By John RittenhouseThe Adrian Dragons captured their second consecutive Section 3AA Team Wrestling Tournament title with a pair of wins in Redwood Falls Friday night.Adrian upended Tracy-Milroy-Balaton by 36 points in the semifinals before rolling to a 35-point victory against Yellow Medicine East in the championship match.By winning the section title, 32-2 Adrian advances to the Minnesota State Class AA Team Wrestling Championships to be staged in the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul Feb. 24-26. Adrian placed second at last year’s state tournament, which was the best performance turned in by an AHS squad at the state classic."We’re happy to be going there again," said Adrian coach Gregg Nelson. "We didn’t wrestle that great Friday, but we were good enough to win. Now we’re ready to get on to bigger and better things."Adrian, which will be making a team appearance in state competition for the seventh time, will take on Section 5AA champion BOLD at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, during the quarterfinals. AHS beat BOLD 42-16 in Olivia Jan. 4.Adrian 47, YME 12The Dragons never trailed during their championship showdown with the Sting Friday.Adrian’s Stephen Loosbrock gave his team a 4-0 lead it would never relinquish after handing YME’s Austen Cole a 16-4 major decision in the 103-pound match.YME did trim the difference to one point (4-3) when Ryan Tongen nipped Tony Thier 4-2 at 112, but the Dragons outscored the Sting 43-9 the rest of the way to win by 35.Jordan Reker (57 seconds over Wyatt Sand), Brandon Bullerman (2:48 over Landen Cole), Will Lutmer (1:27 over Sam Isfeld) and Cody Lutmer (3:38 over Tim Palm) all recorded pins for AHS.Levi Bullerman received a forfeit at 189, and Dusty Bullerman contributed a 15-1 major decision win over Tom Jacobson at 145 to the winning effort.Adrian’s Joey Bullerman, Tony Sauer and Cody Reverts all posted decision victories during the match.Match wrap-up103 (A) Loosbrock 16-4 Cole.112 (Y) Tongen 4-2 Thier.119 (A) J.Bullerman 8-6 Williams.125 (Y) Listul 5-1 Z.Reker.130 (A) J.Reker pins Sand.135 (A) B.Bullerman pins Cole.140 (Y) Weber 5-0 Heitkamp.145 (A) D.Bullerman15-1 Jacobson.152 (A) Sauer 8-4 Sannerud.160 (Y) Stock 7-3 Engelkes.171 (A) Reverts 8-3 Isfeld.189 (A) L.Bullerman by forfeit.215 (A) W.Lutmer pins Isfeld.275 (A) C.Lutmer pins Palm.Adrian 49, T-M-B 13The Dragons erased a pair of deficits to advance to the section finals with a 36-point win over the Panthers in Friday’s semifinals.T-M-B scored the first seven points of the match and led 10-9 after the 135-pound tilt, but Adrian outscored the Panthers 40-3 the rest of the way to win by 36.Brandon Bullerman received a forfeit at 140 pounds to put the Dragons in front (15-10) to stay.Pins by Dusty Bullerman (5:08 over Chad Eggreman), Tony Sauer (3:15 over Kyle Lanners), Will Lutmer (2:14 over Mike Schreier) and Cody Lutmer (2:36 over Jordan Rolling), Nate Engelkes’ 10-2 major decision win over Dan Dieter and Levi Bullerman’s forfeit points gave the Dragons a comfortable win.Joey Bullerman, Zach and Jordan Reker posted decision wins for AHS early in the match.Match wrap-up103 (T) Thao 11-3 Loosbrock.112 (T) Prairie 10-4 Thier.119 (A) J.Bullerman5-1 Cooreman.125 (A) Z.Reker 5-4 Snyder.130 (A) J.Reker 8-2 Evans.135 (T) Ross 6-0 Heitkamp.140 (A) B.Bullerman by forfeit.145 (A) D.Bullermanpins Eggreman.152 (A) Sauer pins Lanners.160 (A) Engelkes 10-2 Dieter.171 (T) Carlson 5-4 Reverts.189 (A) L.Bullerman by forfeit.215 (A) W.Lutmer pins Schreier.275 (A) C.Lutmer pins Rolling.
