Boyceville wrestlers beat Mondovi/Eleva-Strum, Hellendrung finishes third in St. Croix Falls
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Following a week off, Boyceville found mixed results when it returned to the wrestling mat this past week.
The Bulldogs traveled to Mondovi Thursday, January 18 where it improved to 2-0 in Dunn-St. Croix duals following a 57-21 victory over Mondovi/Eleva-Strum.
Unfortunately, Boyceville was unable to build on that success when it participated in the highly competitive St. Croix Falls Invitational two days later. Sophomore Zach Hellendrung was the Bulldogs lone varsity wrestler to place in the January 20 event, taking the bronze medal at 215 pounds.
Boyceville competed in the 8-team Beaver Dam Slam Tuesday in Cumberland.
On Thursday, the Bulldogs make the short trip to Glenwood City for the annual dual with the Hilltoppers who are the two-time defending Dunn-St. Croix wrestling champs. The outcome will likely determined who wears this year’s crown. Wrestling is slated to begin at 7 p.m.
Mondovi/Eleva-Strum
Boyceville collected five pins, four forfeits and ten wins in all when it traveled to Mondovi Thursday, January 18 for its second conference dual of the season, and returned with a convincing 57-21 win over host Mondovi/Eleva-Strum.
Mondovi/Eleva-Strum opened the dual with a win at 285 pounds where the Buff’s Blaine Severson stuck the Bulldogs’ Parker Coombs in the third period.
Boyceville, however, won the next six matches to take a commanding 33 to 6 lead, one it would not relinquish. During that streak, Bulldogs’ Rony Ramos (112), Victor Pattermann (126) and Wyatt Sell (132) scored pins. Boyceville also garnered two forfeits and a 6-5 win by Jack Kurschner at 138 pounds.
Jack Gruenhagen (157) and Zach Hellendrung (215) also registered pins for the Bulldogs at their respective weights.
Boyceville 57, Mondovi/Eleva-Strum 21
285-Blaine Severson (M/ES) pinned Parker Coombs (BV), 5:01; 106-Dallas Herdahl (BV) received forfeit; 113-Rony Ramos (BV) pinned Barrett Fedie (M/ES), 3:58; 120-Zane Pierce (BV) oreceived forfeit; 126-Victor Pattermann (BV) pinned Eli Thomas (M/ES), 1:01; 132-Wyatt Sell (BV) pinned AJ Loscheider (M/ES), 1:11; 138-Jack Kurschner (BV) dec. Coby Vollmer (M/ES), 6-5; 144-Mason Leirmo (M/ES) pinned Landyn Leslie (BV), 2:00; 150-Alex Obermueller (BV) received forfeit; 157-Jack Gruenhagen (BV) pinned Brock Stendahl (M/ES), 1:36; 165-Zach Kersten (BV) received forfeit; 175-Ethan Odegard (M/ES) dec. Mark Knopps (BV), 11-4; 190-Alex Coffey (M/ES) pinned Isaiah Romero (BV), 4:59; 215-Zach Hellendrung (BV) pinned Tony Silva (M/ES), 0:48.
St. Croix Falls Invite
State-ranked Zach Hellendrung was the only Boyceville wrestler to place at this year’s St. Croix Falls Invitational which was held Saturday, January 20.
Hellendrung (12-3) finished 3-1 and in third place at 215 pounds. The sophomore defeated Glenwood City’s Jackson Logghe by pin in the quarterfinals and decisioned Taydyn Angell of Cornell/Gilman/Lake Holcombe 4-1 in the third-place match. Hellendrung’s only loss of the tournament came in the semis where he was beaten 5-2 by River Fall’s Lincoln McCarty.
Boyceville’s other nine varsity participants finished a combined 8-18 in the tournament and did not place.
As a team, the Bulldogs finished 19th out of 21 schools with a score of 25. St. Croix Falls won its own invitational with 201.5 points, Totino Grace of Minnesota took second with a 193.4, Hudson was third with a 187.5, Cumberland tallied a 182.5 to take fourth and Glenwood City posted a 116 which placed it fifth.
In the junior varsity competition, Brock Larson went 2-2 at 285 pounds to finish third.