Prep wrestling: ACGC heads to state tourney

EDEN VALLEY - Even though it graduated six seniors that qualified for the individual state tournament last year, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City is returning to the Class A State Tournament as a team after beating Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 38-22 in the Section 5A final Friday.
The Falcons will be making a third consecutive trip to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and 10th state appearance overall. The one-day team tournament is Feb. 26 starting at 11 a.m.
ACGC nearly doubled up Kimball (45-23) in the semifinals Friday to reach the final. BBE upended Osakis 34-23 in its semifinal.
Aaron Lang’s major decision at 106 and Rylan Molinaro’s technical fall at 113 put ACGC out front early in the final. Josey Tensen got the Jaguars on the board with a decision at 120, but the Falcons upped their lead to 17-3 after Brennan Holien won a decision at 126 and Cameron Whitcomb gave ACGC another technical fall at 132.
The Jaguars gave their fans a little more to cheer for when Adam Jaeger at 138, Isaiah Gilbert at 145 and Colby Schramel at 152 (major) won back-to-back-to-back decisions, but a decision from Jase Peterson at 160 (major decision), Derek Dengerud at 170 (pin) and Sheldon Rasmussen at 182 (technical fall) gave ACGC three straight wins and a comfortable 32-13 lead.
Heavyweight Ben Feuerhake posted a pin and Joe Reller won a close decision at 195 to give BBE nine late points.
ACGC edged BBE 32-30 earlier in the season at a home quadrangular.
ACGC 38, BBE 22
106: Aaron Lang, A, maj Canon Swanson 10-1
113: Rylan Molinaro, A, tcfl Tyler Bents 4:15
120: Josey Tensen, B, dec AJ Schmidt 11-4
126: Brennan Holien, A, dec Kaleb Voss 4-2
132: Cameron Whitcomb, A, tcfl Spencer Amundson 5:10
138: Adam Jaeger, B, dec Jacob Whitcomb 8-2
145: Isaiah Gilbert, B, dec Ty Mortenson 8-6
152: Colby Schramel, B, maj Cullen Hoffmann 13-0
160: Jase Peterson, A, maj Trevor Kern 10-1
170: Derek Dengerud, A, pin Jonah Voss 0:38
182: Sheldon Rasmussen, A, tcfl Steven Mady 5:25
195: Joe Reller, B, dec Schyler Whelcel 7-5
220: Cody Berghuis, A, won by forfeit
285: Ben Feuerhake, B, pin Johnathon Behm 0:48
BBE 34, Osakis 23
The Jaguars won the six middle weights to overtake Osakis and advance to the championship match. The Silverstreaks won three of the first four weights to take an early 11-4 lead before four decisions - Spencer Amundson at 132, Adam Jaeger at 138, Trevor Kern at 160 and Steven Mady at 160 - and pins from Isaiah Gilbert at 145 and Colby Schramel at 152 put BBE ahead 28-11.
Josey Tensen won a major decision at 120 and Joe Reller at 220 and heavyweight Ben Feuerhake closed out the match with back-to-back decisions for the Jaguars, who beat Osakis earlier in the season at a triangular hosted by ACGC.
106: Seth Johnson, O, maj Canon Swanson 13-4
113: Trenton Coyer, O, maj Tyler Bents 16-5
120: Josey Tensen, B, maj Triston Stoetzel 15-5
126: Brendon Coyer, O, dec Kaleb Voss 7-1
132: Spencer Amundson, B, dec Darrin Stoetzel 9-6
138: Adam Jaeger, B, dec Ryan Engfer 3-1
145: Isaiah Gilbert, B, pin Garret Sunder 5:36
152: Colby Schramel, B, pin Conrad Wiener 5:06
160: Trevor Kern, B, dec Dominic Strom 9-5
170: Steven Mady, B, dec Austin Sunder 9-3
182: Tyler Spanswick, O, pin Jonah Voss 0:50
195: Nils Hagen, O, won by forfeit
220: Joe Reller, B, dec Ronnie Towle 9-5
285: Ben Feuerhake, B, dec Mitch Sunder 3-0
ACGC 45, Kimball 23
The Falcons never trailed as they got pins from Aaron Lang at 106 and AJ Schmidt at 120, a technical fall from Brennan Holien at 126 and a Kimball forfeit at 113 to open the match.
Kimball then won the next three weights to close within 23-14, but ACGC won five of the final seven weights to seal its second win over the Cubs this season.
Derek Dengerud at 160 and heavyweight Cody Berghuis posted pins, while Sheldon Rasmussen at 182 won a major decision and Jase Peterson at 152 and Schyler Whelcel at 195 earned decisions for ACGC.
106: Aaron Lang, A, pin Josh Donnay 0:43
113: Rylan Molinaro, A, won by forfeit
120: AJ Schmidt, A, pin Michael Donnay 3:33
126: Brennan Holien, A, tcfl Joseph Donnay 4:17
132: Blane Tschida, K, dec Cameron Whitcomb 7-3
138: Quinten Berres, K, pin Jacob Whitcomb 1:46
145: Brady Mehr, K, tcfl Cullen Hoffmann 5:40
152: Jase Peterson, A, dec Payton Hanan 6-0
160: Derek Dengerud, A, pin Adam Thein 0:45
170: Tanner Schreifels, K, dec Tanner Fester 7-0
182: Sheldon Rasmussen, A, maj Skylar Schiefelbein 12-3
195: Schyler Whelcel, A, dec Ben Zipoy 10-5
220: Troy Filzen, K, pin Tanner Berghuis 1:17
285: Cody Berghuis, A, pin Grant Garding 0:55