By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian wrestling team appears to be on a roll after winning five straight dual matches since Saturday.
The Dragons went 4-0 while taking top honors at the Harrisburg Tournament Saturday. Adrian topped Madison, S.D., by 33 points in Adrian Tuesday.
Adrian. 11-3 overall, competes at the Federated Duals in Owatonna Saturday before taking on Fulda-Murray County Central in Adrian Tuesday. A win over the Rebels would give the Dragons the Red Rock Conference championship.
Adrian 45, Madison 12
The Dragons continued their domination over South Dakota competition by recording a 33-point home win over Madison Tuesday.
After falling behind 6-0 with losses at 145 pounds (Madison's Mitch Walker nipped Nate Bullerman 4-2 in overtime) and 152 (Josh Hodne edged Trent Bullerman 6-5), the Dragons put together a 36-point, seven-match winning streak that iced the victory.
The run consisted of pins from Lance Bullerman (1:16 over Charles Wallowingbull at 160), Tyler Bullerman (3:45 over Mike Palmquist at 189), Brandon Croat (3:05 over Chris Weber at 103) and Brandon Bullerman (1:43 over Blake Hodne at 112), a six-point forfeit to Cody Reverts at 119, and decision wins from Levi Bullerman (6-1 over Adam Hanson at 171) and Josh Winselman (7-2 over Ben Kapell at heavyweight).
The team's split the final four matches of the night.
Adrian's Dusty Bullerman notched a 10-4 decision win over Phil Downs at 130, and Chris Kruger pinned Ben Knapp in 1:08 at 135.
MadisonÕs Dan Coomes and Jerae Wire secured 7-0 and 10-3 decision wins against Eric Kunkel and Tom Slater at 125 and 140 respectively.
Match wrap-up
145 (M) Walker dec. N.Bullerman.
152 (M) Hodne dec. Tr.Bullerman.
160 (A) La.Bullerman
pins Wallowingbull.
171 (A) Lv.Bullerman dec. Hanson.
189 (A) Ty.Bullerman
pins Palmquist.
275 (A) Winselman dec. Kapell.
103 (A) Croat pins Weber.
112 (A) B.Bullerman pins Hodne.
119 (A) Reverts by forfeit.
125 (M) Coomes dec. Kunkel.
130 (A) D.Bullerman dec. Downs.
135 (A) Kruger pins Knapp.
140 (M) Wire dec. Slater.
Harrisburg tourney
The Dragons captured their first tournament title of the season when they recorded four consecutive victories in Harrisburg, S.D., Saturday.
Adrian basically was untested in dual competition, posting wins over Beresford (77-3), Flandreau (60-15), Vermillion (78-6) and Harrisburg (44-24) by comfortable margins.
Seven Dragons went 4-0 in their respective weight classes, and Eric Kunkel and Levi Bullerman led the way by taking all four of their tests on the mat.
Kunkel pinned Beresford's Joe Kennedy (36 seconds), Flandreau's Chad Rydell (3:47) and Vermillion's Andy Hayner (48 seconds) at 125. He also recorded an 8-3 decision win over HarrisburgÕs Eric Engberg.
Bullerman pinned FlandreauÕs Ernie Claflin (2:25), VermillionÕs Kellen Cusick (1:29) and Harrisburg's Kelly Cawthorne (3:32) at 171. He won by technical fall over BeresfordÕs Justin Lounsbery.
Dusty and Tyler Bullerman won three matches each while taking forfeits from Vermillion and Flandreau respectively.