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| Chris McCue scored a pair of pins at Richfield (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
In their opening 48-21 victory over Richfield/Edina the Tiger points came in bundles of six, five pins and three forfeits.
Jamie LeDuc (106), Joey Liden (145), Joe Hoeve (160), Chris McCue (182) and Godfrey Mpetey (220) scored the falls while Skylar Raymond ( (113), Angel Anorve (132) and Trevor Frost (170) each won via forfeit.
The match with Chaska/Chanhassen finished in a tie with the Stormhawks getting the win 34-33 on a tie-breaker for having more pins (4-3).
"It was another great learning experience for the boys to understand how important bonus points are," coach Chad Olson said.
LeDuc and Taylor Venz got the Tigers off to a fast start with dominating wins in the first two bouts. Mason Hawkins followed with a pin at 120 lbs., his first varsity win, for a 12-0 lead before the Stormhawks battled back.
McCue scored another pin, Jake Rudeen (152) rang up a technical fall, Kyle Benjamin (138) recorded a three-point decision and Sam Kealy won by forfeit (195) to account for the other Farmington points.
In the meet finale the Tigers started fast against Missota Conference power Shakopee before falling 52-19.
LeDuc and Venz opened the match with respective three and four-point wins but the Tigers won only two bouts the rest of the way, pins by Hoeve and Mpetey.
LeDuc's 3-0 night raised his season mark to a lofty 10-1 while Venz went 2-0 and remained unbeaten at 9-0.
Next up for the Tigers is a tough trianagular Thursday night against Bloomington Kennedy and Lakeville South in Bloomington.
"We know when everyone is in our line up and we compete to our ability we can wrestle with the best," Olson said. "The goal now is to get everyone in our line up and wrestle to our ability."
