Back to Back: Wolves are Class A State Champions: Meiners, L. Gode, M. Gode & Pesta All Tourney Team
LPGE-Browerville did what is so hard to do, repeat as the State Class A Team Champions. The Wolves, the #1 Seed, opened with Badger-Greenbush Middle River in the State Quarterfinals. Braden Thom, Cael Lorentz, Justin Crandall, Carter Meiners, Landon Gode, Mason Gode and Nye Becker all scored wins before BGMR won their first match. Riley Thom and Caleb Pesta rounded out the remaining victories for the Wolves, for a 44–25 win in the State Quarterfinals.
Next up was the State Semifinals, the third straight appearance for the Wolves, as Blue Earth Area was LPGE-Browerville’s next opponent. BEA has a bunch of good wrestlers and tested the Wolves throughout.
Wins from Braden Thom, Carter Meiners, Landon Gode, Mason Gode, Ted Stacey, Riley Thom, Caleb Pesta, Hans Holmquist and Levi Line, put away the eventual third place team, in a 39–18 win, which put the Wolves in the State Championship match for the second straight year.
The State Finals brought a familiar foe, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The Falcons were the 2 seed and had been the second ranked team all season. The Wolves faced ACGC on December 15, and came away with a 41–15 win. LPGE-Browerville knew this time, with a State Championship on the line, it would be a grind and that’s exactly what happened.
In an instant classic, the momentum swings were something like none other. ACGC opened up winning the first matches and put the Wolves in 12–0 deficit. Carter Meiners started the Wolves in the right direction with his big win over State place winner Brady Holien, to put the Wolves on the board.
Landon Gode and Mason Gode brought the Wolves to a 12–11 deficit after winning two crucial matches. ACGC got the win at 145, before Ted Stacey evened the scoreboard at 15–15, after his major decision win.
ACGC got a big pin win at 160, putting the Wolves in a 21–15 hole, with five matches left.
Huge wins from Gabe Pesta and Caleb Pesta once again evened the score at 21–21.
Stats
State Quarterfinals-
LPGE-Browerville Wolves defeated Badger-GB-MR 44-25
106 - Braden Thom (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Jaxon Janousek (Badger-GB-MR) Maj 13-2 113 - Cael Lorentz (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Danyn Janousek (Badger-GB-MR) TF 16-1 120 - Justin Crandall (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Tony Olson (Badger-GB-MR) Dec 7-2 126 - Carter Meiners (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Brogan Beito (Badger-GB-MR) Fall 0:53 132 - Landon Gode (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Garrett Undeberg (Badger-GB-MR) Fall 2:21 138 - Mason Gode (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Damian Hanson (Badger-GB-MR) Fall 0:08 145 - Nye Becker (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Tristan Locken (Badger-GB-MR) Fall 2:38 152 - Andy Dostal (Badger-GB-MR) over Ted Stacey (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Fall 2:26 160 - Riley Thom (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Ethan Waage (Badger-GB-MR) Maj 12-2 170 - Caleb Vacura (Badger-GB-MR) over Gabe Pesta (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Fall 3:05 182 - Caleb Pesta (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Nathan Waage (Badger-GB-MR) Maj 12-0 195 - Jacob Bergsnev (Badger-GB-MR) over Hans Holmquist (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Fall 0:24 220 - Dominik Vacura (Badger-GB-MR) over Levi Line (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 7-1 285 - Colten Gust (Badger-GB-MR) over Trey Lacaster (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Maj 16-6
State Semifinals-
LPGE-Browerville Wolves defeated Blue Earth Area 39-18
106 - Braden Thom (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Caleb Langager (Blue Earth Area) Inj 1:47 113 - Ty Peterson (Blue Earth Area) over Cael Lorentz (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 5-2 120 - Davis Sunken (Blue Earth Area) over Justin Crandall (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Fall 5:18 126 - Carter Meiners (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Jacob Beeler (Blue Earth Area) Dec 5-0 132 - Landon Gode (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Caleb Beeler (Blue Earth Area) Fall 1:39 138 - Mason Gode (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Jaxen Klinkner (Blue Earth Area) TF 20-5 145 - Koby Nagel (Blue Earth Area) over Nye Becker (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 11-7 152 - Ted Stacey (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Parker Meyers (Blue Earth Area) Fall 3:48 160 - Riley Thom (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Adam Schavey (Blue Earth Area) Maj 8-0 170 - Max Ehrich (Blue Earth Area) over Gabe Pesta (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 8-6 182 - Caleb Pesta (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Nick Frank (Blue Earth Area) Dec 4-3 195 - Hans Holmquist (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Luke Mertens (Blue Earth Area) Dec 5-1 220 - Levi Line (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Nick Lawrence (Blue Earth Area) Dec 5-2 285 - Ian Cornelio (Blue Earth Area) over Trey Lacaster (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 5-3
State Championship-
LPGE-Browerville Wolves defeated Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 30-27
106 - Jevon Williams (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) over Braden Thom (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) SV-1 9-7 113 - Cole Holien (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) over Cael Lorentz (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Fall 4:38 120 - Kelvin Andrade-Ponce (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) over Justin Crandall (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 9-3 126 - Carter Meiners (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Brady Holien (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Dec 7-3 132 - Landon Gode (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Ramzee Molinaro (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) TB-1 7-6 138 - Mason Gode (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Mason Studemann (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) TF 19-4 145 - Logan Straumann (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) over Nye Becker (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Dec 4-3 152 - Ted Stacey (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Jake Mortensen (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Maj 11-3 160 - Jaxon Behm (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) over Riley Thom (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) Fall 4:50 170 - Gabe Pesta (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Taylor Fester (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Dec 7-4 182 - Caleb Pesta (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Jesus Cardenas (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Dec 3-2 195 - Hans Holmquist (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Terrell Renne (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Dec 9-2 220 - Levi Line (LPGE-Browerville Wolves) over Logan Sherwood (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Fall 1:17 285 - Tanner Berghuis (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf