The Minnewaska Area wrestling team improved to 6-4 overall with a 50-21 win at home against Ottertail Central last Tuesday night.  The match was supposed to be a triangular including Barnesville, but was switched to a dual meet at the last minute.

The Lakers were also set to compete at Alexandria, Thursday and at the Thief River Invitational, Saturday, but results of those two competitions will be highlighted next week.

The Lakers have two more meets scheduled for this week.  Minnewaska Area is set to compete at the Montevideo triangular, Tuesday (tomorrow) and at the BOLD triangular, Friday.

Miles Wildman currently leads the Lakers with an unofficial 20-3 season mark, while Alex Adams is 17-5 and Chase Smith is 16-5.  Other top records are owned by Landon Schiffler (15-7), Noah Jensen (15-7), Isaiah Rosario (13-9), Riley Dell (8-4) and Braylen Scharmer (11-10).

Waska 50, OTC 21

The Lakers dominated Ottertail Central on the way to a 50-21 victory last Tuesday night at home.  The Lakers won nine matches during the contest, including pins by Landon Schiffler, Miles Wildman, Sawyer Erickson and Riley Dell.

Alex Adams got the match underway with an 18-0 technical fall win at 107 pounds and Blair Kindel followed with a forfeit win at 114 pounds before Schiffler’s pin in 2:35 at 121 pounds gave the Lakers an early 17-0 lead.

OTC earned a win at 127 pounds, but Miles Wildman (pin in 1:28) and Chase Smith (13-1 major) increased the Laker lead to 27-6 with two more wins by Minnewaska Area.

OTC kept things close with victories at 145 and 152 pounds, but Sawyer Erickson picked up a key win for the Lakers with a 45-second pin at 160 pounds to keep Minnewaska Area up 33-15.

OTC earned one more victory at 172 pounds, but Braylen Scharmer clinched the win with a forfeit victory at 189 pounds before Riley Dell (pin in 1:37) and Noah Jensen (17-1 technical fall) closed out the match with dominating victories for the 50-21 win.

at Waska 50, OTC 21

107:  Alex Adams, Min tfall Bertrand 18-0

114:  Blair Kindel, Min win by forfeit

121:  Landon Schiffler, Min pin Malone 2:35

127:  Newark, OTC pin Austyn Schuler 2:08

133:  Miles Wildman, Min pin Schwartz 1:28

139:  Chase Smith, Min maj Thorpe 13-1

145:  Christ., OTC pin Evan Armstrong 1:23

152:  Soma, OTC def Isaiah Rosario 10-8

160:  Sawyer Erickson, Min pin Rousu :45

172:  Lewis, OTC pin Sawyer Taufen 4:23

189:  Braylen Scharmer, Min win by forfeit

215:  Riley Dell, Min pin Leitch 1:37

285:  Noah Jensen, Min tfall Larson 17-1

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