (3) Willmar 121.5 (4) Norwood Young America 96 (5) Eden Valley-Watkins 83 (6) Kimball 46 (7) West Central 41
Championship matches
103: Jeremy Anderson, ACGC, maj Brady Stauffer, SJ, 11-0
112: Ben Meyer, ACGC, techfall Jake Long, WC, 20-2
119: Scott Litzau, ACGC, pin Phillip Clark, NYA, 1:20
125: Bill Wheeler, ACGC, dec Gregory Brass, SJ, 6-0
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130: Ryan Sullivan, EVW, maj Derek Orbeck, Kim, 11-0
135: Matt Pearson, ACGC, dec Brandt Haglund, Wil, 3-2
140: Travis Whitcomb, ACGC, dec Tony Swanson, NYA, 7-6, ot
145: Hilario Alvarado, SJ, dec Chris Faber, EVW, 6-4
152: Drew Larson, Wil, maj Travis Frederiksen, ACGC, 18-8
160: A.J. Frederiksen, ACGC, dec Brandon Rieckman, Wil, 10-6
171: Trent Molacek, Wil, techfall Micah Larson, ACGC, 20-5
189: Nic Leither, ACGC, pin Ethan Hoppe, SJ, 2:47
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215: Dave Nelson, ACGC, dec Matt Meuleners, NYA, 3-1
275: Nick Mackenthun, NYA, dec Josh Lies, ACGC, 3-1
How area wrestlers fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
103: Jeremy Anderson 2-0 (1), 1st place ... 112: Ben Meyer 2-0 (2), 1st place .... 119: Scott Litzau 3-0 (2), 1st place ... 125: Bill Wheeler 3-0 (2), 1st place ... 130: Dave Litzau 3-1 (1), 3rd place ... 135: Matt Pearson 3-0 (2), 1st place ... 140: Travis Whitcomb 3-0, 1st place ... 145: Erick Larson 1-1 (1), 3rd place ... 152: Travis Frederiksen 1-1, 2nd place ... 160: A.J. Frederiksen 3-0 (2), 1st place ... 171: Micah Larson 2-1, 2nd place ... 189: Nic Leither 2-0 (2), 1st place ... 215: Dave Nelson 2-0 (1), 1st place ... 275: Josh Lies 1-1, 2nd place
Willmar
103: Open ... 112: Adam Fagerstrom 0-2 .... 119: Eric Borgas 2-2 (2), 4th place ... 125: Nick Braun 2-1 (2), 3rd place ... 130: Berto Cruz 0-2 ... 135: Brandt Haglund 1-1, 2nd place ... 140: Nick Dahlke 1-2 (1), 4th place ... 145: Open ... 152: Drew Larson 2-0 (1), 1st place ... 160: Brandon Rieckman 2-1 (2), 2nd place ... 171: Trent Molacek 2-0 (1), 1st place ... 189: Marshall Swayer 3-1 (2), 3rd place ... 215: Sergio Flores 1-2 ... 275: Steve Fajardo 0-2
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BOLD/BLH Invite
BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector outpointed Minneota 171-167 to win its own invitational on Saturday.
Winning individual titles for BBLH was Chris Harmon at 140 pounds and Brian Hagen at 215. Pat LeVasseur at 125, Ross Neubauer at 135 and Brent Christenson at heavyweight all placed second.
Yellow Medicine East was third with 127 points. Austen Cole at 112 pounds, Casey Field at 135 and Landen Cole at 145 won individual titles.
MACCRA, which placed sixth had three champions; Tyler Steen at 152 pounds, Mitch Rosendahl at 160 and Mitch Grussing at 189.
Team scoring
(1) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector 171 (2) Minneota 167 (3) Yellow Medicine East 127 (4) Marshall 95.5 (5) Windom/Mt. Lake-Butterfield-Odin 82 (6) MACCRAY 76 (7) Red Rock Central 72 (8) Redwood Valley 39
How area wrestlers fared
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Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector
103: Kyle Schulte 2-1, 2nd place ... 112: Alex Steffel 3-1, 3rd place .... 119: Brett Jahnke 2-1 (1), 3rd place ... 125: Pat LeVasseur 2-1 (2), 2nd place ... 130: Tom Brenner 3-1 (2), 3rd place ... 135: Ross Neubauer 2-1 (2), 2nd place ... 140: Chris Harmon 2-0, 1st place ... 145: Cody Hatch 3-1 (2), 3rd place ... 152: Tyler Kramer 0-2 ... 160: Sam Steffel 1-2 ... 171: Kyle Pietig 3-1 (2), 3rd place ... 189: Open ... 215: Brian Hagen 3-0 (2), 1st place ... 275: Brent Christenson 2-1 (2), 2nd place
MACCRAY
103: Open ... 112: Levi Berends 0-2 .... 119: Open ... 125: Taylor Bodin 0-2 ... 130: Open ... 135: Open ... 140: Open ... 145: Joe DeGrote 2-2 (2), 4th place ... 152: Tyler Steen 3-0 (1), 1st place ... 160: Mitch Rosendahl 3-0 (1), 1st place ... 171: Thomas Uttermark 1-2 (1), 4th place ... 189: Mitch Grussing 2-0, 1st place ... 215: Dean Wandersee 1-2 ... 275: Open
Redwood Valley
103: Jordan Harazin 0-2 ... 112: Dre Arredondo 0-2 .... 119: Dominic Sweetman 0-2 ... 125: Brandon Swoboda 0-2 ... 130: Ross Mariner 0-2 ... 135: Anthony Bongard 0-2 ... 140: Alex Knoblauch 0-2 ... 145: Travis Gewerth 0-2 ... 152: Brady Stough 0-2 ... 160: Jared Schiller 2-2, 4th place ... 171: Brady Myers 2-1 (1), 2nd place ... 189: Brennan Hagert 0-2 ... 215: Brian Anderson 3-1 (2), 3rd place ... 275: Ruben Adam 0-2
Yellow Medicine East
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103: Logan Johnson 3-1 (1), 3rd place ... 112: Austen Cole 2-0, 1st place .... 119: Jordan Hagna 0-2 ... 125: Kevin Weber 2-2 (2), 4th place ... 130: Justin Tongen 2-2 (1), 4th place ... 135: Casey Field 2-0, 1st place ... 140: Wyatt Sand 2-1 (2), 2nd place ... 145: Landen Cole 3-0 (1), 1st place ... 152: Eric Dubbelde 1-2 ... 160: Phil Johnson 3-1, 3rd place ... 171: Blake Dandurand 0-2 ... 189: Ethan Sander 0-2 ... 215: Sam Isfeld 1-2 (1) ... 275: Justin Allen 0-2
Litchfield Invite
Litchfield finished second to Anoka in the eight-team tournament.
Jake Tews at 160 pounds was the lone Dragon champion, going 3-0 with a pair of falls.
Team scoring
(1) Anoka 281.5 (2) Litchfield 160.5 (3) Tartan 151.5 (4) Alexandria 135 (5) Royalton 115 (6) Totino-Grace 92 (7) Zimmerman 90 (8) Turtle Lake 38
How area wrestlers fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
Litchfield
103: Kyle Ballard 2-2 (2), 4th place ... Chris Miller 1-2, 5th place ... 112: Kurt Gartner 1-2 (1), 5th place .... 119: Aaron Seiffert 0-2 ... 125: Brian Malepsy 2-2 (1), 4th place ... 130: Damian Heairet 2-1 (1), 2nd place ... 135: Dan Cox 2-2 (1), 4th place; Alex Sherwood 0-2; Dylan Gunderson 1-2 ... 140: Elliot Bachman 0-2; Brandon Skalberg 1-2 (1) ... 145: Alex Berglund 2-2 (2), 4th place ... 152: David Malepsy 2-1 (1), 2nd place ... 160: Jake Tews 3-0 (2), 1st place ... 171: Dustin Celander 2-2, 5th place; Tanner Sittig 2-2 (1), 4th place ... 189: Jared Flemming 2-2 (2), 4th place ... 215: Sam Pautzke 0-2 ... 275: Jeremy Forster 1-1, 2nd place; Mike Lanigan 0-2
Foley Invite
Paynesville edged Pierz 39-36 for third place. The Bulldogs nipped Becker 31-28 in the quarterfinals and then lost to Cambridge 42-21 in the semifinals.
Dustin Sieben at 103 pounds, Jeff Albright at 119 and Jordan Christian at 125 all went 3-0 for Paynesville.
Team scoring
Paynesville 31, Becker 28
Cambridge 42, Paynesville 21
(Third place)
Paynesville 39, Pierz 36
How area wrestlers fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
Paynesville
103: Dustin Sieben 3-0 (3) ... 112: Matt Doom 1-2 (1).... 119: Jeff Albright 3-0 (2) ... 125: Jordan Christian 3-0 ... 130: Hayden Spaeth 1-2 ... 135: Justin Wendlandt 2-1 (1) ... 140: Tyler Hemmesch 0-2, Dillion Christiansen 0-1 ... 145: Jon Kerzman 1-2 ... 152: Ryan Gale 0-3 ... 160: Andrew Moser 1-2 ... 171: Aaron Burris 0-1 ... 171-189: Brad Torborg 2-1 (2) ... 189: Eric Wolbeck 0-2 ... 189-215: Kevin Klein 1-1, Eric Wolbeck 0-3 ... 275: Luke Frank 0-3
