Husky Invite
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way through the third round. A penalty assessed against Sandoval not long after turned out to be the difference maker as Smazal was able to hold out for a 2-1 decision. The third place performance scored 37.0 team points for Abby/Colby.
Jakel, meanwhile, sailed through his first two opponents of the 138-pound bracket on Saturday. He racked up nine points before winning by fall in the first period against Bloomer/ Colfax’s Mason Smith and then earned a 12-3 major decision over Gavin Jacob of Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln. While Jacob was able to manage three escapes, Jakel remained on the attack all match, scoring four takedowns to take a spot in the semifinals.
There he faced off against Lincoln Robideau of St. Michael-Albertville. He was kept on the defensive by Robideau, who racked up 20 points over the first two rounds to take a 20-2 technical fall victory and bounced Jakel to the third-place match.
Arrowhead’s Cole Duchateau awaited him there, but Jakel was able to quickly take control of the match. He dealt Duchateau his second loss of the season after earning a first round takedown and then winning by fall at the 1:49 mark. The third place finish gave the co-op 40.0 team points.
Hoppe needed five matches to pick up his fourth-place finish in Eau Claire, going 3-2 in the 190-pound weight class. He swept his first three matches of the day, picking up a pin over Sam Helgestad of Spencer/Columbus Catholic/Granton in his first match before dominating in a 15-0 technical fall victory over Whitehall’s Luke Matejka. He then won by major decision over Neenah’s Kaden Roth in the quarterfinals. He grabbed a 6-1 lead after two first round takedowns and expanded it to a 12-3 advantage after another pair of takedowns in the second period. An escape in the third period sealed his 13-3 major decision win.
Hoppe was dealt his first loss of the season in the semifinals where he faced off against John Murphy of St. Michael-Albertville, Minn. A trio of takedowns and a nearfall in the first round for Murphy eventually led to Hoppe being pinned at the 1:01 mark and relegated him to the third place match. He faced Simley’s Vristol Short in his final match of the day and it was Short who took the initiative. The Simley wrestler earned seven first period points before adding 10 more in the second to win 17-2 by technical fall.
The A/C senior finished in fourth and picked up 36.5 points.
Aiden Burt went 1-3 in his matches in the 285-pound weight class to finish in 14th and Christian Satey suffered a pair of losses in his two bouts on Saturday.
Auburndale Quad
Abbotsford/Colby went 1-2 in a quad against Auburndale, Stratford and Athens last Thursday evening.
The co-op fell 65-10 to Auburndale and 69-6 against Stratford. Jakel earned two of the three wins that Abby/Colby managed against the two clubs, defeating the Eagles’ Brennen Welch by an 11-1 major decision and Stratford’s Lucas Forrest by fall at the 4:39 mark. Smazal picked up the only other win for the co-op squad, defeating Auburndale’s Coleman Becker by fall in the second period.
A 36-24 victory over Athens was more a numbers game than anything. There were four double forfeited weightclasses and another eight matches that were decided by forfeit. Only Jakel and Eyan Cortista wrestled against opponents during the dual and neither match made it out of the first round. Jakel earned his third victory of the day by downing Athens’ Dale Felix at the 0:29 mark and Cortista lost by fall against the Bluejays’ Evin Passehl.
