The Annandale-Maple Lake wrestling team competed in two events last week. The Lightning traveled to New London-Spicer Thursday, Jan. 22, for a Wright County Conference meet and easily took care of the Wildcats 50-18.
On Saturday, Jan. 24, the team traveled to Rochester for the Rochester Century Panther Invitational. The Lightning finished second behind Lakeville South.
ANML 50, New London-Spicer 18
"Against New London we just made all the right moves and won all the close matches," said captain Spencer Ogden. "It was a great effort by all the guys."
Individual results
106: Holden Youngs (AML) over Sam Stageberg (NLS) maj. dec. 11-1.
113: Quinn Youngs (AML) win by forfeit.
120: Tom Stageberg (NLS) over Cullen Gallagher (AML) dec. 8-3.
126: Tanner Vassar (AML) pinned Nathan Thein (NLS) 2:33.
132: Nate Carlson (AML) over Dylan Peterson (NLS) technical fall 16-1 4:32.
138: Treyton Austvold (NLS) over Hunter Malachek (AML) dec. 8-2. 145: Walker Rask (AML) pinned Jacob Travis (NLS) 3:18.
152: Hunter Hicks (AML) over Chris Schmitz (NLS) maj. dec. 12-0.
160: Derek Tomberlin (AML) win by forfeit.
170: Trae Bedford (AML) over Josh Soine (NLS) maj. dec. 9-1.
182: Cory Schmidt (AML) over Jared Travis (NLS) dec. 6-4.
195: Spencer Ogden (AML) pinned Zach Swigerd (NLS) 3:14.
220: Noah Welsh (NLS) win by forfeit.
285: Brandon Knisley (NLS) pinned Josh Gindele (AML) 0:56.
Rochester Invitational
The Lightning finished a very close second to Lakeville South.
The Lightning had five first-place finishes, two second-place finishes, three third-place wins and one fifth-place finish.
Lightning champions included: Holden Youngs, 106; Quinn Youngs, 113; Derek Tomberlin, 152; Austin Hurrle, 160; and Spencer Ogden, 195.
Team results
1. Lakeville South 211.5
2. Annandale-Maple Lake 206.0
3. LeSueur-Henderson 124.5
4. Cannon Falls 105.5
5. Triton 68.0
6. East Ridge 60.0
7. Rochester Century 59.5
8. St. Clair-Mankato Loyola 56.5
9. Edina 42.0
ANML individual results
106: Holden Youngs, first place
113: Quinn Youngs, first place
120: Cullen Gallagher, third place
126: Tanner Vasser, third place
132: Nate Carlson, second place
138: None
145: Walker Rask, second place
152: Derek Tomberlin, first place
160: Austin Hurrle, first place
170: Cory Schmidt, third place
182: None
195: Spencer Ogden, first place
220: None
285: Josh Gindele, 5th place
Up next
■ The Lightning will host St. Cloud Apollo for a 5 p.m. meet at the Annandale Middle School Tuesday, Jan. 27.
■ On Tuesday, Feb 3, the Lightning will host Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sundberg and Tri-City United for a 5 p.m. meet at the Annandale Middle School.
"This week we have non-conference meets against Apollo, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sundberg and Tri-City United," Ogden said. "All notable opponents and we should get a good test as the regular season soon comes to an end."