KERKHOVEN -- Yellow Medicine East won five of the first seven matches to take a big lead, then three straight victories by decision gave the Sting a 35-31 non-conference win over Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in wrestling action Thursday.
The Sting built a 26-10 lead after Landen Cole's major decision at 140 pounds, then Evan Stock capped off three straight decisions for YME with a win at 189 pounds. The Fighting Saints won the last two matches by fall from Brad Kneisl at 215 and heavyweight Cody Kinney.
Notching falls for YME were Austen Cole at 112, Tanner Aus at 125 and Wyatt Sand at 135. KMS also got pins from Kurt Timmons at 103 and Kevin Steinhaus at 145.
YME 35, KMS 31
103: Kurt Timmons, KMS, pin Justin Stock 1:22
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112: Austen Cole, YME, pin Klinton VanHeuveln 3:53
119: Jacob Engler, KMS, maj Jordan Hegna 10-2
125: Tanner Aus, YME, pin Aaron Doraska 5:48
130: Casey Field, YME, maj Spencer Almen 16-4
135: Wyatt Sand, YME, pin Trevor Mahlum 1:02
140: Landen Cole, YME, maj Aaron Zimmer 19-7
145: Kevin Steinhaus, KMS, pin David Eckhardt 2:41
152: Mitch Hagen, KMS, dec Eric Dubbelde 3-2
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160: Phil Johnson, YME, dec Jaremy Merrill 6-5
171: Martin Hagen, YME, dec Joel Bauman 13-10
189: Evan Stock, YME, dec Chris Braaten 3-1
215: Brad Kneisl, KMS, pin Sam Isfeld 5:12
275: Cody Kinney, KMS, pin Justin Allen :11
NL-Spicer 56, RCW 9
Jordan Hennes at 103 pounds, Chad Henle at 119, Billy Dean at 130, Chris DeLong at 140, Adam Luberts at 145, Andrew Blomker at 189, Ryane Clark at 215 and heavyweight Zach Borka all posted falls for New London-Spicer, which led 35-3 at one point.
Renville County West got decisions from Tyler Fagen at 112, Drew Hultquist at 152 and Jake Freiborg at 171.
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103: Jordan Hennes, NLS, pin Derek Helmer 1:00
112: Tyler Fagen, RCW, dec Dylan Hanson 8-2
119: Chad Henle, NLS, tcfl Mitch Agre 18-3
125: Luke Reiter, NLS, dec Dakota Freiborg 6-3
130: Billy Dean, NLS, pin Zach Freiborg 4:16
135: Brandon Keller, NLS, dec Travis Holm 6-2
140: Chris DeLong, NLS, pin Brian Feldman 1:26
145: Adam Luberts, NLS, pin Adam Schorn 1:27
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152: Drew Hultquist, RCW, dec Tom Duscher 7-5
160: John Nething, NLS, dec Joe Dambroten 5-2
171: Jake Freiborg, RCW, dec Levi Schultz 5-3
189: Andrew Blomker, NLS, pin Will Lerud :56
215: Ryane Clark, NLS, pin Adam Adamski 8:25
275: Zach Borka, NLS, pin Colton Hanson 4:48
