By John George
The Yellowjacket wrestlers jumped out to an early lead and won the close match-ups in a 48-17 win at New York Mills Thursday night.
Perham won the first five matches, three by fall, one by major decision and a hard-fought 4-0 win by Jacob Werner over Brian Schornack at 119 pounds, to take a 28-0 lead.
No. 10 ranked Jordan Novak got the Eagles on the board at 135 pounds with a tech fall over Cody Soderstrom, but Perham won the next "toss-up" match at 140 when Barry Nelson pulled out a 6-2 win over Jordan Vaughan.
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The Jackets were up 40-8 when Brendan Frost nearly pulled off the upset of the night when he took No. 2 ranked Mac Stoll to the limit in a 10-9 loss. Frost took an early lead and had Stoll on his back at two points during the match. He was up 9-8 in the third period when Stoll took his first lead on a two-point takedown with around 30 seconds left in the match.
Nathan Schmitz followed with a first period tech fall at 215 pounds over Jarrod Norton, 17-2.
Jake Johnson had a 6-0 win for NY Mills at 152 and Andy Hendrickx picked up a 5-1 win at 189 pounds.
Barrel O' Fun Invite
The Yellowjackets will host a home tournament for the first time in three years, and return to an individual tournament format for the first time since 2001, at the Barrel O' Fun Invite on Jan. 5. Action begins at Prairie Wind Gymnasium at 10:30 am with final rounds scheduled for 5 p.m.
Thursday, January 3
Perham 48, New York Mills 17
103--Andrew Gorentz (P) def. Shane Novak, fall 1:12
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112--Isaac Werner (P) def. Myron Bell, fall 3:35
119--Jacob Werner (P) def. Brian Schornack, 4-0
125--Sam Warne (P) def. Mike Dittmann, 20-8
130--Joe Berns (P) def. Peter Stark, fall 1:40
135--Jordan Novak (NYM) def. Cody Soderstrom, TF
140--Barry Nelson (P) def. Jordan Vaughan, 6-2
145--Dwight Jenne (P), W-FF
152--Jake Johnson (NYM) def. Chris Scheidecker, 6-0
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160--Gavin Biegler (P), W-FF
171--Mac Stoll (P) def. Brendan Frost, 10-9
189--Andy Hendrickx (NYM) def. Ben Brill, 5-1
215--Nathan Schmitz (P) def. Jarrod Norton, TF, 17-2
HWT--Andrew Frost (NYM) def. Jesse Hein, fall 1:18.
