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CANBY - The word young was mentioned often Saturday to describe the Canby wrestling team at the Border Battle Tournament in Canby. But it wasn't an excuse, it was a reason coach Perry Fink and several wrestlers said, the team needed leadership and for members to improve performance.

Canby finished 0-3 Saturday with losses to Yellow Medicine East, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City and Adrian.

"Yeah, we're a young team but that's no excuse," junior Travis Longhenry (189) said. "We've got quite a few guys with experience and we need to pull it together."

Longhenry was 1-2 in the tournament but pinned his ACGC opponent.

Senior Brock Claeys (171) won his 75th match Saturday, a 10-4 victory over Ryan Larson of ACGC. Claeys also beat Mason Hegna of YME but lost a 3-2 to Stephen Loosbrock of Adrian.

"It's different this year," Claeys said of being a senior. "I have to step it up."

Claeys said his focus is not only to win but to pin his opponent.

"I need to be more of a pinner this year," Claeys said. Pins mean more points and more leadership for his team.

Fink said his team was flat and not very aggressive for much of the day Saturday.

"We just need to fight against stuff more," Fink said. "We are on defense all the time."

"There is no messing around," Fink said of competing against the teams that participated in the annual tournament.

Canby lost to YME 41-21 but got pins from Ted Berckes (119) and Cedric Citrowske(135).

Canby got its first win against ACGC at 140 when Matt Jelen won 7-4.

ACGC won 58-12.

The Lancers' next win was at 171 when Claeys earned his 75th career win.

Longhenry pinned his opponent to give the Lancers a third victory in the match.

Danny Miller (130) and Berckes (119) picked up two wins for the Lancers against Adrian. The Lancers lost 52-6.

"We have to keep working harder to be more aggressive," Berckes said. Berckes, a junior, said he must be in a leadership role on the team.

"I know my job and I've been asked to get pins," Berckes said.

That's not an easy task when teams are as good as those in Saturday's tournament.

"As a leader you are expected to win. We have to work as hard as we can every match," Berckes said.

"We had some pretty good teams take it to us," Fink said of the opponents on Saturday. "We were just on our backs too much and it's hard to score points and win when you are on the defensive so much."

YME 41, Canby 24

103 Evan Knudson (YME) maj. dec.Austin Cambell, 12-1

112 Tyler Merrit (YME) pinned Nick Stoks

119 Ted Berckes (Canby) pinned Zach Kluber

125 John Deslauriers (Canby) dec. Justin Stock

130 Levi Specht (YME) pinned Danny Miller, 4-0

135 Cedric Citrowske (Canby) pinned Holden Sand

140 Matt Jelen (Canby) dec. Ethan Ator, 4-3

145 Dustin Baker (YME) pinned Cole Regnier

152 Aaron Lalim (YME) maj. dec. Tony Verhelst, 13-1.

160 Justin Tongen (YME) pinned Brandon Garbers

171 Brock Claeys (Canby) dec. Mason Hegna, 4-0

189 Derek Dyrdahl (YME) dec. Travis Longhenry, 5-0

215 Cody Sander (YME) pinned Ryan Nelson

275 David Bursack (Canby) dec. Tim Savig, 4-3

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 58, Canby 12

103 Tyler Berghuis (ACGC) lost tech. fall Quentin Beiningen

112 Robert Rasmussen (ACGC) pinned Nick Stoks

119 Haden Rouser (ACGC) dec. Ted Berckes, 7-1

125 Matt Lee (ACGC) pinned John Deslauriers

130 Lee Whitcomb (ACGC) pinned DAnny Miller

135 Larry Bomstad (ACGC) maj. dec. Cedrick Citrowske, 12-1

140 Matt Jelen (Canby) dec. Maverick Whitcomb, 7-3

145 Colin Kragenbring (ACGC) pinned Cole Regnier

152 Nate Meyer (ACGC) pinned Tony Verhelst

160 Michael Kramer (ACGC) maj. dec. Brandon Garbers, 14-2

171 Brock Claeys (Canby) maj. dec. Ryan Larson (ACGC) 10-4

189 Travis Longhenry (Canby) pinned Lucas Damm (ACGC)

215 James Nelson (ACGC) pinned Ryan Nelson

275 Dylan Nelson (ACGC) pinned David Bursack

Adrian 52, Canby 6

103 Jayden Bullerman (A) pinned Austin Campbell

112 Nate Loosbrock (A) maj. dec. Nick Stoks, 12-4

119 Ted Berckes (Canby) dec. Dru Strand, 7-0

125 Ben Mulder (A) dec. John Delauriers, 3-2

130 Danny Miller (Canby) dec. Tony Reker, 5-1

140 Luke Tiesler (A) maj. dec. Matt Jelen, 2-4

145 Jake Dorn (A) pinned Cole Regnier

152 Brock Bullerman (A) won by forfeit

160 Mitchell Sieve (A) maj. dec. Brandon Garbers, 111-3

171 Stephen Loosbrock (A) dec. Brock Claeys, 3-2

189 Dustin Polzine (A) maj. dec. Travis Longhenry, 9-1

215 Jake Tiede (A) pinned Ryan Nelson

275 Alex Elias (A) dec. David Bursack, 3-2