CHS Wrestling crowns three state champions, NR-S senior Duchscherer second

They may not have had the biggest team at the State B Individual Wrestling Tournament, but the ones who showed up for Carrington made quite an impact.

Three Cardinal wrestlers captured state championships, and one other made the finals match in their respective weight classes Thursday and Friday, February 17-18, at the Fargodome.

The tournament marked the end of the legendary careers of seniors Brecken Lura and Michael Clifton with state championships, and another

senior, Matthew Duchscherer, left a legacy to be emulated for any future New Rockford-Sheyenne competitors.

Junior Trace Hoggarth also reached the top of the mountain with a state title at 113 pounds.

Including his dual tournament wins on Saturday, Lura put the finishing touches on what would be a 54-9 season with a 4-2 decision win over

Mike Nelson of Lisbon in the 138-pound finals.

With 240 career victories, he broke 2016 CHS graduate Walker Carr's school record of 236, and became the first wrestler in Cardinal history to place at the state tournament six times.

Clifton, meanwhile, finished one of the most dominant seasons in recent memory by pinning all four of his opponents in the individual

tourney at 182 pounds, including a fall at the 1:39 mark over Lisbon's Silas Reinke for the championship.

This past year, Clifton finished 56-3, with a Class B record for pins with 47, breaking the old mark set by former Cardinal wrestler Tyler Hoggarth with 42.

Speaking of the Hoggarth family, Trace made his presence felt at the tournament with two pins in the first round and quarterfinals, and got dominant decision wins in the last two rounds. His final match was a 7-2 decision against Killdeer's Jace Andersen.

The youngest of the four wrestling Hoggarth brothers, he became the first one to win a state title, and should be among the favorites next year as well. He finished his season with a 46-8 record.

Duchscherer made his second consecutive finals appearance at 126 pounds, but fell to New Salem-Almont's Cole Gerhardt by a 7-3 score. His season ended at 38-14.

Four other Cardinals qualified for the tournament, but none of the quartet reached the placement rounds.

Junior Kael Kovar, sophomore Logan Weninger and senior Jonathan Lura all won one of their three matches at 152, 160 and 170 pounds, while freshman Callen Garber went 0-2 at 195.

Points from seven of the eight CHS wrestlers allowed them to finish in fourth place as a team, with 110 points.

Lisbon (201.5 points) made it six in a row for team titles, but the Broncos had to withstand a spirited challenge from New Salem-Almont (194.5) in the final race. The Cards still had an outside shot for third place, but South Border (119) did just enough in the finals round to hold them off.

Full results from the State Class B Individual Wrestling Tournament, along with state champions at each weight class, are as follows:

State Class B Individual

Wrestling Tournament,

Fargodome

Thursday-Friday, Feb. 17-18

Team Scores

Lisbon 201.5, New Salem-Almont 194.5, South Border 119, Carrington 110, Hettinger/Scranton/Bison, S.D. 107, Minot Bishop Ryan 91, Velva 81, Killdeer 80, Northern Lights 79, Ellendale/Edgeley-Kulm 75, Pembina Co. North 65, Central Cass and LaMoure 55, Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Central 53.5, Stanley 49, HWC 45, Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark 41, Grafton 40, Kindred 36.5, Bowman Co./Beach 28, Oakes 27, Beulah/Hazen 22, Napoleon 19.5, Rugby 17, Larimore 14, Williams Co. 12, Mondak 5, Linton-HMB 4, Northwood 3.

Individual Results/

Match Records

(not including dual tourney)

106 - OPEN

113 - Trace Hoggarth (43-8) - 1st 4-0; Pinned Holter Bridwell (Lin) 4:44; Pinned Kyler Schalesky (Hett) 1:22; Decd #5 Brady Peterson (CC) 11-5; Decd #2 Jace Andersen (Kill) 7-2

120 - OPEN

126 - Matthew Duchscherer (36-13) - 2nd 3-1; Pinned Daxtyn Eslinger (Nap) :57; Decd #7 Lane Cooper (Ryan) 10-3; Pinned #6 Carson Hildre (Vel) 4:41; Decd by #1 Cole Gerhardt (NSA) 7-3

132 - OPEN

138 - Brecken Lura (51-9) - 1st 4-0; Pinned Brayden Haack (B-H) 4:56; Pinned #8 Blaine Wald (Oak) :41; MajDecd #4 Cade Warbis (Hett) 10-1;

Decd #2 Mike Nelson (Lis) 4-2

145 - OPEN

152 - Kael Kovar (42-18) - DNP 1-2; Decd by #8 Gavin Dalley (Hett) 5-2 SV-1; Decd Demetrius Avila (PCN) 3-0; Decd by #7 Colter Thorsell (Lar)

5-0

160 - Logan Weninger (28-19) - DNP 1-2; Decd by Landon Schumacher (Lin) 5-2; Decd Eric Hoffmann (Lar) 7-2; Decd by #5 Maverick Ford (Ken) 10-5

170 - Jonathan Lura (23-26) - DNP 1-2; Pinned by #2 Anton Carruth (EEK) 3:16; Pinned Tyler Hauck (BCB) Pinned by #8 Noah Jepson (Kill) 1:53

182 - Michael Clifton (53-3) - 1st 4-0; Pinned Trey Bohmbach (Stan) 6:00; Pinned #8 Joshua Meehl (Oak) 1:11; Pinned #4 Isaac Herbel (NL) 4:37; Pinned #7 Silas Reinke (Lis) 1:39

195 - Callen Garber (25-20) - DNP 0-2; Pinned by #7 Jaxson Holter (Ken) 1:14; Pinned by Collin McGrath (NSA) 2:55

220 & 285 - OPEN

State Champions

106: Alvy Henderson, Northern Lights

113: Trace Hoggarth, Carrington

120: Wyatt Engwicht, New Salem-Almont

126: Cole Gerhardt, New Salem-Almont

132: Carter Schmitz, Kindred

138: Brecken Lura, Carrington

145: Marshall Lindgren, South Border

152: Cale Ibach, Des Lacs-Burlington

160: Boeden Greenley, Lisbon

170: Anton Carruth, Ellendale/Edgeley-Kulm

182: Michael Clifton, Carrington

195: Carsen Mertz, Harvey-Wells Co.

220: Ashton Peterson, South Border

285: AJ Heins, New Salem-Almont

Cardinals take dual consolation title

Carrington, in spite of their open weights, made it a productive Saturday afternoon at the State B Dual Wrestling Tournament.

The Cards bounced back from a first-round 46-18 loss to New Salem-Almont, and took the next two matches to claim the consolation championship February 19.

On the way, the Cards avenged two losses to the Central Cass Squirrels in the regular season and Region 2 Tournament, 38-33, and got a match-clinching pin to earn a tight 40-36 win over the Honkers of Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Central for fifth.

The final win over K-B-BC was notched by senior Brecken Lura in the 145-pound match in just 22 seconds. He ended his prep career as the all-time winningest Cardinal wrestler with 240 victories.

The first round against the second-seeded Holsteins featured just four wins for CHS, with two of those coming in the first pair of matches from Corbin Clifton and Lura. Trace Hoggarth also added a pin at 113 pounds.

Michael Clifton finished up his sparkling high school tenure with his

Class B-record 47th pin in the NS-A match, but did not have a chance to add to that mark with forfeit wins in the next two duals.

Dual action opposite the Squirrels in the afternoon session was truly a punch/counterpunch affair.

An opening pin by Central Cass was followed by a fall from Kael Kovar (152) and a Logan Weninger major decision, and Jonathan Lura had another pin at 170 that would loom large in the final score.

A decision, pin and forfeit in the upper weights gave Cass 15 points to put the score at 22-21 in favor of the Cards wrapping around back to 106, and Dru Carr got a nice 8-5 win followed by a major decision from Hoggarth.

The Squirrels would get one more pin and forfeit, but Matthew Duchscherer (126) and Brecken Lura cinched up the mild upset with a pin and 9-4 victory in the finale.

For the consolation dual, it again went to Kovar, Weninger and Jonathan Lura to give CHS an early start of 10-0. From 220 to 106, the Honkers made their comeback with three straight pins, but the Cards answered right back to negate that surge with a trio of their own from Hoggarth, Nic Garber (120) and Duchscherer. The Cards dropped forfeits at 132 and 138 to trail, 36-34, and set up the stage for Brecken Lura in the final bout.

Carrington finished their season with an 8-10 record in duals.

Lisbon won their third consecutive Class B crown in the tournament, edging the Holsteins, 36-30. South Border took third with a 37-25 win over Hettinger/Scranton/Bison (S.D.)

Full head-to-head results from the State Class B Dual Tournament are as follows:

State Class B Dual Wrestling

Tournament, Fargodome

Saturday, February 19, 2022

First Round

New Salem-Almont 46,

Carrington 18

138 - Corbin Clifton, C, Decd Riley Doll, NSA, 4-2

145 - Brecken Lura, C, Decd Kaden Tomac, NSA, 8-3

152 - Ty Wolding, NSA, Decd Kael Kovar, C, 3-0

160 - Brock Norton, NSA, Decd Logan Weninger, C, 3-0

170 - Cody Irwin, NSA, Pinned Jonathan Lura, C, 1:07

182 - Michael Clifton, C, Pinned CL Weinberger, NSA, :18

195 - Mason Olander, NSA, Pinned Charles Jorgensen, C, :09

220 - Tayson Klatt, NSA, Decd Callen Garber, C, 9-4

285 - AJ Heins, NSA, Carrington Forfeit

106 - Will Mosbrucker, NSA, Decd Dru Carr, C, 4-2

113 - Trace Hoggarth, C, Pinned Charlie Irwin, NSA, 1:15

120 - Wyatt Engwicht, NSA, Pinned Nic Garber, C, :56

126 - Cole Gerhardt, NSA, MajDecd Matthew Duchscherer, C, 11-3

132 - Ethan Maier, NSA, Carrington Forfeit

Consolation Round

Carrington 38, Central Cass 33

145 - Jake Deutsch, CC, Pinned Corbin Clifton, C, 2:25

152 - Kael Kovar, C, Pinned Jaylen Baumgarten, CC, 3:06

160 - Logan Weninger, C, MajDecd Marcus Biffert, CC, 9-1

170 - Jonathan Lura, C, Pinned Stone Thorton, CC, 5:13

182 - Michael Clifton, C, Central Cass Forfeit

195 - Anthony Houle, CC, Decd Callen Garber, C, 5-2

220 - Garrett Haugen, CC, Pinned Gabe Ricter, C, :40

285 - Dylan Sell, CC, Carrington Forfeit

106 - Dru Carr, C, Decd Drew Urbach, CC, 8-5

113 - Trace Hoggarth, C, MajDecd Brady Peterson, CC, 11-2

120 - Josiah Crandall, CC, Pinned Nic Garber, C, 4:34

126 - Matthew Duchscherer, C, Pinned Grady Link, CC, :35

132 - Jaden Johnson, CC, Carrington Forfeit

138 - Brecken Lura, C, Decd Cade Olson-Tingelstad, CC, 9-4

Fifth Place (Consolation)

Carrington 40,

Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Cent. 36

152 - Kael Kovar, C, Decd Diontrea Anderson, KBBC, 10-5

160 - Logan Weninger, C, Decd Maverick Ford, KBBC, 7-5 SV-1

170 - Jonathan Lura, C, MajDecd Austin Porter, KBBC, 13-2

182 - Andrew Christensen, KBBC, Pinned Max Ciubotareanu, C, :59

195 - Michael Clifton, C, Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Cent. Forfeit

220 - Jaxson Holter, KBBC, Pinned Callen Garber, C, :36

285 - Xylis Holter, KBBC, Pinned Gabe Ricter, C, :17

106 - Conner Melin, KBBC, Pinned Dru Carr, C, 5:51

113 - Trace Hoggarth, C, Pinned Paul Melin, KBBC, :28

120 - Nic Garber, C, Pinned Britton Matejovsky, KBBC, 4:44

126 - Matthew Duchscherer, C, Pinned Lincoln Spear, KBBC, :46

132 - William Cook, KBBC, Carrington Forfeit

138 - Timothee Ford, KBBC, Carrington Forfeit

145 - Brecken Lura, C, Pinned Landan Spear, KBBC, :22