Hall of Fame and Olympic wrestling champion, Dan Gable once said, "once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy!" With Gable's quote in mind, the PEM grapplers were back in the wrestling room on Monday December 26 at 8 AM to prepare for the 16 team Holiday dual tournament at UW-Eau Claire last Thursday. The 3 days of preparation and hard work paid off as the Bulldogs finished in 5th place out of 16 teams and a hard fought 4-1 record. PEM wrestling coach Nate Pfeilsticker commented, "our guys had a quick turnaround after Christmas, but showed their GRIT by their hard work in last week's practices." The early morning practices helped prepare PEM for the 9 AM start time of the tournament and 5 grueling matches. PEM defeated Mondovi, WI 69-12 in the first round followed by another strong finish as they beat Independence, WI 63-18 in the second round. PEM's Alex Hinrichs battled with 2 of western Wisconsin's top 170 pounders as he defeated state ranked Gavin Bragger of Independence in a tough 7-5 win and Alan George from Mondovi 5-3.
The Bulldogs then took on Minnesota's top team, Simley who is not only ranked number one in MN, but is also nationally ranked. The Spartans gave PEM all they could handle in a 72-3 defeat. PEM coach Daren Wingert commented, " I wasn't sure how this young team would react to such a sound defeat from Simley, but they were extremely resilient and showed their potential in the last 2 matches!"
PEM headed to the 2-1 (5th place bracket) with a chance to prove the doubters wrong. PEM opened with Maeson Tradup and Drew Rahman's two pins at 220 and Hwt then slammed the door shut with Dominic Michel's impressive 17-1 technical fall at 152. Final score PEM 56; Westfield 18.
Coach Cam Miller added, "not only did our guys look tough on top but what an impressive day from Dominic Michel! He finished the day 5-0 with 4 pins/tech falls and a tough win over his Simley opponent."
The day concluded with a 5th and final dual with Park-Cottage Grove MN with the 5th place bracket championship on the line. The dual went back and forth as both sides traded pins to start the dual but with the match on the line Logan Dittrich turned a close match into a pin with an escape, takedown and a lateral drop throw as the PEM fans erupted in excitement! After another headlock pin by Alex Bedsted, the Bulldogs found themselves up by only 6 at 220. Maeson Tradup showed his gutsiness by taking down and pinning his Park wrestler to lock up the championship, 45-33!
Coach Bobby Bedsted summarized, "it was a huge step in the right direction for this young team! Cooper Mack showed his true potential with 2 pins and a tough decision vs Westfield against a much bigger opponent. He's starting to find his groove at 106!"
Mondovi/Eleva-Strum (12) vs. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (69)
170: Alex Hinrichs (PEM) over Alan George (MONES) (Dec 5-3)
182: Garion Wallgren (PEM) over Ethan Odegard (MONES) (Fall 3:32)
195: Alexander Bedsted (PEM) over Hunter Wik (MONES) (Fall 1:39)
220: Maeson Tradup (PEM) over Tristen Teigen (MONES) (Fall 1:04)
285: Drew Rahman (PEM) over (MONES) (For.)
106: Barrett Fedie (MONES) over Cooper Mack (PEM) (Fall 0:54)
113: Carson Rahman (PEM) over (MONES) (For.)
120: Joshua Schad (PEM) over Abriella Reed (MONES) (Fall 0:17)
126: Aiden Graner (PEM) over (MONES) (For.)
132: Nolan Pfeilsticker (PEM) over (MONES) (For.)
138: Nolan Ford (PEM) over Coby Vollmer (MONES) (Fall 1:06)
145: Logan Dittrich (PEM) over Mason Leirmo (MONES) (Fall 0:28)
152: Dominic Michel (PEM) over Olivia Torres (MONES) (Fall 0:59)
160: Cody Wagner (MONES) over Kyler Lamb (PEM) (Fall 0:48)
Independence/Gilmore (18) vs. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (63)
106: Cooper Mack (PEM) over Gracie Rombalski (INGI) (Fall 2:31)
113: Carson Rahman (PEM) over Alex Johnson (INGI) (Fall 1:04)
120: Joshua Schad (PEM) over Cora Sonsalla (INGI) (Fall 1:16)
126: Aiden Graner (PEM) over Owen Gierok (INGI) (Fall 0:45)
132: Nolan Pfeilsticker (PEM) over (INGI) (For.)
138: Nolan Ford (PEM) over Sam Marsolek (INGI) (Fall 2:37)
145: Gabe Pietrek (INGI) over Logan Dittrich (PEM) (Fall 3:05)
152: Dominic Michel (PEM) over Clay Herdahl (INGI) (Fall 0:54)
160: Kyler Lamb (PEM) over Jose Cantu Lucio (INGI) (Fall 1:51)
170: Alex Hinrichs (PEM) over Gavin Bragger (INGI) (Dec 7-5)
182: Alexander Bedsted (PEM) over Taylor Herdahl (INGI) (Fall 0:52)
195: Maeson Tradup (PEM) over Mitchell Halvorson (INGI) (Fall 0:47)
220: Drew Bragger (INGI) over Drew Rahman (PEM) (Fall 2:50)
285: Jacobo Medina (INGI) over (PEM) (For.)
Simley (72) vs. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (3)
195: Lano Oduwaiye (SIML) over Maeson Tradup (PEM) (Fall 0:46)
220: Gavin Nelson (SIML) over Drew Rahman (PEM) (Fall 0:25)
285: Soren Herzog (SIML) over (PEM) (For.)
106: Charlie Raymond (SIML) over Cooper Mack (PEM) (Fall 1:14)
113: Austin Grzywinski (SIML) over Carson Rahman (PEM) (Fall 2:51)
120: Jake Kos (SIML) over Aiden Graner (PEM) (Dec 4-3)
126: Brandon Morvari (SIML) over Joshua Schad (PEM) (Fall 3:01)
132: James Salas (SIML) over Nolan Ford (PEM) (TF 26-11 5:08)
138: Kaiden Schrandt (SIML) over Nolan Pfeilsticker (PEM) (Fall 1:32)
145: Maximus Krebs (SIML) over Logan Dittrich (PEM) (Fall 0:32)
152: Dominic Michel (PEM) over Derrick Dohmen (SIML) (Dec 9-6)
160: Cash Raymond (SIML) over Kyler Lamb (PEM) (Fall 0:52)
170: Vristol Short (SIML) over Alex Hinrichs (PEM) (MD 14-3)
182: Travis Smith (SIML) over Alexander Bedsted (PEM) (Fall 1:30)
Westfield (18) vs. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (56)
220: Maeson Tradup (PEM) over Vincent Hernandez (WERA) (Fall 2:52)
285: Drew Rahman (PEM) over Wyatt Arndt (WERA) (Fall 1:01)
106: Kaiden Chicos (WERA) over Cooper Mack (PEM) (Dec 7-2)
113: Kevin Hodge (WERA) over Carson Rahman (PEM) (SV-1 7-5)
120: Joshua Schad (PEM) over Jaxon Meier (WERA) (Fall 0:40)
126: Aiden Graner (PEM) over Gage Mullenbach (WERA) (Fall 1:02)
132: Nolan Ford (PEM) over Cannon Wacek (WERA) (Dec 12-8)
138: Nolan Pfeilsticker (PEM) over Nolan Kolander (WERA) (Fall 1:20)
145: Bo Zwiener (WERA) over Logan Dittrich (PEM) (Fall 0:51)
152: Dominic Michel (PEM) over Grant Magnuson (WERA) (TF 17-1 5:53)
160: Cade Christianson (WERA) over Kyler Lamb (PEM) (Fall 1:19)
170: Garion Wallgren (PEM) over (WERA) (For.)
182: Alex Hinrichs (PEM) over (WERA) (For.)
195: Alexander Bedsted (PEM) over Brody Johnson (WERA) (Fall 1:49)
Park (33) vs. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (45)
285: Doug Sabin (PARK) over Drew Rahman (PEM) (Fall 1:23)
106: Cooper Mack (PEM) over Bryce Dragich (PARK) (Fall 1:02)
113: Carson Rahman (PEM) over Jack Bachtle (PARK) (Fall 2:41)
120: Aiden Graner (PEM) over Layne Frandrup (PARK) (Fall 2:28)
126: Zack Carr (PARK) over (PEM) (For.)
132: Kyler Jubinal (PARK) over Nolan Ford (PEM) (Fall 2:55)
138: Logan Dittrich (PEM) over Joey Chilton (PARK) (Fall 3:31)
145: Gunnar Mullen (PARK) over (PEM) (For.)
152: Dominic Michel (PEM) over Donovan Early Pinder (PARK) (Fall 0:54)
160: Will Deutsch (PARK) over Kyler Lamb (PEM) (Dec 8-2)
170: Alex Hinrichs (PEM) over Samuel Lankow (PARK) (Dec 14-10)
182: Alexander Bedsted (PEM) over Fiyin Taiwo (PARK) (Fall 1:01)
195: Alex Carr (PARK) over (PEM) (For.)
220: Maeson Tradup (PEM) over Taryn Blasy (PARK) (Fall 4:14)
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