FOREST LAKE -- Willmar went 1-2 at the Forest Lake Invitational on Saturday, but three Cardinals finished the day undefeated.
Brandt Haglund at 135 pounds, Drew Larson at 145 and Trent Molacek at 171 each went 3-0. Larson and Molacek had three pins apiece.
Willmar took down North Branch, 33-31, but fell to Monticello, 55-15, to end up in the third-place match, losing to Henry Sibley, 44-28.
Sibley led 32-28 with two weights left, but Willmar forfeited at 215 and 285 all day due to illness.
Coach Tom Beyer said of the three Willmar unbeatens, Haglund's feat was perhaps most impressive because "He faced three quality kids."
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Willmar's Brandon Reickman had a one-point win over Henry Sibley junior Dan Kirchner, rated No. 9 Class AAA at 160.
Forest Lake, No. 9 in Class AAA, whipped Monticello, 63-6, in the title match.
Willmar (3-3) is at Fergus Falls Thursday to close out the 2006 portion of the schedule, a triangular including Otter Tail Central.
Willmar scores
Willmar 33, North Branch 31
Monticello 55, Willmar 15
(Third place)
Henry Sibley 44, Willmar 28
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How area wrestlers fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
Willmar
103: Alex Johannes 0-3 ... 112: Adam Fagerstrom 1-2 .... 119: Erik Borgos 1-2 ... 125: Nick Braun 1-2 ... 130: Cody Milhausen 0-3 ... 135: Brandt Haglund 3-0 (1) ... 140: Nick Dahlke 1-2 (1) ... 145: Drew Larson 3-0 (3) ... 152: Cody Stegeman 1-2 (1) ... 160: Brandon Reickman 1-2 ... 171: Trent Molachek 3-0 (3) ... 189: Nick DeVries 0-3 ... 215: Open ... 285: Open
Cass Lake Invite
Eric Goette picked up three pins and a 6-2 record to lead the Tigers with his fifth-place finish at 125 pounds. Morris/Hancock finished 20th of 33 teams with 72 points.
Team scoring
(1) Barnesville 190.5 (2) Greenbush-Middle River-Badger 183.5 (3) Aitkin 164 (4) Thief River Falls 141 (5) Bemidji 128 (6) Pine River-Backus/Pequot Lakes 123 (7) Brainerd 122.5 (8) Wadena-Deer Creek 122 (9) Fergus Falls 116.5 (10) Hutchinson 112 (11) Roseau 108.5 (12) Hibbing 103.5 (13) Moorhead 91.5 (T14) Crookston, Crosby-Ironton 86 (16) Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 82 (17) New York Mills 80 (18) Detroit Lakes 77 (19) Park Rapids Area 75 (20) Morris/Hancock 72 (21) Staples-Motley 57 (22) Fertile-Beltrami 55 (23) West Central Area 52 (24) East Grand Forks 51 (25) Deer River 49.5 (26) Fosston/Bagley 42.5 (27) Red Lake County Central 40.5 (28) Warren-Alvardo-Oslo 38 (29) Menahga/Sebeka 36 (30) Nashwauk-Keewatin/Greenway 28.5 (31) Walker-Hackensack/Akley/Nevis 25 (32) Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 24 (33) Virginia Area 20
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How area wrestlers fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
Morris/Hancock
103: Tim Ostby 3-2 (2) ... 112: Open .... 119: Josh Nelson 3-3 (2), 8th place ... 125: Eric Goette 6-2 (3), 5th place ... 130: Tanner Berning 1-2 (1) ... 135: Travis Thooft 3-2 (2) ... 140: Kyle Feuchtenberger 1-2 (1) ... 145: Open ... 152: Open ... 160: Open ... 171: Max Koehntop 2-2 ... 189: Open ... 215: Travis Moser 4-2 (1), 7th place ... 275: Open
Dassel-Cokato Invitational
With the help of perfect records from Chad Henle at 112 pounds, Shawn Hatlestad at 119, Adam Luberts at 145 and Andrew Blomker at 189, New London-Spicer won two duals. The Wildcats upended BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector 29-24 and Dassel-Cokato 37-25 before falling to Foley, 35-19.
Blomker pinned all three of his opponents while Luke Reiter at 125 and Levi Schultz at 171 both went 2-1 for the Wildcats.
Team standings
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(1) Foley 3-0 (2) New London-Spicer 2-1 (3) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector 1-2 (4) Dassel-Cokato 0-3
Match scores
NL-Spicer 29, BOLD/BLH 24
Foley 38, BOLD/BLH 22
Foley 35, NL-Spicer 19
Foley 49, Dassel-Cokato 24
NL-Spicer 37, Dassel-Cokato 25
BOLD/BLH 35, Dassel-Cokato 22
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How area wrestlers fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector
Not available
New London-Spicer
103: Jordan Hennes 0-3 ... 112: Chad Henle 3-0 (1) .... 119: Shawn Hatlestad 3-0 (1) ... 125: Luke Reiter 2-1 ... 130: Billy Dean 1-2 ... 135: Brandon Keller 1-2 ... 140: Cody Haugen 0-3 ... 145: Adam Luberts 3-0 (1) ... 152: Chris DeLong 1-2 ... 160: John Nething 0-3 ... 171: Levi Schultz 2-1 ... 189: Andrew Blomker 3-0 (3) ... 215-275: Ryane Clark 0-3, Blake Johnson 1-2 (1)
Late result Friday
West Central North
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Minnewaska 42, LPGE 22
Gage Sachs, a seventh-grader, got the Lakers off to a good start with a 12-6 decision. At 125 pounds, Justin Fredrick's pin started a five-weight win streak that put Minnewaska in front, 23-12.
103: Gage Sachs, Min, dec Zach Pesta 12-6
112: Kyle Middendorf, LPGE, pin Grant Winter 2:48
119: Timber Holmquist, LPGE, won by forfeit
125: Justin Fredrick, Min, pin Dan Middendorf :33
130: John Tatro, Min, maj Chad Hibbs 21-7
135: Cam Schafer, Min, pin Christian Chapin 3:46
140: Dan Braaten, Min, maj Kyle Nelson 11-0
145: Brad Twardowski, LPGE, dec Collin Jergenson 4-2
152: Daniel Schad, LPGE, maj David Bond 14-6
160: Joseph Pesta, LPGE, dec Sam Goracke 8-7
171: Brandon Manderscheid, Min, dec Chris Callahan 7-6
189: Jamie Linman, Min, maj Kelly Holmquist 13-2
215: Mason Leedahl, Min, pin Allen Erickson 1:33
275: Austin Otto, Min, pin Ryan Skillings 1:12
