Pratt Drops Last Home Dual
On Tuesday, January 27, the Pratt Beavers hosted the #4 Ranked Colby Trojans in their last home dual of the season. The Beavers won only two of ten matches of the night. Starting out the night at 125 pounds was Justin Gardner of Colby defeating Joey Stephens in a close match decision of 10-9. At 133 pounds Appollo Harris for Colby had a major decision over Pratt's Brendan Harshman 14-5. In the 141 pound weight class put #6 ranked Jernato Harris for the Trojans against Chris Wright for the Beavers. Harris won by a decision of 8-3. The next match would be at 149 pounds matching up #1 ranked Trojan wrestler Ganbayar Sanjaa against Beaver wrestler Mike Manion. Manion held his own during the match, but fell short losing by a decision of 7-2. #6 ranked Colby wrestler Bekzod Abdurakhmonov and Beaver wrestler Clay Shaft would be the next match at 157 pounds. Abdurakhmonov won the match with a pin in the first period. At 165 pounds # 4 ranked Ronnie Tetreault of Colby won by a major decision of 11-2 over Eric Cress of Pratt. Beaver wrestler Travis Budke would then lose a close match by a decision of 7-2 to Colby wrestler Jaksen Cotterell at 174 pounds. The Beaver wrestling team would then go on to win the next two matches. At 184 pounds Ralph Major, Pratt won by a Fall in the first period over Brennan Ward, Colby. In the 197 pound weight class Tyler Downs for the Beavers won by a decision of 3-2 over #8 ranked Nick Kriss for the Trojans. The final match of the night would be at 285 pounds when Julian Hightower, Colby faced Matt Engstrom, Pratt. Hightower won by a major decision of 12-2. The final team score was Colby 30 and Pratt 9. Full results are as follow:
Pratt-9 Colby-30
125- Justin Gardner (C) Won by Dec. 10-9 over Joey Stephens (P)
133- Appollo Harris (C) Won by M.Dec. 14-5 over Brendan Harshman (P)
141- #6 Jernato Harris (C) Won by Dec. 8-3 over Chris Wright (P)
149- #1 Ganbayar Sanjaa (C) Won by Dec. 7-2 over Mike Manion (P)
157- #6 Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Won by Fall 2:13 over Clay Shaft (P)
165- #4 Ronnie Tetreault (C) Won by M. Dec. 11-2 over Eric Cress (P)
174- Jaksen Cotterell (C) Won by Dec. 7-5 over Travis Budke (P)
184- Ralph Major (P) Won by Fall 2:05 over Brennan Ward (C)
197- Tyler Downs (P) Won by Dec. 3-2 over #8 Nick Kriss (C)
285- Julian Hightower (C) Won by M. Dec. 12-2 over Matt Engstrom (P)
**The Beavers will be in action again on Sunday, February 1 when they travel to Newman University for a dual.
