It is beginning to become as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning - the D3 state title is going to go through Dundee and Richmond. It has been 14 years since one of the two squads did not make the Division 3 Finals and for the 3rd year in a row these power programs met each other in the state finals and for the 2nd year in a row it was Dundee coming out on top.
Each team won 7 matches in the dual, however, Dundee's big bonus point wins were the difference. The Vikings had three falls and two technical falls, while Richmond was only able to muster one bonus-point win with 6 of their 7 wins coming via decision.
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BOX SCORE:
WT D R MATCH RESULT
285 0 3 Adam Boyd (R) Dec Russell Ege (D), 4-0
103 0 6 Connor Behem (R) Dec Drew Mandell (D), 5-3
112 0 9 Aaron Kilburn (R) Dec Kenny Reinhart (D), 5-4
119 5 9 Zach Blevins (D) Tech Fall Graham Barton (R), 26-11
125 10 9 Brendan O’Connor (D) Tech Fall Xavier Nuckles (R), 18-2
130 10 12 Nick Burg (R) Dec Sean Sterling (D), 9-5
135 10 15 Austin Vannatter (R) Dec Brad Scholl (D), 5-1
140 13 15 Doug Rojem (D) Dec Jake VanScoter (R), 9-3
145 19 15 Sean Marogen (D) Fall Alex Muzljakovich (R), :53
152 19 18 Devin Skatzka (R) Dec Donny Mandell (D), 11-4
160 25 18 Ryan Heiserman (D) Fall Austin Pawlak (R), 3:05
171 28 18 Tye Thompson (D) Dec Austin Peltier (R), 9-2
189 34 18 Teddy Warren (D) Fall Anthony Hinojosa (R), 3:37
215 34 24 Brady LaFore (R) Fall Russell Ege (D), :36
After losing to Davison on week 1 of the season, followed by the loss of nationally ranked senior Logan Marcicki for the season with a knee injury, the common thought proccess was that it was going to take something big for DCC to defend their title.
However, the Shamrocks made some big lineup changes and scored some big wins and if you were just reading the final box score, you never would have known that they were not the favorites with a 34-19 win that was sealed up by Drew Garcia knocking off Jordan Cooks in overtime in a matchup of D1-caliber, nationally ranked 2x State Champs.
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BOX SCORE:
WT D DCC MATCH RESULT
285 0 3 Jimmy Russell (DCC) Dec Dakota Powers (D), 7-1
103 0 9 Aaron Rehfeldt (DCC) Fall Jacob Alvarez (D), 1:31
112 3 9 Max Johnson (D) Dec Parker O’Brien (DCC), 4-0
119 3 13 Trevor Zdebski (DCC) Maj Dec Jacob Madrigal (D), 9-1
125 7 13 Lincoln Olson (D) Maj Dec Evan Toth (DCC), 13-5
130 10 13 Derek Humphrey (D) Dec Greg Johnson (DCC), 9-4
135 13 13 Mathew Miller (D) Dec Eli Joseph (DCC), 3-0
140 19 13 Justin Oliver (D) Fall Ryan O’Connor (DCC), 1:07
145 19 16 Myles Amine (DCC) Dec Dominic Russ (D), 6-4
152 19 19 Malik Amine (DCC) Dec Brenden McRill (D), 5-3
160 19 25 Nick Bennett (DCC) Fall Jacob Robart (D), 1:40
171 19 28 Tyler Morland (DCC) Dec Thomas Garty (D), 9-5
189 19 31 Drew Garcia (DCC) Dec Jordan Cooks (D), 3-1 OT
215 19 34 Nick Geise (DCC) Dec Jake Ellis (D), 4-1
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