Let’s get ready to ‘Rumble’

Cobras wrestle in Rumble on the Red Tourney

 

 

 

Windom/Mountain Lake (W/ML) Cobra wrestlers spent the last two days in competition in the Northland, inside Fargo, North Dakota’s Fargodome during the 11th annual Rumble on the Red Wrestling Tournament. Tourney days were Thursday, December 29 and Friday, December 30.

W/ML’s Alex Borsgard, Brett Willaby and Kade Sammons all had a good day opening day on the mats and headed into wrestlebacks on Friday. Willaby won his first two matches at 106 pounds, lost his third and won his fourth 13-3 over Chrystian Greseth Clendening of Blaine. Teammate Sammons, at 113, also won three of four matches. Borsgard won three matches. He opened at 138 pounds with a 4-1 decision over Nathan Goldsmith of Chatfield, then decisioned Dillon Dionne of Turtle Mountain, 8-3. In Round Three he defeated Brock Rinehart of Woodbury 8-6 in overtime before losing 6-4 to Sam Webster of Shakopee in the quarterfinals.

Friday, however, was a rough day for the Cobras, as wrestleback losses meant no placers at the Rumble. Willaby lost 5-4 in a wrestleback to Paxton Creese of Shakopee and did not place. Neither did Sammons, who lost in his wrestleback match 3-1 to Tyler Jones of Shakopee. And Borsgard lost his wrestleback 4-2 to Zack Kuta of Grand Island, Nebraska.

However – the Cobra’s Yanick Tade was recognized as the winner of the Rumble’s pull-up contest with 36.

There were 21 mats running continuously, with over 1,400 Varsity and Junior Varsity wrestlers participating.

Minnesota teams at the Rumble, in addition to W/ML, were Adrian, Benilde St. Margaret’s, Blaine, Byron, Cambridge-Isanti, Centennial, Chanhassen/Chaska, Chatfield, Coon Rapids, Delano, Dover-Eyota, Eagan, East Ridge, Elk River, Faribault, Henry Sibley, Jackson County Central, Lakeville North, Mankato West, Medford, Minneota, Moorhead, New Prague, Orono, Osseo, Rocori, Rosemount, Sartell-St. Stephen, Scott West, Shakopee, St. Cloud Tech, St. Francis, Thief River Falls, Trinity School at River Ridge, Waconia, Wayzata, White Bear Lake, Willmar and Woodbury. From North Dakota were Alexander, Beulah-Hazen, Bishop Ryan, Bismarck Legacy, Carrington, Fargo Davies, Fargo North, Fargo South, Grand Forks Red River, Hettinger-Scranton, Hillsboro-Central Valley, Lisbon, Minot, New Salem-Almont, Oakes, Turtle Mountain, Valley City, Wahpeton, Watford City, West Fargo and West Fargo-Sheyenne. South Dakota teams participating were Aberdeen Central, Beresford, Lemmon, Rapid City Stevens, Sisseton and Spearfish. Additional states and schools included, from Nebraska, Grand Island and Omaha Skutt; from New Mexico, Cleveland and from Wyoming, Glenrock.

The Rumble on the Red is again teamed up with Minnesota State University Moorhead Wrestling, Concordia College Wrestling, West Fargo High School, and the Metro Tournament Committee to promote, sanction and host the event.

 

 

BRETT WILLABY

 

KADE SAMMONS

 

ALEX BORSGARD

 

YANICK TADE
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