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Carrington's Kael Kovar, left, locks shoulders with Hillsboro-Central Valley 152-pounder John Geray in the first round of the Region 2 Dual tournament in Mayville. Kovar would earn a 7-2 decision, and won all three of his tourney matches.
At 170 pounds, Jonathan Lura, right, got a second-period pin against Carter Iverson of HCV. Lura got a big win in the Pembina Co. North match to help the Cards spring the upset over the top seed.
Trace Hoggarth controls HCV's Carson Kozojed on his way to a 14-4 major decision at 113 pounds in the first round. Hoggarth won three matches in the Region 2 Dual tourney.
Logan Weninger works to turn Burro wrestler Christian Brist for an eventual pin at 1:27 of the first period at 160 pounds.
The biggest battle coming into the Region 2 Dual Tournament for the Carrington Cardinals was the numbers game.
With a 4-8 record in all duals coming into the state-qualifying tournament at May-Port-CG High School Saturday, February 5, the Cards had the wrestlers to make a run if all went their way.
If they could only get past their weakness of open weight classes.
Seeded fourth, CHS wrestlers picked each other up from match to match, and advanced to the finals with first-round wins over Hillsboro-Central Valley, 67-12, and a 42-27 shocker against top overall seed Pembina County North.
The uncontested weights finally caught up to them in the championship, where the Central Cass Squirrels made use of 18 free points to take a 42-36 win.
Heroes for the Cards on the day included great performances by Dru Carr with a trio of pinfalls at 106 and 113 pounds, and Logan Weninger also went 3-0 with a pin and two decision victories at 160.
Also winning three were Trace Hoggarth (pin, major decision and decision), Matthew Duchscherer and Brecken Lura (two wins and a forfeit,) Kael Kovar, and Michael Clifton with three pins.
Two wins came from Jonathan Lura, and Callen Garber received a forfeit and a decision win in the PCN match.
State Dual Tourney
For the second straight year at the Fargodome Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19, there will be a format change for the dual tournament as it relates to the individual event.
Because of COVID-19 precautions, the dual tournament will be held separately from the individual tournament, which will be contested on Thursday and Friday.
The dual portion of the tournament has been moved to Saturday morning. First round duals will start at 10 a.m., followed by the semifinal/consolation round at 12:30 p.m. and championship/third place/fifth place at 3 p.m.
As of press time, seedings and matchups were yet to be determined.
Full head-to-head results from the Region 2 Duals are as follows:
Region 2 Dual Wrestling
Tournament, Mayville
Saturday, February 5, 2022
First Round
Carrington 67,
Hillsboro-Central Valley 12
113 - Trace Hoggarth, C, Maj-Decd Carson Kozojed, HCV, 14-4
120 - Sawyer Owens, HCV, Carrington Forfeit
126 - Nic Garber, C, Hillsboro-CV Forfeit
132 - Matthew Duchscherer, C, Pinned Adam Smith, HCV, :54
138 - Brecken Lura, C, Hillsboro-CV Forfeit
145 - Henry Nelson, HCV, Carrington Forfeit
152 - Kael Kovar, C, Decd John Geray, HCV, 7-2
160 - Logan Weninger, C, Pinned Christian Brist, HCV, 1:27
170 - Jonathan Lura, C, Pinned Carter Iverson, HCV, 3:35
182 - Michael Clifton, C, Pinned Jack Mattson, HCV, :28
195 - Callen Garber, C, Hillsboro-CV Forfeit
220 - Charles Jorgensen, C, Hillsboro-CV Forfeit
285 - Gabe Ricter, C, Hillsboro-CV Forfeit
106 - Dru Carr, C, Pinned Justin Torroll, HCV, 2:34
Semifinals
Carrington 42,
Pembina Co. North 27
126 - Matthew Duchscherer, C, Pinned Brian Tollefson, PCN, :55
132 - Micah Fisher, PCN, Carrington Forfeit
138 - Brecken Lura, C, Decd Trevor Hinkle, PCN, 5-1
145 - Carson Brown, PCN, Decd Corbin Clifton, C, 7-2
152 - Kael Kovar, C, Decd Levi Hinkle, PCN, 3-1 SV-1
160 - Logan Weninger, C, Decd Demetrius Avila, PCN, 5-3
170 - Jonathan Lura, C, Pinned Matthew Keena, PCN, 5:20
182 - Michael Clifton, C, Pinned Denton Kaercher, PCN, :25
195 - Callen Garber, C, Decd Grady Hornung, PCN, 8-5
220 - Kayden Rose, PCN, Pinned Gabe Ricter, C, :51
285 - Eli Bjornstad, PCN, Carrington Forfeit
106 - Logan Warner, PCN, Pinned Gabe Clifton, C, 1:53
113 - Dru Carr, C, Pinned Keith Moore, PCN, 2:31
120 - Trace Hoggarth, C, Pinned Brock Freer, PCN, 1:49
Championship
Central Cass 42, Carrington 36
138 - Brecken Lura, C, Pinned Jaden Johnson, CC, 1:18
145 - Jake Deutsch, CC, Carrington Forfeit
152 - Kael Kovar, C, Pinned Jaylen Baumgarten, CC, 1:17
160 - Logan Weninger, C, Decd Marcus Biffert, CC, 9-3
170 - Stone Thorton, CC, Pinned Jonathan Lura, C, 2:52
182 - Michael Clifton, C, Pinned Anthony Houle, CC, 3:11
195 - Garrett Haugen, CC, Pinned Callen Garber, C, 4:56
220 - Ryan Stafford, CC, Carrington Forfeit
285 - Dylan Sell, CC, Pinned Gabe Ricter, C, :19
106 - Dru Carr, C, Pinned Drew Urbach, CC, 1:53
113 - Trace Hoggarth, C, Decd Brady Peterson, CC, 8-2
120 - Josiah Crandall, CC, Carrington Forfeit
126 - Grady Link, CC, Pinned Nic Garber, C, 4:49
132 - Matthew Duchscherer, C, Central Cass Forfeit
