(NSUwolves.com) The No. 21 Northern State University wrestling team kicked off their season at the Jimmie Open on the first day of November. The Wolves won eight of the 10 weights, claimed four silver and four bronze finishes, and saw three finals matchups consist of Northern-only wrestlers.
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR JOHANNSEN
- Sloan Johannsen started his day with fall victories at 2:42 over Nathan Provost of UMary and at 2:05 over Zairyn Ramos of Jamestown
- The 125-pound junior took down fellow Northern State wrestler Zach Morse in the semifinal round by technical fall (5:27) to launch himself into the championship
- He ended his showing with a 4:13 technical fall win against UMary’s Isaac Stewart
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR DEA
- After a first-round bye, Harrison Dea took decision wins in the second and third rounds
- He defeated Minot State’s Elijah Nose (Dec 14-8) then edged out Northern’s Brandon Lee (Dec 9-4)
- Dea faced another NSU wrestler in the finals match of the 133-pound bracket, securing first place with a 7-2 decision over Clay Gates
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR ALDEN
- The 141 weight class saw John Alden take a first-round bye before defeating Victor Christian of Bismarck State (Fall 4:14)
- A 6:11 fall win against Ian Phrakonkham from MSU Moorhead in the semifinals propelled him to the gold medal match
- In his last match of the day, Alden took a close 9-7 decision over Moorhead’s Zack Carr to take first place
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR LUNDEEN
- Starting action in the quarterfinals, Griffin Lundeen came away with a 10-2 MD win, beating Alvy Henderson of Minot State
- The junior, competing in the 157-class continued his run, dropping Gabriel Wagner of the University of Mary (Dec 11-5)
- He capped off the Jimmie Open with a 14-3 major decision win over Cash Botting of MSUM
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR HAWKINS
- Holden Hawkins (165) stated his four-match day with a quick 0:55 fall victory over Jonathan Ramos from Jamestown
- He continued his tournament with wins against Izac Turner (TF 4:56) of BSC and Maddox Campbell (11-2 MD) of MSU
- In the first-place match, Hawkins faced teammate Braeden Halverson, coming away with the 7:00 technical fall win
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR SCHREMPP
- The 174-pound sophomore started his Jimmie Open with a bye in the first round
- He rattled off wins in the second and third rounds by TF 2:32 over Romen Weber of Minn. North and by F 2:13 over Colton King of BSC
- Mason Schrempp took home the gold after defeating Colton Schaad of Minot State (TF 4:39) in the championship round
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR WESTALL
- Brady Westall made quick work of his day, receiving a first-round bye, then winning his three matches by fall or technical fall
- He topped Alex Sitz of UMary by technical fall (2:15) then defeated Jamestown’s Hayden Ramaeker by fall (5:49)
- Westall ended his time at the Jimmie Open after winning the 184 first place match over NSU teammate Landyn Reiser by TF 5:33
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR HIRSCHKORN
- The 197-pound bracket was dominated by Ryan Hirschkorn, taking all four matches in five or less minutes
- He started the day with a 1:51 fall win over Alexander Sigrah of UJ then continued with a 5:00 technical fall victory against Moorhead’s Gabriel Cohn
- Hirschkorn won by TF in the semi and final rounds, over MSU’s Braxton Rance (TF 3:53) and Shafer Ehmke (TF 2:15) to secure first place
WOLVES SECOND PLACE FINISHERS
- Clay Gates went home with the silver, losing only to teammate Harrison Dea in the final 133-pound match; he previously beat MSU’s Isaac Zimmerman (F 3:00) and NSU’s Rayden Zens (F 3:52) to make it to the finals
- Braeden Halverson took second place in the 165-weight class; he had a bye, then won two matches by fall (4:12) and (3:26) over Roman Leifridt of MSU and Jacob Williams of NSU, respectively, then fell to teammate Holden Hawkins in the championship bout (TF 7:00)
- Landyn Reiser secured a second-place finish by beating Bismarck State’s Caleb Hosfield (TF 5:40) and Jarred Gudvangen (F 1:27); he fell to teammate Brady Westall in the final bout (TF 5:33)
- Grady Fey finished in second at the Jimmie Open, dropping the final match to MSU Moorhead’s Isaiah Wright by 7-4 Dec SV; he defeated Braden Shamp of Moorhead by decision (10-4), Zachary Allen of Minot by fall (4:00), and Nehemiah Lendobeja of Jamestown by decision (4-2)
WOLVES THIRD PLACE FINISHERS
- Calder Sheehan took the bronze in the 149-weight class; he won his first match by technical fall (4:38) over Hudson Egeberg of BSC, lost his next match, then won his next four over Dax Duffet of Minn. North (TF 4:11), Issac Chavarria of UJ (F 1:55), Landon Lavey of NSU (TF 3:00), and Alex Oedekoven of NSU (TF 1:25)
- Gage Anderson went 4-1 on the day to take a top-3 finish; he won his opening match by a 9-2 decision over William Cook of Jamestown, dropped his next bout, then raddled off three consecutive victories after a bye: fall 1:32 against Elvis Placencia of MNN, 7-2 decision over Gabriel Wagner of UM, and by forfeit against Alvy Henderson of MSU
- Jacob Williams placed third in the 165-pound bracket, winning his first match over Brendan Winn-Kelly by technical fall (3:39); he lost the second match of the day, then beat Elijah Greenwaldt of Mary (TF 2:01) and Maddox Campbell of MSU (F 1:43)
- Wyatt Anderson finished third after a 3-1 day at the 174-weight; he defeated Pablo Garcia of Jamestown with a 3:17 technical fall, dropped his second match, then ended with wins over MSU’s Rocker Aguilar (F 0:31) and BSC’s Colton King (TF 3:24)
