Hall-of-fame coach Ken Vogt (right) and his son and former Streeter state champion
Ethan Vogt direct senior Nathan Walter in section wrestling action.
Walter lost his first round match.
A large crowd gathered for a long evening of grappling Friday, which turned out to be a good night for three of the team's seniors. Shane Trattles needed just 62 seconds to pin his first round opponent, Daniel Rooney of BBE. Trattles will face ACGC's Lucas Bomstaad in the semifinals tomorrow. Bomstaad is 33-6 on the year. he pinned Osakis' Cole Erie (24-9) in the third period of his first round match. Trattles' record is 28-8 as he goes for 30 wins tomorrow. The match between him and Bomstaad should be a good one.
Trattles focuses on his
upcoming match
Also advancing was 152-pounder Lucian Grow. Grow won by an 11-2 major decision in the quarterfinals, defeating Bryce Feia of Holdingford. Grow (27-8) will take on Paynesville's Justin Wendlandt. Wendlandt is 6-2 on the year. Not sure why he has only wrestled eight matches, but it is likely due to an inury, but not sure. Paynesville is a prennial strong program so it should be a good match Saturday as Grow tries to make his first appearance at state.
Lucian Grow stretches before his 11-2
win at 152 pounds Friday.
Joe Bromenshenkel also won his first match of the night when he beat Koby Kunerth from Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. Bromenshenkel (9-24) lost his next match by fall and will try and battle through the loser's bracket Saturday.
Joe Bromenshenkel in action Friday.
Saturday is when it will get interesting, especially for Trattles and Grow - two very good wrestlers going at it in some tough brackets. Gusewelle, meanwhile, is the most feared wrestler at the section tournament (I eavesdropped on two kids talking about how fortunate they were that they didn't have to put their life on the line and wrestle him). Gusewelle now has a 35-2 record and his bracket is thin, mainly because nobody wants to wrestle him and either dropped down a weight class or jumped up a weight class in order to improve their chances. His toughest competition will be Andrew Moser of Paynesville. They wrestled close earlier this year with Gusewelle coming out on top. Moser is 27-4 on the season.
Gusewelle (second from left) watches action with
assistant coach BJ Friedrichs (third from left)
Action starts Saturday at noon and will run until about 9 p.m.
Full results will be in this week's
Sauk Centre Herald.
Check back on the Streeter Sports Blog to see who advanced to state!
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