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Bonus points.

Hillsboro’s wrestlers cashed in their bonus points at the Central Cass Lettermen’s Tournament last weekend and earned a 4th place team finish in the 20-team event.

“Overall our team score a lot of bonus points with pins, tech fall and major decisions. That impressed me. Without those bonus points, we may have ended up 10th instead of 4th,” noted coach Eric Ptacek. “Great effort from all the boys.” (more…)

Hillsboro’s wrestling team ventured across the Red River for a dual with Fertile-Beltrami Friday night.

The Burros claimed a convincing 51-27 win against the Falcons.

With six pins and two forfeits to their credit, the Burros cruised to the victory. For the first time this year, the Burros had a 13-man lineup, just one shy of a full roster.  (more…)

Out-muscled but not outdone.

Hillsboro’s wrestling team couldn’t quite muscle their way to a win against Grand Forks Red River last Friday but they found a way to outdo Cavalier Tuesday.

The Burros ran up against a “solid” Roughrider squad last week, losing a 44-24 decision at home.  (more…)

NAPOLEON 45 HILLSBORO 24
103 – Oakly Zink H pinned David Leier 1:40; 112 - Jared Reis N won by forfeit; 119 - Sheldon Dewald N over Tyler Anderson 11-5; 125 - Nathan Kleppe N pinned Josh Reindeau 1:57; 130 - Jonathan Schmidt N pinned Thomas Johnson 4;26; 135 - Alex McLean H pinned Cole Jonson 5:51; 145 -  Evan Gross N over Tanner Boeddeker 4-0; 152 - Christian Von Ruden H pinned Mark Weigel 5:46; 160 - Damon Weigel N over Jake McLean 9-2; 171 - Kamern Glatt N pinned Garrett Burg 3:05; 189 - Andrew Grothmann won by forfeit; 215 - Kriss McCleary N won by forfeit; 285 - No match - double forfeit  (more…)

Wrestling to win.

Burro wrestlers discovered the winning formula Saturday, claiming the team title at the 16th annual Hillsboro Dual Invitational.

After five years of dominance by Barnesville, the tournament trophy was returned to Hillsboro. Like the snow piling up outside the Hillsboro Events Center, the Burros buried the Vikings 51-21 in the final dual of the nine-hour day.

“We left no doubt that we were the better team, winning 10 of the 12 matches wrestled and giving up two forfeits,” said Hillsboro coach Eric Ptacek.  (more…)

Two shorthanded wrestling teams made short work of their opening season dual Tuesday.
Thanks to three pins and three forfeits in their favor, the visiting Hillsboro Burros edged MayPortCG 36-30. The Patriots settled for three pins and two forfeits. There were no matches at 125, 152 and 171 pounds.
“We knew it would be a quick dual,” said Burro coach Mark McLean of the 30-minute contest. “We were both open in a few weight classes. We anticipated a pretty close contest because of how we matched up.”  (more…)

Call ‘em young but they’re not new to the pressures of varsity competition.

Hillsboro’s varsity wrestling team has 11 athletes who are freshmen and younger. Only seven boys on the 2007-08 roster are sophomores or older.

Don’t let the youthfulness fool you, warns head coach Eric Ptacek. The youngsters already have two or three years of varsity mat time, he added.  (more…)

State Tournament 2007 — Fargo

Team Dual Competiton
Quarterfinals
Napoleon 62 Hillsboro 3
171 - Shannon Fettig (N) over Andrew Grothmann (H) 3-0; 189 - Taylor Grunefelder (N) pinned Lee Siegert (H) 3:15; 215 - Double forfeit - no match; 285 - Kriss McCleary (N) pinned Blake Higginbotham (H) 1:00; 103 - Jared Reis (N) over Oakly Zink (H) TF 18-3; 112 - Sheldon DeWald (N) pinned Tyler Anderson (H) 2:45; 119 - Nathan Kleppe (N) over Josh Riendeau (H) TF 16-1; 125 - Cole Johnson (N) pinned Alex McLean (H) 0:34; 130 - Kevin Bitz (H) pinned Lee Mooney (H) 3:10; 135 - Evan Gross (N) over Gus Lee (H) 3-2; 140 - Anthony Von Ruden (H) over Michael Ellison (N) 7-2; 145 - Damon Weigel (N) over Dan Rude (H) 8-0; 152 - Lance Piatz (N) pinned Garrett Burg (H) 5:15; 160 - Jordan Dewald (N) pinned Jake McLean (H) 1:27 (more…)

Five state placewinners and a Top 10 finish as a team in the state wrestling tournament made Hillsboro’s coaches happy — and anxious for next season.
While the Burros left their mark on this year’s state tournament Feb. 15 -17 in Fargo, the young team also whetted its appetite to return as a force next season.
With 10 qualifiers, the Burros achieved two team goals — finishing in the Top 10 in the individual competition and making an appearance in the team dual contest.
With a very young roster — nine of 17 athletes are freshmen or younger — the Burros showed promise for seasons to come. (more…)

After claiming a spot in the state dual tournament, Hillsboro’s wrestling team earned three Region 2 individual championships and qualified seven more wrestlers for the state tournament this weekend in Fargo.
At the region tournament last Saturday in Carrington, Burro coaches were hoping 10 of their 13 competitors would earn berths in the state meet — and 10 did.
“We had a great tournament,” said coach Eric Ptacek. “We thought we had a good chance of qualifying anywhere from eight to 10 and we ended up getting 10. That is great!” (more…)