On Saturday Dec. 1, the Bulldog wrestlers opened up their season competing against a very competitive field at the Dick Shiels Invitational hosted by Faribault High School. The tournament was again well run and featured 4 teams ranked in the top 15 in the state of Minnesota in AAA, as well as a number of highly ranked individuals. Of the 12 PEM wrestlers that competed, 9 finished in the top 5 with 6 in the top three, including 2 champions.
PEM Sophomore Garrett Olson started the day off strong at 126 using a series of deep shots and arm bars to defeat his first 2 opponents. Olson would make it all the way to the finals of his 13 man bracket before falling to the #1 ranked wrestler Reid Ballantyne of Stillwater. At 132 PEM had two wrestlers competing, sophomores Kael Lamb and Derrick Boyum. Both had strong days posting 2 wins and 2 losses in the 11 man bracket falling just short of placing in the top 6.
At 138 two more PEM sophomores, Cael Marx and Cooper Hofschulte, both had strong and similar tournaments as well. On the top half of the bracket Hofschulte defeated two opponents in the preliminary and quarterfinal rounds, including #4 seed Sam LaCanne of Faribault. Marx received a bye into the quarterfinal round and got a pin to advance to the semis. In the semis, both Marx and Hofschulte lost decision to state ranked opponents and fell to the 3rd/4th place match where they would have to compete against each other.
PEM junior, Joe Stucky advanced to the semis where he would drop a very close 8-6 decision to eventual tournament champion Kaden Nelson of Owatonna. Stucky would finish the day in 4th place in the 10 man bracket. At 160, PEM senior Carter Marx used 3 pins to advance to the finals before falling to Roman Rogotzke of East Ridge.
Senior Connor Jones dropped 2 decisions at 170. At 182 the Bulldogs again had two wrestlers entered, freshman Martin Prieto and Sophomore Alex Rahman. Both young upper weights performed extremely well for the Bulldogs. Rahman lost his opening round match to state ranked Josh Piechowski of Stillwater, won his elimination match by fall, lost a decision to teammate Prieto in the consolation semis, and won a very close 5th place match 1-0. After a quarterfinal win, Prieto fell to returning state champion Cade King of Owatonna in the semis for his only loss of the day. Following his semifinal loss, Prieto followed up with two victories by decision using very clean neutral position wrestling.
PEM’s top two weights carried the day for the Bulldogs. Senior Dustin Dittrich used two dominating wins by fall in the quarters and semis. In the finals Dittrich defeated #7 ranked Josh Heyda of host team Faribault to claim the tournament championship. With the win, Dittrich became just the 4th ever Dick Shiels Champion for the Bulldogs.
In the 285 lb class, junior Logan Wingert dominated the entire field. Wingert claimed 3 wins, all by fall. In addition, Wingert did not surrender a point for the entire tournament. The tournament championship was the first of Wingert’s career. Wingert joins Dittrich, as well as alumni Austin Rother, Reed DeFrang, and Frank Wingert as the only PEM wrestlers to champion the very challenging Dick Shiels Invitational.
Pictures of the Event are available HERE!
Team Scores
1 Owatonna (#3 AAA) 199.0 2 Northfield (#10 AAA) 198.5 3 Stillwater (#15 AAA) 185.0 4 Tri City United 138.0 5 PEM 135.5 6 East Ridge (#5 AAA) 113.0 7 Faribault 100.0 8 St. Paul Johnson 32.5 9 Minneapolis Roosevelt 6.0
Dick Shiels Faribault Invite Varsity Results for Plainview Elgin Millville
126 - Garrett Olson (2-1) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Garrett Olson (PEM) 2-1 won by fall over Soni Soukchaleun (St. Paul Johnson) 1-2 (Fall 1:39),
Semifinal - Garrett Olson (PEM) 2-1 won by fall over Caleb Whipps (Tri City United) 2-1 (Fall 2:00),
1st Place Match - Reid Ballantyne (#1AAA) (Stillwater) 3-0 won by fall over Garrett Olson (PEM) 2-1 (Fall 1:56)
132 - Kael Lamb (2-2) place is unknown and scored 4.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kael Lamb (PEM) 2-2 won by fall over Will Hones (East Ridge) 0-2 (Fall 1:13), Quarterfinal - Jeffrey Robinson (Stillwater) 1-2 won by fall over Kael Lamb (PEM) 2-2 (Fall 2:34), Cons. Round 1 - Kael Lamb (PEM) 2-2 won by tech fall over Andrew Tekle Sunberg (Minneapolis Roosevelt) 0-2 (TF-1.5 4:46 (20-3)),
Cons. Semi - Tanner Holt (East Ridge) 2-2 won by decision over Kael Lamb (PEM) 2-2 (Dec 5-2)
132 - Derck Boyum (2-2) place is unknown.
Champ. Round 1 - Derck Boyum (PEM) 2-2 won by decision over Andrew Tekle Sunberg (Minneapolis Roosevelt) 0-2 (Dec 17-11),
Quarterfinal - Trayton Anderson (#1AAA) (Northfield) 3-0 won by fall over Derck Boyum (PEM) 2-2 (Fall 0:58).
Cons. Round 1 - Derck Boyum (PEM) 2-2 won by fall over Will Hones (East Ridge) 0-2 (Fall 2:38), Cons. Semi - Caden O`Malley (Tri City United) 2-1 won by fall over Derck Boyum (PEM) 2-2 (Fall 2:11)
138 - Cooper Hofschulte (2-2) placed 4th.
Champ. Round 1 - Cooper Hofschulte (PEM) 2-2 won by decision over Hunter Rutt (Tri City United) 0-2 (Dec 8-5),
Quarterfinal - Cooper Hofschulte (PEM) 2-2 won by decision over Sam LaCanne (Faribault) 2-2 (Dec 9-2),
Semifinal - Hunter Lyden (#2AAA) (East Ridge) 3-0 won by tech fall over Cooper Hofschulte (PEM) 2-2 (TF-1.5 4:32 (19-3)),
3rd Place Match - Cael Marx (PEM) 2-1 won by decision over Cooper Hofschulte (PEM) 2-2 (Dec 4-1).
138 - Cael Marx (2-1) placed 3rd and scored 13.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Cael Marx (PEM) 2-1 won by fall over Marco Reyes (Tri City United) 2-2 (Fall 1:51), Semifinal - Landen Johnson (#9AAA) (Owatonna) 2-1 won by decision over Cael Marx (PEM) 2-1 (Dec 8-4),
3rd Place Match - Cael Marx (PEM) 2-1 won by decision over Cooper Hofschulte (PEM) 2-2 (Dec 4-1)
145 - Joe Stucky (1-2) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Joe Stucky (PEM) 1-2 won by fall over Bryce Nolen (Faribault) 2-2 (Fall 4:51), Semifinal - Kaden Nelson (Owatonna) 3-0 won by decision over Joe Stucky (PEM) 1-2 (Dec 8-6),
3rd Place Match - Darrin Kuyper (Northfield) 3-1 won by fall over Joe Stucky (PEM) 1-2 (Fall 2:36)
160 -Carter Marx (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 23.0 team points.
Prelim - Carter Marx (PEM) 3-1 won by fall over Antony Tuttle (Stillwater) 4-1 (Fall 5:15), Quarterfinal - Carter Marx (PEM) 3-1 won by fall over Chris Forcier (Faribault) 0-2 (Fall 3:15)
Semifinal - Carter , Marx (PEM) 3-1 won by major decision over Kody Glende (Tri City United) 1-3 (MD 14-4),
1st Place Match - Roman Rogotzke (#7AAA) (East Ridge) 3-0 won by decision over Carter Marx (PEM) 3-1 (Dec 10-7)
170 - Connor Jones (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Prelim - Jack Stanton (Northfield) 4-0 won by major decision over Connor Jones (PEM) 0-2 (MD 11-3),
Prelim - Steven Miller (Tri City United) 3-2 won by decision over Connor Jones (PEM) 0-2 (Dec 5-0)
182 - Alex Rahman (2-2) placed 5th.
Quarterfinal - Josh Piechowski (#7AAA) (Stillwater) 2-1 won by fall over Alex Rahman (PEM) 2-2 (Fall 3:00),
Cons. Round 1 - Alex Rahman (PEM) 2-2 won by fall over Tou Yang (St. Paul Johnson) 1-2 (Fall 1:52),
Cons. Semi - Martin Prieto (PEM) 3-1 won by decision over Alex Rahman (PEM) 2-2 (Dec 6-1),
5th Place Match - Alex Rahman (PEM) 2-2 won by decision over Brody Rud (Tri City United) 1-3 (Dec 1-0)
182 - Martin Prieto (3-1) placed 3rd and scored 14.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Martin Prieto (PEM) 3-1 won by fall over Max Jolicouer (Minneapolis Roosevelt) 0-2 (Fall 3:47)
Semifinal - Cade King (#1AAA) (Owatonna) 4-0 won by fall over Martin Prieto (PEM) 3-1 (Fall 1:28) Cons. Semi - Martin Prieto (PEM) 3-1 won by decision over Alex Rahman (PEM) 2-2 (Dec 6-1) 3rd Place Match - Martin Prieto (PEM) 3-1 won by decision over Mason Pagel (Northfield) 2-2 (Dec 5-1)
195 - Dustin Dittrich (3-0) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Dustin Dittrich (#3AA) (PEM) 3-0 won by fall over Quincey Price (Owatonna) 1-3 (Fall 2:32),
Semifinal - Dustin Dittrich (#3AA) (PEM) 3-0 won by fall over Dylan Lippert (Faribault) 2-2 (Fall 2:00),
1st Place Match - Dustin Dittrich (#3AA) (PEM) 3-0 won by decision over Josh Heyda (#7 AAA)(Faribault) 2-1 (Dec 6-4)
285 - Logan Wingert (3-1) Logan Wingert (3-0) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Logan Wingert (PEM) 3-0 won by fall over Hayden Chang (St. Paul Johnson) 1-2 (Fall 3:51),
Semifinal - Logan Wingert (PEM) 3-0 won by fall over Antonio Carter (Northfield) 1-2 (Fall 0:41),
1st Place Match - Logan Wingert (PEM) 3-0 won by fall over Collin McCarthy (Stillwater) 1-1 (Fall 1:55)
Junior Varsity Individual Results:
Isaac Walch (PEM)-1st
Won Maximus Brown (ROOS) Fall .52
Won Dante Juberian (TCU) Decision 11-0
Won Eli Viskocil (TCU) Fall 1.10
Riley Boland (PEM)-3rd
Won Rian Grunwald (OW) Decision 6-4
Lost Isaac Yetzer (FAR) Fall .22
Lost Austin Rutt (TCU) Decision 4-0
Jason Feils (PEM)-2nd
Lost Brant Lemeiux (TCU) Decision 6-3
Won Brady Racine (FAR) Decision 6-4
Won Jake Gronli (OW) Decision 6-4
Jacob Harlow (PEM)-2nd
Lost Mason Edstrom (NF) Fall 1.01
Won Isaac Larsen (ROOS) Decision 9-3
Won Cael Dowling (OW) Fall .54
Carter Meyers (PEM)-1st
Won Sabastian Klanica (ROOS) Fall 3.30
Won Kane Schiller (NF) Decision 7-3
Won Franklin Pfoser (SPJ) Fall .58
Tony Roberton (PEM)-2nd
Lost Hudson Aase (OW) Fall 2.27
Won Joseph Gonzolez (ROOS) Decision 10-2
Lost Nick Dauffenbach (SW) Decision 12-3
Conner Ramthun (PEM)-1st
Won Marlon Alfonso (ROOS) Fall .31
Won Marcos Ramirez (FAR) Decision 11-2
Caevan Judge (PEM)-4th
Lost Pedro Nascimento (NF) Fall 1.45
Lost Myles Pearlman (ROOS) Fall .58
Lost Ricky Reyes (ER) Fall 1.08
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