Wrestling: Tigers sweep at Stillwater

Kyle Benjamin went 2-0 at the Stillwater triangular (photo by Jim Lindquist)

The Tigers began their taper toward the post-season with a sweep of Central (Norwood-Young America) and Stillwater at a triangular meet held Thursday night in Stillwater.

Farmington dominated Central 64-6 in the opener and then downed host Stillwater 39-25 in the nightcap.

Six of the 13 Farmington wins against Central came via pins, including Victor Gliva (106 pounds), Jamin LeDuc (113), Taylor Venz (126), Bryaden Chapman (138), Joe Liden (152) and John Walz (170).

Kyle Benjamin scored a major decision in the 145-pound match and four other Tigers posted three-point decisions: Matt Rustad (132), Santana Perdomo (160), Trevor Frost (195) and Godfrey Mpetey (220).

Joe Hoeve (182) and CJ Wynings (285) each picked up six team points on forfeits. The only Central points came in the 120-pound class where the Tigers elected to forfeit.

In the win over the Ponies, LeDuc and Hoeve provided the only falls for the winners although they did pick up six points in a forfeit in the scheduled 126-pound bout. Gliva scored a technical fall.

Farmington led 12-9 after five matches before Chapman, Benjamin and Liden rattled off consecutive decisions and Walz scored a major to give the visitors a comfortable 31-15 advantage. Mpetey wrapped up the victory with a decision in the 220-pound match.

"We had a great night of wrestling," Tiger coach Chad Olson said. " We challenged our wrestlers to be more aggressive and go for bonus points and they responded well.

The Tigers get back on the mat tonight (Friday) when they travel to Anoka for their regular season finale. The Section 1AAA team tournament begins next Thursday.