The Auggies had three champions, one runner-up and 10 placewinners at the North Country Open, while claiming three champions, two runners-up and eight placewinners in winning the 11-team Wisconsin-Eau Claire Invitational. Augsburg is the top-ranked team in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national rankings.
Willy Holst (SR, Prescott, Wis.), ranked No. 1 nationally at 149 pounds, collected four first-period pins -- including two pins of under one minute -- to win his weight-class title at the North Country Open. Holst is now 20-1 on the season with seven pins.
At 197, No. 2-ranked Jared Massey (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) scored two pins among his four wins, including a 30-second pin in the championship match, to win his weight class at the North Country Open. Massey is now 21-1 on the season. Heavyweight Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.), ranked No. 7 nationally, improved to 26-6 on the season with three wins to claim his weight class.
At the Wisconsin-Eau Claire meet, Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.), ranked No. 5 nationally at 157, claimed his weight class with four bonus-point wins -- a pin, technical fall and two major decisions. Adams is now 31-5 on the season.
Zach Hansen (JR, Albert Lea, Minn.) scored the 149-pound championship at the Wisconsin-Eau Claire meet with three victories, as did heavyweight Tyson Barrett (JR, Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS).
Tony Valek (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West), ranked No. 6 nationally at 141, finished in second place in his weight class at the North Country Open, as did Zach Molitor (SO, Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS), ranked No. 7 nationally at 174, and Orlando Ponce (SO, Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah-Miami Lakes HS) at 165 at the Wisconsin-Eau Claire meet.
Seth Flodeen (SR, Cannon Falls, Minn.), ranked No. 5 nationally at 125, placed third in his weight class at the Wisconsin-Eau Claire meet, as did Kris Krier (SR, Woodbury, Minn.) at 184. Jake Grygelko (JR, Loretto, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) placed third for the Auggies at the North Country Open.
Augsburg closes its dual-meet season next Friday (2/13) at 7 p.m., with a match at No. 10-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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