WRESTLING THIS WEEK
Saturday
Aitkin at Ashland
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestlers were in Ashland, Wisconsin Saturday for the Northland Invite and they picked up two championships. Weston Kyllonen finished 5-0 on the day and captured the title at 113 and Jacob Williams was also 5-0 and won the title at 215. Here's a look at the full results.
106-Carson Crain 4th (2-3)
113-Weston Kyllonen 1st. (5-0)
Aidan Flanagan 7th (0-4)
126-Andrew Hudrlik 4th (2-3)
138-Noah Roettger 2nd (4-1)
144-Quinton Crowther 4th (1-3)
150-Garrett Trotter 3rd (2-1)
Luke Workman 5th (0-5)
157-Zane Larson 6th (1-4)
175-Chase Morris 5th (3-2)
190-Damien Maciel 4th (1-4)
215- Jacob Williams 1st (5-0)
In the girl's tournament
132-Carli Crain 2nd (2-1)
152-Bela May 2nd (0-3)
Pictured are Carli Crain, Bela May, Weston Kyllonen, Noah Roettger, Garrett Trotter and Jacob Williams.
Garrett Trotter won the 152 lb. division at the Mora Invitational Saturday.
Jacob Williams won the 215 lb. division at the Mora Invitational Saturday.
The Aitkin Gobblers had five wrestlers at the Mora Invitational Saturday and had two champions while finishing 8th out of 12 teams in the event. Jacob Williams and Garrett Trotter both won titles. Williams beat William Cronen of Andover with a technical fall at 1:22, then disposed of Aiden Pojanowski of the Mille Lacs Raiders on a technical fall at 2:20 and beat Peyton Allen of Sartell-St. Stephen 9-4 in the final. Trotter beat Connor Sjodin of Mora on a pin at 1:03, beat Blake Iverson of Albany on a pin at :58 and won his semifinal match 7-0 over Evan Hanson of Hibbing. He defeated Tucket Haggberg of the Mille Lacs Raiders for the title 4-3. Andrew Hudrlik had a long day. He won his first match on a bye, then won 7-4, won by a fall at 2:06 and lost in the battle for third place to Kruz Kesal of Mille Lacs on a fall at 1:41 and finished 4th. Luke Workman finished 6th after going 3-2 for the day. Chase Morris had a rough day, losing two straight and was eliminated.
Carli Crain picked up a 3rd place finish in the Varsity girls' tournament and the JV had some nice results as well.
Josh Thole-2nd
Carson Crain-3rd
Aiden Flanagan-3rd
Quin Crowther-3rd
Zane Larson-3rd
Preston Hernandez-4th
Lindan Koch-3rd
Damien Maciel-2nd
The Aitkin Gobblers traveled to C-I for a triangular Friday and scored two big wins, 59-12 over Deer River and 51-24 over the host Rangers. In the win over Deer River the Gobblers got wins from Weston Kyllonen on a 23-1 technical fall, a 16-1 tech fall by Andrew Hudrlik, a forfeit win for Carla Crain, a fall in :41 from Noah Roettger and a pin in :39 from Quinton Crowther. They added a tech fall, 22-5 by Garrett Trotter, a forfeit for Luke Workman, a fall in :28 by Jacob Williams and a forfeit win for Damien Maciel. In the win over C-I it was Wyatt Morris receiving a forfeit, a 20-4 win for Kyllonen, a pin in 3:23 for Carson Crain, a pin in 3:13 by Hudrlik and a pin at 1:38 by Roettger. Crowther, Trotter, Chase Morris and Williams all got forfeit wins and Maciel won by pin at 1:58.
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestlers, grades 7-9 were in Pierz for a tournament Saturday. Here's how they did.
Josh Thole and Aydan Wendt both finished 4th, the best finish by a Gobbler. Carli Crain, Preston Hernandez and Lindan Koch all finished 1-2 while Aiden Flannigen and Carson Crain both finished 0-2.
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestlers were knocked out of the Pequot Lakes tourney Friday. Here's a look at the records for the Gobblers.
Weston Kyllonen 1-2
Andrew Hudrlik 0-2
Garrett Trotter 2-2
Luke Workman 2-2
Chase Morris 0-2
Coach Greg Hills on the day's action, "There are 38 teams here and they bring some heavy competition. Hopefully we can get healthy over the Christmas break and have a good run at sections."
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestlers took part in a quad down at Pine City Tuesday and had a rough night. They took on Pine City in the opener and lost in a close matchup 42-33. Picking up wins for the Gobblers were Aydan Wendt, Weston Kyllonen, Noah Roettger, Garrett Trotter, Chase Morris and Jacob Williams. Pierz then beat the Gobblers 72-3 with Andrew Hudrlik picking up the only win and then Rock Ridge beat Aitkin 68-6. The only Gobbler points were a forfeit awarded to Hudrlik.
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestling team was in action at the Pizza Ranch Invitational at Jackson County Central Saturday and the varsity finished in 10th place out of 17 teams. The Gobblers got a championship from Jacob Williams and a second place from Weston Kyllonen. Carli Crain finished third and Andrew Hudrlik, Noah Roettger and Garrett Trotter didn't place in the event. On the JV side Damien Maciel and Luke Workman both finished first while Josh Thole and Quin Crowther finished second. Lindan Koch, Carson Crain, Sam Fairchild and Zane Larson all finished in third place. Ayden Wendt, Wyatt Morris, Jaxon Ziwicki and Aiden Flanagan all finished in fourth place.
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestlers split a pair of matches Dec.12 at the Proctor Quad. They lost the opener 65-10 to Rush City, getting two wins, a 16-7 win from Jacob Williams and a fall at 1:31 from Garrett Trotter, (pictured). The second match saw the Gobblers get wins from Noah Roettger with a fall at :24, Zane Larson with a fall at 1:40, Luke Workman with a fall at 1:12 and a technical fall at 3:18 from Jacob Williams. Wyatt Morris, Weston Kyylonen, Carson Crain, Andrew Hudrlik, Garrett Trotter, Chase Morris and Damien Maciel all were awarded wins by forfeit. The final in that match was 65-12.
JV winners during the evenings action included Ayden Wendt, Carli Crain, Aiden Flanagan, Sam Fairchild and Quinn Crowther
The Great River Conference JH tourney took place at Onamia today. Here's a look at the Gobbler results.
First place
Carson Crain 3-0
Josh Thole 3-0
Second place
Wyatt Morris 2-1
Aydan Wendt 2-1
Preston Hernandez 2-1
Third place
Aiden Flannegan 1-2
Jackson Ziwicki 1-3
Coach Dan Krier on the results for his team, "I think the kids wrestled well, some small stuff to fix but for it being some of the kids first couple of matches they wrestled very well."
The Aitkin Invitational wrestling tournament brought nine teams to town for the event at the Noel Bailey Gym. The Gobblers did well, let's look at the results.
First place
Josh Thole 3-0
Thomas Rono 3-0
Easton Spolarich 2-1
Carson Young 2-1
Second place
Sophie Crain 2-1
Henry Nelson 2-1
Noel Hasskamp 2-1
Third place
Carson Crain 2-2
Carlie Crain 1-2
John Roslin 1-2
Daniel Harrison 1-2
Fourth place
Wyatt Morris 1-3
Aiden Flanagan 0-3
Lindan Koch 0-3
Mikael Perrine 0-3
Tucker Janssen 0-3
Hunter Lenarz 0-3
Owen Poland 0-3
Gobbler coach Greg Hills on the days activities, "It was great to get all of our young wrestlers some mat time against some great competition."
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestling team hosted a triangular Friday and dropped a pair of matches. Foley defeated Aitkin 51-14. Winners for the Gobblers were Weston Kyllonen on a technical fall, 19-3, Andrew Hudrlik picked up a 6-2 win, Noah Roettger won 9-4 and Jacob Williams won 7-3. In the 60-12 loss to 10th ranked BHVPP Aitkin got wins from Roettger on a forfeit, Garrett Trotter with a 13-7 decision and in one of the featured matches of the night Williams defeated 7th ranked 215 pounder Braden Shamp 7-4. Coach Greg Hills on the evenings events, "It was fun to wrestle in front of the home crowd. We wrestled the BHVPP Raiders and the always tough Foley Falcons. We like to challenge our kids with tough competition. The kids wrestled better in the second match against Foley. We will build on this going into next week."
The Aitkin Gobbler wrestling team opened their season at Hibbing Tuesday and dropped a 58-15 decision to the BlueJackets. The Gobblers were short, having to forfeit five weights but picked up three wins along the way. Weston Kyylonen pinned his opponent in just :41 seconds while Garrett Trotter won a 5-0 decision and Jacob Williams was awarded a forfeit at his weight class. Coach Greg Hills after the loss, "We came out a little flat. Nerves played a big part in that as we had three kids wrestling on varsity for the first time. One kid was wrestling the first match of his life. This gives us a gauge on things we need to work on more. We had a couple of freshmen, Kyllonen and Trotter who stepped up and won some nice matches for us. Back to work tomorrow and Thursday. Two good teams come to town Friday, it will be fun to see how the kids respond."
Dan Stifter, longtime wrestling coach at Aitkin High School and current Superintendent will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in April in Austin, Mn. The announcement was made recently and they couldn't have selected a better guy. Let's take a peek at his resume. He had a record of 88-36 at Winsted Holy Trinity High School before taking his talents to University of Minnesota-Morris where he won another 80 matches. He was an All-American in 1987, graduating in 1989. He soon moved to Aitkin where he coached from 1993-2009, three of those years with the legendary Noel Bailey. HIs teams reached the State Tournament in 1997, 2007 and 2008.He was named Coach of the Year in the Great River Conference three times and selected Teacher of the Year in 2002. Congratulations Dan, well deserved!
The 2024-25 Gobbler wrestling season is fast approaching. Here's this years schedule.
Friday, Dec. 6 Tri at Aitkin
Thursday, Dec. 12 Gobblers at Proctor
Saturday, Dec. 14 Gobblers at Jackson County Central
Tuesday, Dec. 17 Gobblers at Pine City
Friday, Dec. 20 and 21 Gobblers at Pequot Lakes Tourney
Friday, Jan.3 Gobblers at C-I tri
Saturday, Jan. 4 Gobblers at Mora tourney
Saturday, Jan. 11 Gobblers at Ashland
Tuesday, Jan. 14 Gobblers at Mora
Tuesday, Jan. 21 Multiple schools at Aitkin
Saturday, Jan. 25 Gobblers at South St. Paul
Tuesday, Jan. 28 Gobblers at Walker-Hackensack tourney
Friday, Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Gobblers at conference tourney
Thursday, Feb. 6 Multiple schools at Aitkin
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