Titan wrestlers sweep dual, take second at weekend tourney
There was bountiful wrestling action for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans co-op last week.
The Titans started last week by sweeping a Coulee Conference triangular on Thursday against Viroqua and Black River Falls and ended with a second-place finish at a tournament in Richland Center on Saturday.
There is little time to relax for the Titans ahead of this holiday season—a quad at Cadott is on the slate for this Thursday.
G-E-T 78 BRF 6
G-E-T 64 Viroqua 9
The Titans lost only one weight class (165 pounds) against Black River Falls and conceded two against Viroqua (138, 165) in last Thursday’s conference triangular.
Multiple G/M wrestlers registered two wins on Thursday as the Titans seek to repeat as Coulee Conference champions.
After recording 10 pins against the Tigers, the Titans had six against the Blackhawks.
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Only one opponent did enough to outscore the Titans in Saturday’s tournament at Richland Center, which boasted a field of 19 teams.
Colton Koss found success often last weekend as he worked his way to an individual title at 106 pounds to lead G/M, which saw eight different wrestlers finish inside the top four in their weight classes.
Koss pinned all three of his opponents, taking down Ithaca/Weston’s Kerrick Thompson in 1 minute, 16 seconds in his quarterfinal before pinning Aiden Silvers of Iowa-Grant/Highland in 33 seconds and overpowering Baraboo’s Demean Severson in 1:12 in the championship match.
Koda Purney (113), Aaron Dunigan (190) and Gunnar Johnson (157) each wrestled to second-place weekends by winning their first two matches on Saturday, and Jackson Blaken was the Titans’ lone third-place wrestler at 144 pounds.
Braydon Lockington (215), Jayce Stetzer (132) and Landon Windsor (150) all finished fourth in their respective weight classes for the Titans, which also got sixth-place days from Brody Banse (120) and Gunnar Kremer (126).
Hunter Lefler (180), Tyden Mikkelson (138) and Braden Peterson (175) finished eighth.
