Orono Wrestlers in Quad and Tournament
The Orono wrestling team host a quadrangular dual meet Thursday and traveled to Chisago Lakes for a Varsity Invitational tournament on Friday.
Orono vs. Hutchinson
Orono dropped a tough opening round dual to conference rival Hutchinson 51-19. Four Spartan wrestlers posted wins. Marcus Ostvig (113) earned a major decision over Jesse Reiner 10-2. Noah Arneson (120) and Danny Striggow (152) both earned pins and Booby Striggow (182) rounded out the Orono scoring with a 5-3 decision over Christian Kurth.
Orono vs. Henry Sibley
The second dual produced much of the same results with only three Spartans recording wins. Marcus Ostvig (113) pinned his opponent in 0:59. Jon Schmid (126) survived a high scoring affair 11-7 and Bobby Striggow (182) pinned in 1:27. The final score was 15-52.
Orono vs. Mound
In the closest dual of the evening, Mound survived a late round surge to beat the Spartans 31-25. Both teams left the 106 pound weight class open and Orono’s Marcus Ostvig (113) won a major decision 10-2. Noah Arneson (120) was able to keep the scoring going with a 7-1 decision. Henry Beck (126) continued the trend with another decision 9-3. By accepting a forfeit, Jon Schmid (132) moved the Spartans ahead 12-10. Orono didn’t score again until Blaine Bauman (170) earned a 3-0 decision. Bobby Striggow (182) followed up with a fall to finish to end the Spartan rally. Mound moved ahead for good on the strength of Orono forfeits in the last three weights for a final score of 25-31.
Chisago Lakes Invitational Tournament
Orono sent seven varsity wrestlers to compete in Chisago Lakes on Friday and came away with two champions and three other place winners. Marcus Ostvig (113) opened up with a 7-6 decision over Randall Huesman of Chaska-Chanhassan. A semi-final loss to Quayin Short of Simley sent Ostvig to the consolation finals where he won an overtime sudden victory over Bailey Thumes of Park 2-0.
Top seeded Jon Schmid (126) earned a trip to the finals with an opening round pin and a semi-final technical fall in the second period. In the final match, Schmid found himself down 4-7 with just 20 seconds to go in the match when he reversed Simley’s Aaron Hingst and earned three additional back points to win 9-7.
Nick Simafranca (132) pinned his opening round opponent in the second period. A subsequent loss in the semifinals sent Nick to the consolation finals where he ended up 4th for the tournament.
An opening round pin for Danny Striggow (152) set him up for semifinal match against the #2 ranked high School wrestler in the nation at 152, Griffin Parriott of New Prague. Parriott proved too much for the young Spartan. Striggow went on to win his consolation final match by injury default and earned third place honors.
Bobby Striggow (182) drew an opening round bye and pinned his Chisago Lakes opponent in the semifinal round. Striggow went on to earn a 4-1 decision over Cameron Schmitz of New Prague to place first.
Other Orono wrestlers competing were Henry Beck (120) and Blaine Bauman (170).
