Olson, Chandler among 13 area state wrestling medalists

Photo by Ari Selvey: Canby's Jordan DePestel (left) competes in a Class A heavyweight fifth-place match, Saturday at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.
ST. PAUL — Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle Valley/Montevideo United’s Eli Olson finished as the runner-up in the Class AA 114-pound individual tournament on Saturday, leading a group of 12 area state wrestling individual medalists.
Olson was the only area individual to win his semifinal match Friday night, downing Howard Lake-Waverly-Winstead’s Clayton Birkholz via 14-3 major decision. Still, Olson lost via 17-1 technical fall to Owen Parish in 4:30.
Minneota had five of its eight qualifiers for the Class A individual state meet finish with a medal. Leading the charge, Adam DeVlaeminck and Randy Sorensen each placed third while Mason Javers placed fourth.
DeVlaeminck defeated Brodie Pachan via 12-2 major decision in 139 in his final prep match, getting yet another state medal after finishing as the state runner-up last season. Sorensen, a sophomore, earned his first state medal with an 8-4 decision over New Richland’s Ryan Schlaak in 189.
Javers placed fourth in 160 with a 6-2 decision over Owen Gruchow before falling to Blake Sonnenberg in the third-place match.

Photo by Ari Selvey: Minneota's Cael Fier (left) wrestles in a 215 Class A fifth-place match, Saturday at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.
United also had another pair of state medalists with Benjamin Gunlogson in 145 and Kameron Sather in 160. Gunlogson won his third-place match over Parker Zutter via fall in 1:10, giving Gunlogson his second consecutive state medal after placing fourth last year, while Sather placed fourth in 160.
Marshall’s Brayden Chandler defeated Sather in the 160-pound third-place match via 7-2 decision, giving him a new personal-best finish at state after placing sixth last year. The Tigers also had Lincoln Christenson earn a third-place finish in 121 with a 4-3 decision over Mound Westonka’s Deacon Ramthun, giving Christenson his third top-3 state finish after winning a state title as a junior last year and finishing as a runner-up as a sophomore.
Minneota’s Cael Fier and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove’s David Schuh each placed fifth in 215 and 139, respectively. The Vikings also had Brock Fier place sixth in 172, while Fulda/Murray County Central’s Kaston Clarke and Canby’s Jordan DePestel placed sixth in 121 and 285, respectively.
BOYS RESULTS
- Photo by Ari Selvey: Canby’s Jordan DePestel (left) competes in a Class A heavyweight fifth-place match, Saturday at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.
- Photo by Ari Selvey: Minneota’s Cael Fier (left) wrestles in a 215 Class A fifth-place match, Saturday at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.
- Photo by Ari Selvey: Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle Valley/Montevideo United’s Eli Olson (top) grapples with Cannon Falls’ Owen Parish during the Class AA state championship match at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul on Saturday.

Photo by Ari Selvey: Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle Valley/Montevideo United's Eli Olson (top) grapples with Cannon Falls' Owen Parish during the Class AA state championship match at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul on Saturday.
CLASS AA
114: Eli Olson, United, runner-up
First round: Olson (DBU) def. Antione Golden (MPSW) Fall 3:03. Quarterfinals: Olson (DBU) def. Gage Benz (RR) Dec. 6-4. Semifinals: Olson (DBU) def. Clayton Birkholz (HLWW) MD 14-3. Championship match: Owen Parish (CAFA) def. Olson (DBU) TF 17-1 4:30.
121: Lincoln Christenson, Marshall, third place
First round: Christenson (MAR) def. Lincoln Davis (TRF) TF 19-3 3:22. Quarterfinals: Deacon Rathmun (MOWE) def. Christenson (MAR) Dec. 7-1. Consolation second round: Christenson (MAR) def. Julian Kelley (MSCM) MD 13-2. Consolation quarterfinals: Christenson (MAR) def. Ryder Antony (LCWM) MD 15-4. Consolation semifinals: Christenson (MAR) def. Kaden Lindquist (KM) Dec. 5-0. Third-place match: Christenson (MAR) def. Deacon Ramthun (MOWE) Dec. 4-3.
145: Benjamin Gunlogson, United, third place
First round: Gunlogson (DBU) def. Benny Lopez (LC) Fall 3:51. Quarterfinals: Gunlogson (DBU) def. Brock Guth (STP) MD 10-2. Semifinals: Levi Thompson (BECK) def. Gunlogson (DBU) MD 10-2. Consolation semifinals: Gunlogson (DBU) def. Sam Roiko (PERH) Fall 1:40. Third-place match: Gunlogson (DBU) def. Parker Zutter (PLPR) Fall 1:10.
160: Brayden Chandler, Marshall, third place
First round: Chandler (MAR) def. Dakayo Lattimore (MSCM) Fall 0:51. Quarterfinals: Chandler (MAR) def. Brayden Boots (BECK) Fall 4:58. Semifinals:Rex Ayshford (KM) def. Chandler (MAR) Dec. 9-2. Consolation semifinals: Chandler (MAR) def. Elias Motta (TRF) MD 10-2. Third-place match: Chandler (MAR) def. Kameron Sather (DBU) Dec. 7-2.
160: Kameron Sather, United, fourth place
First round: Cooper Rowe (MOWE) def. Sather (DBU) TF 19-4 2:47. Consolation first round: Sather (DBU) def. Griffin Peterson (CF) Dec. 10-3. Consolation second round: Sather (DBU) def. Brayden Boots (BECK) Dec. 4-1. Consolation quarterfinals: Sather (DBU) def. Warren Ritter (GR) Fall 3:43. Consolation semifinals: Sather (DBU) def. Kobi Cameron (LIFA) Fall 1:47. Third-place match: Brayden Chandler (MAR) def. Chandler (MAR) Dec. 7-2.
189: Tyler Kraft, Marshall, DNP
First round: Kraft (MAR) def. Sam White (MAHT) Dec. 8-4. Quarterfinals: Max Morgan (ME) def. Kraft (MAR) MD 17-4. Consolation second round: Kraft (MAR) def. Benjamin Friedrichs (SCM) SV 4-1. Consolation quarterfinals: Lane Ruch (NU) def. Kraft (MAR) Dec. 4-2.
127: Keynan Coequyt, Marshall, DNP
First round: Jackson Stensrud (ME) def. Coequyt (MAR) MD 18-9. Consolation first round: Coequyt (MAR) def. Dresden Wegscheid (PERH) Fall 4:25. Consolation second round: Wrigley Clark (PRA) def. Coequyt (AR) MD 15-3.
172: Tyson Louwagie, Marshall, DNP
First round: Slade Barnett (WAS) def. Louwagie (MAR) TF 21-5 4:15. Consolation first round: Jack Barz (SRR) def. Louwagie (MAR) Fall 0:41.
CLASS A
139: Adam DeVlaeminck, Minneota, third place
First round: DeVlaeminck (MIN) def. Liam Hamm (FRAZ) Fall 1:48. Quarterfinals: DeVlaeminck (MIN) def. Owen Lange (LARP) MD 15-2. Semifinals: Isaac Rodriguez (JCC) def. DeVlaeminck (MIN) Dec. 5-4. Consolation semifinals: DeVlaeminck (MIN) def. Max Nygaard (BENS) Dec. 4-1. Third-place match: DeVlaeminck (MIN) def. Brodie Pachan (LPGE) MD 12-2.
189: Randy Sorensen, Minneota, third place
First round: Sorensen (MIN) def. Ettore Pinnella (WDC) Dec. 4-2. Quarterfinals: Sorensen (MIN) def. Ryan Schlaak (NRHE) Dec. 5-0. Semifinals: Jake Leners (ROUP) def. Sorensen (MIN) MD 10-0. Consolation semifinals: Sorensen (MIN) def. Luke Bjerga (SM) Dec. 8-3. Third-place match: Sorensen (MIN) def. Ryan Schlaak (NRHE) Dec. 8-4.
160: Mason Javers, Minneota, fourth place
First round: Javers (MIN) def. Bryndon Koeppel (SC) Fall 3:59. Quarterfinals: Colbe Tappe (SM) def. Javers (MIN) Dec. 4-2. Consolation second round: Javers (MIN) def. Quintin Lewis (FMCC) Dec. 9-7. Consolation quarterfinals: Javers (MIN) def. Jackson Jenniges (ADR) Dec. 6-2. Consolation semifinals: Javers (MIN) def. Owen Gruchow (WCA) Dec. 6-2. Third-place match: Blake Sonnenberg (FRAZ) def. Javers (MIN) Dec. 4-2.
139: David Schuh, TMB/WWG, fifth place
First round: Schuh (TMBW) def. Kamryn Thompson (FB) Dec. 14-7. Quarterfinals: Schuh (TMBW) def. Layne Root (CHAT) Dec. 5-2. Semifinals: Gage Bjerga (SM) def. Schuh (TMBW) MD 15-1. Consolation semifinals: Brodie Pachan (LPGE) def. Schuh (TMBW) Dec. 11-4. Fifth-place match: Schuh (TMBW) def. Max Nygaard (BENS) SV 4-1.
215: Cael Fier, Minneota, fifth place
First round: Fier (MIN) def. Zach Tabatt (SM) Dec. 5-4. Quarterfinals: Cooper Allen (CH) def. Fier (MIN) Dec. 4-3. Consolation second round: Fier (MIN) def. Garret Rosenow (KIMB) Dec. 9-3. Consolation quarterfinals: Fier (MIN) def. Jacob Savig (QC) SV 4-1. Consolation semifinals: Blake McMullen (MAWA) def. Fier (MIN) TB 2-1. Fifth-place match: Cael Fier (MIN) def. Tanner Moe (FRAZ) Dec. 4-0.
121: Kaston Clarke, FMCC, sixth place
First round: Caden Kramer (SM) def. Clarke (FMCC) Dec. 9-2. Consolation first round: Clarke (FMCC) def. Domenek Williams (LH) Fall 1:55. Consolation second round: Clarke (FMCC) def. Bentley Miller (WERA) MD 10-2. Consolation quarterfinals: Clarke (FMCC) def. Jackson Dietman (ROUP) Dec. 7-4. Consolation semifinals: Caden Kramer (SM) def. Clarke (FMCC) Dec. 7-1. Fifth-place match: Miles Barclay (STCH) def. Clarke (FMCC) Dec. 15-9.
172: Brock Fier, Minneota, sixth place
First round: Fier (MIN) def. James Wegner (MEDF) Fall 0:51. Quarterfinals: Fier (MIN) def. Will Allen (CH) Fall 5:52. Semifinals: Simon Boeckman (HOLD) def. Fier (MIN) Dec. 11-8. Consolation semifinals: Cade Walz (MAWA) def. Fier (MIN) MD 15-8. Fifth-place match: Lucas Fuhr (RWV) def. Fier (MIN) Dec. 7-1.
285: Jordan DePestel, Canby, sixth place
First round: DePestel (CAN) def. Chase Drazkowski (LARP) Dec. 7-2. Quarterfinals: Adrian Gomez (SM) def. DePestel (CAN) Dec. 2-0. Consolation second round: DePestel (CAN) def. Wyatt Krull (GMLO) MD 9-1. Consolation quarterfinals: DePestel (CAN) def. Chase Gambell (BEA) Dec. 4-3. Consolation semifinals: Nicholas Becker (EVW) def. DePestel (CAN) Fall 2:04. Fifth-place match: Chase Drazkowski (LARP) def. DePestel (CAN) Fall 4:30.
107: Heydan Danielson, Minneota, DNP
First round: Danielson (MIN) def. Kaiden Dykhoff (UNC) Fall 0:42. Quarterfinals: Tyson Meagher (PAYN) def. Danielson (MIN) TF 15-0 6:00. Consolation second round: Danielson (MIN) def. Easton Busho (WERA) Fall 0:52. Consolation quarterfinals: Mauricio Arriaga (CROK) def. Danielson (MIN) Dec. 10-4.
121: Taylor Squires, TMB/WWG, DNP
First round: Ryan Lacanne (KW) def. Squires (TMBW) Dec. 6-1. Consolation first round: Squires (TMBW) def. Isaiah Duberowski (BHVP) Fall 1:16. Consolation second round: Jackson Dietman (ROUP) def. Squires (TMBW) Dec. 11-5.
127: Quinton Anderson, Minneota, DNP
Quarterfinals: William Osborne (LH) def. Anderson (MIN) Dec. 8-1. Consolation first round: Eli Phrakonkham (FB) def. Anderson (MIN) Dec. 4-0.
133: Blake Mead, Minneota, DNP
First round: Mead (MIN) def. Coates Thornton (ML) Dec. 10-5. Quarterfinals: Ian Phrakonkham (FB) def. Mead (MIN) MD 8-0. Consolation second round: Mead (MIN) def. Ryan Neubarth (CPS) Fall 3:19. Consolation quarterfinals: Julio Alejandro (SIEA) def. Mead (MIN) Dec. 4-2.
160: Quintin Lewis, FMCC, DNP
First round: Talen Rabe (DE) def. Lewis (FMCC) Dec. 9-7. Consolation first round: Lewis (FMCC) def. Creed Koll (UNC) Dec. 9-2. Consolation second round: Mason Javers (MIN) def. Lewis (FMCC) Dec. 9-7.
215: Jacob Savig, Quad County, DNP
First round: Blake McMullen (MAWA) def. Savig (QC) Dec. 4-1. Consolation first round: Savig (QC) def. Kevan Sheehy (WEJW) Fall 2:25. Consolation second round: Savig (QC) def. Drake Payne (GMLO) Fall 1:46. Consolation quarterfinals: Cael Fier (MIN) def. Savig (QC) SV 4-1.
285: Colby Kesteloot, F/MCC, DNP
First round: Colby Kesteloot, bye. Quarterfinals: Jack Carlson (GOOD) def. Kesteloot (FMCC) TF 18-2 5:54. Consolation second round: Grady Roberts (NYM) def. Kesteloot (FMCC) Dec. 10-3.
GIRLS RESULTS
170: Esther Say, Marshall, DNP
First round: Esparanza Calvillo (AV) def. Say (MAR) Fall 5:02. Consolation first round: Say (MAR) def. Elizabeth Ofuasia (MG) Fall 1:21. Consolation second round: Bentlie Jackson (WACO) def. Say (MAR) Fall 1:38.







