“I thought Waltz stepped it up and wrestled very well despite losing in the finals,” said Cyr. “The same can be said for Parpart.”
Taking third for NRHEG were Tyler Logan, 132; Jacob Staloch, 152; Nathan Krohn, 160; Matt Dahle, 182; and Seth Petranek, 195. Dillon Kubiatowicz was fifth at 106. The Panthers had no entries at 113, 220 and 285.
“We did not wrestle well from the defensive position on Saturday and spent way too much time getting beat down underneath,” said Cyr. “Hopefully we can clean some of that up this week before we wrestle Medford and travel to Redwood Falls.”
The Panthers hammered Blooming Prairie in their dual-meet opener at New Richland last Thursday.
Winners for NRHEG were Kubiatowicz, 106; Ben Whitaker, 120; Waltz, 126; Esplan, 132; Logan, 138; Lassahn, 145; Staloch, 152; Krohn, 160; Parpart, 170; Dahle, 182; Keith Maxon, 195; and Petranek, 220. Wyatt Fitterer, an eighth-grader, wrestled at 285. The Panthers forfeited at 113.
“It was nice to see a kid like Ben Whitaker get a varsity win in our dual,” said Cyr. “Blooming Prairie is struggling right now as a team with some younger guys in the lineup, just trying to fill some weight classes.”
The Panthers were rated No. 12 in the state in Class A last week by The Guillotine wrestling publication. Individually, Esplan was No. 2 at 120, Petranek No. 2 at 182 and Lassahn No. 8 at 138.
The Panthers entertain Medford in another conference dual this Thursday. This weekend they wrestle in the Redwood Valley Riot, with action starting at 4 p.m. Friday.
