The Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew wrestling team’s admirable season of team competition came to an end Saturday, March 13, with a 47-21 loss to Princeton in the Class 2A preliminary round (quarterfinal) at Pequot Lakes.
The Road Crew, which finished 29-5 overall and was seeded No. 2 in Section 8-2A, advanced to state earlier on Saturday by defeating top seed Thief River Falls 43-25 in the section final also in Pequot Lakes. It was the Road Crew’s first section title since 2014 and the team’s first time reaching the section final since 2015. Princeton had advanced by defeating Foley 41-26 in the Section 7-2A final.
On Thursday, March 11, in Pine River, the Road Crew won their first two section matches - defeating No. 7 Fergus Falls 81-0 in the quarterfinals and No. 3 Detroit Lakes 37-27 in the semifinals. In those matches, the Road Crew’s Parker Zutter, Easton Miller, Chance Abraham and Matthew Miller all had two pins.
Section individual competition was scheduled to begin Tuesday, March 16, in Pequot Lakes. The top four finishers in each bracket advance to the super regional Saturday, March 20, in Foley.
Top Road Crew records heading into the section individual tournament included: Connor Tulenchik 33-1, Owen Carlson 32-2, Parker Zutter 30-4, Corbin Knapp 27-7, Easton Miller 23-11, Austin Staricha 22-5, Riley Peters 22-9, Caleb Ruhl 21-10 and Finnegan O'Dell 20-14.
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Class 2A state preliminary
Princeton 47, Road Crew 21
106 – Parker Zutter (PLPRB) dec. Deegan Birkaker 8-2
113 – Tyler Wells (Princeton) pinned Tayten Mick :47
120 – Noah Vanderbeek (Princeton) pinned Easton Miller 1:47
126 – Ethan Ballweber (Princeton) dec. Owen Carlson 7-4
132 – Landen Parent (Princeton) pinned Caleb Ruhl 1:01
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138 – Kyle Boeke (Princeton) pinned Karsen Kinyon 5:10
145 – Parker Adkins (Princeton) dec. Finnegan O`Dell 7-4
152 – Riley Paetznick-Huhtala (Princeton) pinned Chance Abraham 1:35
160 – Zack Wells (Princeton) tech. fall over Brady Ruhl 21-6
170 – Connor Tulenchik (PLPRB) dec. Zach Marshall 5-1
182 – Austin Staricha (PLPRB) injury default over Malachi Kolhoff :14
195 – Corbin Knapp (PLPRB) dec. Kaden Olsen 7-4
220 – Keith Ellingson (Princeton) pinned Matthew Foster 2:32
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285 – Riley Peters (PLPRB) pinned Jackson Berry 5:59
Section 8-2A championship
Road Crew 43, Thief River Falls 25
106 – Parker Zutter (PLPRB) tech. fall over Keigan Hermanson 19-3
113 – Easton Miller (PLPRB) dec. Noah Jacobson 11-6
120 – Max Trumpold (PLPRB) pinned Nick Svir 3:02
126 – Sean Kilpatrick (PLPRB) wins by forfeit
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132 – Owen Carlson (PLPRB) dec. Kale Geiser 6-2
138 – Karsen Kinyon (PLPRB) dec. Ethan Lane 13-8
145 – Griffin Lundeen (TRF) tech. fall over Finnegan O`Dell 19-4
152 – Brady Kasprick (TRF) pinned Korey Kinyon 1:19
160 – Cody Wienen (TRF) pinned Chance Abraham 1:24
170 – Connor Tulenchik (PLPRB) tech. Fall over Brandon Zuniga 20-2
182 – Austin Staricha (PLPRB) pinned Dakota Fellman 1:09
195 – Mason Iverson (TRF) dec. Corbin Knapp 7-3
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220 – Jolson Sargent (TRF) tech. fall over Matthew Foster 17-1
285 – Riley Peters (PLPRB) pinned Collin Bruggeman :45
Section 8-2A semifinal
Road Crew 37, Detroit Lakes 27
106 – Parker Zutter (PLPRB) pinned Jared Ohm 1:19
113 – Easton Miller (PLPRB) pinned Izaiah Vargas :58
120 – Cole Weber (DL) pinned Max Trumpold 3:12
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126 – Owen Carlson (PLPRB) dec. Tyson Ullyott 6-5
132 – Bradly Swiers (DL) dec. Caleb Ruhl 9-2
138 – Cade Jackson (DL) dec. Karsen Kinyon 6-1
145 – Brody Ullyott (DL) dec. Finnegan O`Dell 2-0
152 – Chance Abraham (PLPRB) pinned Garett Nelson 3:39
160 – Austin Staricha (PLPRB) dec. Thad Schlauderaff 6-5
170 – Blaine Henderson (DL) pinned Trey Tuchtenhagen 3:46
182 – Connor Tulenchik (PLPRB) major dec. over Cale Abraham 16-7
195 – Corbin Knapp (PLPRB) dec. Henry Lee 4-0
220 – Matthew Foster (PLPRB) pinned Jeffery Moen :45
285 – Andreas Barnett (DL) pinned Riley Peters 1:29
Section 8-2A quarterfinal
Road Crew 81, Fergus Falls 0
106 – Parker Zutter (PLPRB) pinned Blake Roberts :57
113 – Easton Miller (PLPRB) pinned Kassten Hartwell :44
120 – Max Trumpold (PLPRB) pinned Carson Grenier 3:08
126 – Owen Carlson (PLPRB) won by forfeit
132 – Caleb Ruhl (PLPRB) won by forfeit
138 – Karsen Kinyon (PLPRB) won by forfeit
145 – Finnegan O`Dell (PLPRB) dec. Jacob Widness 4-1
152 – Chance Abraham (PLPRB) pinned Sam Sorum 5:10
160 – Austin Staricha (PLPRB) pinned Jonah Sorum 4:18
170 – Connor Tulenchik (PLPRB) pinned Kaden Hartwell 3:31
182 – Trey Tuchtenhagen (PLPRB) pinned Delvin Roberts 3:56
195 – Corbin Knapp (PLPRB) won by forfeit
220 – Matthew Foster (PLPRB) pinned Isaac Brunn :29
285 – Riley Peters (PLPRB) won by forfeit
