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Matthew Duchscherer won one of his four matches in the Carrington Duals Friday night, Dec. 10. Here, he battles Pembina Co. North's Trevor Hinkle in the Cardinals' dual match with the Grizzlies.
The CHS wrestling team had their struggles in the Carrington Duals on Friday night, December 10, the event traditionally preceding the Al Larson Invitational.
The Cards dropped decisions of 31-24 to the Minot Magicians, 52-14 against Class B contender New Salem-Almont, and a tough 39-31 Region 2 loss to Pembina County North in the nightcap.
In between, Carrington rolled to a 59-12 win against the out-manned Napoleon Imperials.
The losses dropped the Cards' overall record in head-to-head outings to 3-4 for the year, and 1-1 in Region 2 competition.
NR-S senior and Cardinal wrestler Matthew Duchscherer was also 1-3 in his matches, falling to Pembina Co. North's Trevor Hinkle in a rematch of the 126-pound championship from one year ago, and taking losses to his Minot and New Salem-Almont opponents.
NR-S wrestler Matthew Duchscherer's results from the four duals as follows:
Minot 31, Carrington 24
Friday, Dec. 10, 2021
at Carrington High School
132 - Gabe Mortensen, M, MajDecd Matthew Duchscherer, C, 12-3
New Salem-Almont 52, Carrington 14
132 - Ethan Maier, NSA, Decd Matthew Duchscherer, C, 7-3
Carrington 59, Napoleon 12
132 - Matthew Duchscherer, C, TFalled Daxtyn Eslinger, N, 18-3
Pembina Co. North 39, Carrington 31
132 - Trevor Hinkle, PCN, Decd Matthew Duchscherer, C, 10-4
Carrington's varsity wrestling showcase honoring legendary coach and longtime CHS administrator Al Larson was held Saturday, December 11, at the school complex.
The Al Larson Carrington Invitational Tournament drew 14 teams, and the host school came away with 146.5 points to finish in fourth place overall.
New Salem-Almont, expected to be one of the Class B championship challengers in Fargo in February, dominated the field with 231.5 points, followed by Class A Minot with 197. Lisbon, the five-time defending individual state title winners, scored 192.5 for third place.
Matthew Duchscherer did not wrestle in the Al Larson Tournament, after taking in four matches in the Carrington Duals the previous day.
In the junior high tournament, Carrington had three champions, Skye Kramlich, Gabe Clifton and Nic Garber. Jacob Hinrichs took second in his class, while Charles Jorgensen was third.
The Cards took on Lisbon in a home dual this past Thursday night, before hitting the road for the Linton Holiday Tournament the following two days.
Carrington Junior High
Wrestling Tournament
Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021
Individual Results
75-85: Skye Kramlich - 1st 2-0; Pinned Lane Anderson (Vel) 1:17; Pinned Jack Combs (Min) 2:56
Carrington's junior high wrestling team competed in two recent meets, traveling to the Jamestown Middle School Tournament on Dec. 3, and then participating in the Velva Invitational the next day.
In Jamestown, the younger Cards got valuable experience against Class A-caliber competition, and got second-place finishes in the 168B and 215B divisions from Jacob Hinrichs and Charles Jorgensen, respectively.
The next day in Velva, the team wrestled to three first-place bracket finishes from Skye Kramlich at 87-95 pounds, Gabe Clifton at 96-98 and Nic Garber at 123-130.
Kramlich's results from the two meets are as follows:
Velva Invitational
Junior High Results
87-95 - Skye Kramlich - 1st 3-0; Decd Alex Leier (Velva) 8-6; Pinned McCoy Jorstad (Williams Co.) 1:36; Decd Kaiden Culbertson (Alex) 3-0
Jamestown Middle School Tournament
Junior High Results
90A - Kramlich - 4th 1-2; Decd by Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central, S.D.) 6-4 SV-1; Bye; Decd Rylan Lorenz (Bismarck Simle) 9-5; Pinned by Griffin Magee (Oakes) 1:52
