By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian wrestling team capped a 16-11 regular season by splitting home matches staged since last Thursday.
The Dragons fell by 16 points to Minneota Thursday before roasting Tracy-Milroy by 39 points Tuesday.
Adrian opens Section 4A Team Tournament competiton Feb. 13 in Adrian. The fourth-seeded Dragons take on No. 5 Wabasso for a 7 p.m. match.
Adrian 51, T-M 12
The Dragons recovered from an early deficit to best the Panthers by 39 points in Adrian Tuesday.
Trailing 9-3 after the 119-pound match, Adrian bounced back to outscore T-M 48-3 the rest of the way by winning 10 of the final 11 matches.
The run features pins from Brandon Bullerman (38 seconds over James Prairie at 125), Nate Engelkes (1:29 over Austin Skoblik at 152), Brandon Schettler (1:41 over Brett Petersen at 189), Levi Bullerman (3:27 over Mike Schreier at 215) and Josh Winselman (2:33 over Kong Her at heavyweight).
Dragons Dusty Bullerman (10-1 over Andy Nelson at 135), Adam Voss (13-4 over Paul Carlson at 145) and Trent Bullerman (13-4 over Tim Byrne at 171) added major decision victories to the run. Pete Jensen bested Cody Arnold 13-6 at 130, and Cody Reverts nipped Andy Byrne 9-6 at 140 to pad the rally.
T-M’s Scott Torkelson kept AHS from winning the final 11 matches by topping Tyler Wolf 6-2 at 160.
Adrian’s Joey Bullerman edged Cole Cooreman 10-8 in overtime at 103 pounds to give AHS a 3-0 lead that was erased when Chad Cooreman beat Brandon Croat 7-2 at 112 and Adam Snyder pinned Josh Croat in 1:35 at 119.
Match wrap-up
103 (A) B.Bullerman dec.
Cooreman.
112 (T) Cooreman dec. B.Croat.
119 (T) Snyder pins J.Croat.
125 (A) B.Bullerman pins Prairie.
130 (A) Jensen dec. Arnold.
135 (A) D.Bullerman m.d. Nelson.
140 (A) Reverts dec. Byrne.
145 (A) Voss m.d. Carlson.
152 (A) Engelkes pins Skoblik.
160 (T) Torkelson dec. Wolf.
171 (A) T.Bullerman m.d. Byrne.
189 (A) Schettler pins Petersen.
215 (A) L.Bullerman pins Schreier.
275 (A) Winselman pins Her.
Minneota 36,
Adrian 20
A late run by the visiting Vikings gave Minneota a 16-point win over the Dragons in Adrian Friday.
Minneota was clinging to a 15-14 edge after Adrian’s Cody Reverts handed Wade Eischens a 4-1 setback at 140 pounds, but the Vikings won six of the final seven matches of the night to seal the victory.
Minneota’s late surge, in which it outscored AHS 21-6, featured major decision wins from Todd Opdahl (13-1 over Clint Metz at 145), Wade Gillund (19-5 over Nate Engelkes at 160) and Craig Myhre (13-4 over Brandon Schettler at 189). Vikings’ Jason Stripling (5-2 over Tyler Wolf at 152), Mark Olson (6-0 over Cody Lutmer at 215) and Ben Derynck (3-2 over Josh Winselman at heavyweight) added decision wins to the rally.
Levi Bullerman kept the Vikings from winning the last seven matches when he pinned Tony Opdahl in 3:00 at 171.
The teams exchanged alternating wins between 103 and 135 pounds.
Adrian received major decision wins from Joey Bullerman (12-4 over Craig Peterson at 103) and Dusty Bullerman (9-1 over Shawn Gossen at 130), and a 5-0 decision victory from Brandon Bullerman over Derek Stripling at 119.
Minneota picked up pins from Anthony Myhre (1:19 over Brandon Croat at 112) and Todd Traen (3:54 over Pete Jensen at 125), and a 5-3 decision win from Rickey Peterson over Adam Voss at 135.
Match wrap-up
103 (A) J.Bullerman m.d. Peterson.
112 (M) Myhre pins Croat.
119 (A) B.Bullerman dec. Stripling.
125 (M) Traen pins Jensen.
130 (A) D.Bullerman m.d. Gossen.
135 (M) Peteson dec. Voss.
140 (A) Reverts dec. Eischens.
145 (M) Opdahl m.d. Metz.
152 (M) Stripling dec. Wolf.
160 (M) Gillund m.d. Engelkes.
171 (A) L.Bullerman pins Opdahl.
189 (M) Myhre m.d. Schettler.
215 (M) Olson dec. Lutmer.
275 (M) Derynck dec. Winselman.
