Pin and major decision at 113 lbs.
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
Farmington upped its dual meet record to 8-6 with a sweep of Northfield and Rochester Thursday night in a triangular meet at FHS. The Tigers have now won seven of their last nine dual meet encounters.
Farmington edged Northfield 34-33 in a Missota Conference match-up and routed Century 61-18 in a non-league affair.
The Northfield bout was a re-match of last Saturday's contest in the Tiger Classic Duals won by Farmington 40-21.
"This one was a lot closer," Farmington coach Chad Olson said. "We had a few starters out but some of our replacements did a great job filling in. Wins by Brian Caravantes and Kirk Knapp sealed the match."
Knapp scored a pin in the 195 lbs. match and three other Tigers scored six-point falls: Taylor Venz (106); Jacob Goddard (113) and Joe Hoeve (160).
John Walz added a four-point major decision at 126 lbs. and Caravantes (138) and Bret Hoffman (285) each won by decision. Caravantes' victory was his first as a varsity wrestler.
"That was a big one for the team," Olson said.
In the one-sided win over Century, the Tigers scored 30 points by forfeit and 24 more by fall. Tigers scoring pins included Venz, Hoeve, Matt Rustad (120) and Brayden Chapman (138).
The win by Venz raised his team-leading record to a lofty 19-3.
Gabbard won a major decision at 113 lbs. and Trevor Breezley added a decision in the 170 lbs. match to account for the other Tiger points.
Thursday, Jan. 19, the Tigers travel to Shakopee for a conference meet with the Sabers and next Saturday they return to tournament action with an appearance at the Eastview Invitational.
