MAKING IT LOOK EASY - Senior wrestler Makota Misgen had no issues pinning Medford’s Kamilo Gonzales for the win this past Thursday.
Star Eagle photos by Chris Schlaak
The NRHEG High School wrestling team placed a solid fifth in the 2022 Stewartville Darrell Jaeger Invitational Saturday, Jan. 15.
The Panthers totaled 119 points, putting them firmly in the upper half of the 13-team field. Rochester Mayo won with 201 points, followed by Byron with 162.5, Cannon Falls 140, Medford 136, NRHEG 119, Grand Meadow-LeRoy-Ostrander 116, Stewartville 105, Austin 63, St. Clair 72.5, Rochester Century 54, Crosby-Ironton 42, Triton 15 and Rochester John Marshall nine.
The Panthers brought back two individual championships, Ralph Roesler at 195 pounds and Makota Misgen at 285. Roesler scored three falls and a bye en route to his title. improving his record to 23-3. Misgen got three falls and a bye to improve to 20-3.
Nikolas Petsinger was second at 132, receiving a bye and getting two falls before falling 5-3 in the finals. He ran his record to 20-5. George Roesler finished third at 170, registering two falls.
Complete results:
120 pounds - Annabelle Petsinger (6-10) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Petsinger (NRHEG) received a bye
Quarterfinal - Jack Meyer (Medford) won by tech fall 11-4 over Petsinger
Cons. Round 2 - Petsinger (NRHEG) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Adam Buenger (Rochester Mayo) won 5-3 by decision over Petsinger (NRHEG)
132 - Nikolas Petsinger (20-5) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Petsinger (NRHEG) 20-5 received a bye
Quarterfinal - Petsinger (NRHEG) won by fall over Fletcher Peterson (Crosby-Ironton) (Fall 1:33)
Semifinal - Petsinger (NRHEG) won by fall over Tanner Elzen (Stewartville) (Fall 0:38)
1st Place Match - Jacob Thompson (Byron) won by decision over Petsinger
138 - Aidan Schlaak (5-8) place is unknown and scored 7.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Schlaak (NRHEG) won by fall over Michael Nail (Rochester Century) (Fall 1:29)
Quarterfinal - Cohen Wiste (GMLOS) won by fall over Schlaak (NRHEG) 5-8 (Fall 1:19)
Cons. Round 2 - Schlaak (NRHEG) won by fall over Parker Osmonson (St Clair) (Fall 0:57)
Cons. Round 3 - Mark Tamke (Austin) won by fall over Schlaak (NRHEG) (Fall 2:37)
160 - Clay Stenzel (11-13) placed 4th and scored 14.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Stenzel (NRHEG) received a bye
Quarterfinal - Stenzel (NRHEG) won by fall over Cole Jannsen (Stewartville) 9-5 (Fall 1:21)
Semifinal - Preston Carlisle (Cannon Falls) 20-2 won by fall over Stenzel (NRHEG) 11-13 (Fall 2:53)
Cons. Semi - Stenzel (NRHEG) won by decision over Kamden Ernste (Rochester Mayo) 6-2
3rd Place Match - Cole Jannsen (Stewartville) won by decision over Clay Stenzel (NRHEG) Dec 6-3
170 - George Roesler (8-3) placed 3rd and scored 20.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Roesler (NRHEG) received a bye
Quarterfinal - Roesler (NRHEG) won by fall over Brayden Rohwer (Triton) 6-9 (Fall 1:16)
Semifinal - Logan Burger (Rochester Mayo) won by fall over Roesler (NRHEG) 8-3 (Fall 3:52)
Cons. Semi - Roesler (NRHEG) 8-3 won by fall over Harold Randolf Mesumbe (Rochester Century) (Fall 1:33)
3rd Place Match - Roesler (NRHEG) won by fall over Garrin Wilson (Austin) (Fall 4:24)
195 - Ralph Roesler (23-2) placed 1st and scored 28.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Roesler (NRHEG) received a bye
Quarterfinal - Roesler (NRHEG) won by fall over Rowan Sween (GMLOS) (Fall 0:40)
Semifinal - Roesler (NRHEG) won by fall over Nathan Miller (Rochester Century) 6-13 (Fall 1:44)
1st Place Match - Roesler (NRHEG) won by fall over Beau Lorentzen (Byron) (Fall 2:42)
220 - Ben Hagen (3-6) placed 4th and scored 4.0 team points.
Round 1 - Christian Sackett (Stewartville) won by decision over Hagen (NRHEG) (Dec 9-3)
Round 2 - Gavin Pike (Rochester Mayo) won by fall over Hagen (NRHEG) (Fall 1:11)
Round 3 - Carter Geerts (Byron) won by major decision over Hagen (NRHEG) 3-6 (MD 14-6)
285 - Makota Misgen (20-3) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points.
Round 2 - Misgen (NRHEG) won by fall over William Roth (Byron) (Fall 1:13)
Round 3 - Misgen (NRHEG) won by decision over Christian Luthe (GMLOS) (Dec 7-0)
Round 4 - Misgen (NRHEG) won by fall over Robert Falk (Rochester Century) (Fall 2:34)
Round 5 - Misgen (NRHEG) won by fall over Ethan Peper (Rochester Mayo) (Fall 4:37)
The Panthers battled Medford to the wire Thursday, Jan. 13 but eventually lost 38-36 on the Tigers' mat.
"It is unfortunate that we had the right people in the right place and we were not able to make it happen," said NRHEG coach Shawn Larson. "In the end, we gave up too many bonus points. We had great efforts from several of our athletes, but when the dust settled it was just not enough. The coin toss presented a situation where our wrestlers didn't all get to compete, and even though we earned the six points, it would have been nice to have a couple of our guys wrestle. It was great to see Ben Hagen and Makota Misgen finish off the dual with falls in their matches."
The Panthers host the Westfield Razorbacks Thursday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in New Richland. The junior varsity wrestles at 6. The Panthers compete in the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Invitational Saturday at 10 a.m.