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UWL Competes at RCTC Yellowjacket Open; Flege and Draveling Win Titles

Tate Flege captured the 165-pound title Saturday.
Rochester, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team competed at the Rochester Community & Technical College (Minn.) Yellowjacket Open Saturday. No team scores were recorded.

In the open division, Tate Flege captured the 165-pound title on Saturday with a 4-0 record. He opened with a win by decision (4-3) over Jude Link of St. Cloud State University (Minn.) followed by a decision (5-3) over Payton Anderson of Augustana College (S.D.) in the second round. Flege won by decision (7-0) over Augustana's (S.D.) Payton Handevidt and completed the tournament with a technical fall over teammate Brett Skaug.

UWL's Leo Draveling won the 174-pound division with a 3-0 record. He won by decision (10-7) over James Burks of St. Cloud State (Minn.) in the opening round. Draveling followed with a pair of injury defaults over Josh Wagener of Augustana (S.D.) and unattached Michael Kelly.

Skaug was third at 165-pounds with a 3-1 record.

UWL's Cole Hansen placed second at 157-pounds while going 3-1.

Matt Haldiman was 1-3 at 133-pounds and Cael Weinzweig 0-3. The Eagles' Cooper Larson was 0-4 at 157-pounds. Other results included Tyler Dormanen going 1-1 at 184-pounds, Ben Kawczynski finishing 1-2 at 197-pounds and Gabe Carter going 0-2 at 197.

In the freshman/sophomore division, Ino Garcia finished second at 125-pounds. He received a first round bye and won by major decision (11-0) over Joey Sikorsky of Harper Community College (Ill.) in the second round. Garcia won by decision (10-4) over Brandon Board of Augustana (S.D.) in the quarterfinals and by sudden victory (4-1) over Austin Grzywinski of St. Cloud State (Minn.) in the semifinals. He lost by fall (4:22) to Jaydale Whitlock of Iowa Central Community College in the title match.

Three other wrestlers placed in the freshman/sophomore division. Grant Madl was fourth at 125-pounds with 3-2 record while Teague Holzer (133) and Sedeeq AlObaidai (174) each placed fifth.

Thomas Giere was 2-1 at 125-pounds. Kaiden Schrandt and Marcus McIntyre both finished 3-2 at 141-pounds while Jack Krier went 2-2. The Eagles' Kash Macumber was 3-2 and Jack Gillis 2-2 at 174-pounds.

UWL returns to action Saturday, November 9 at the Luther College (Iowa) Open at 9 a.m.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Gabe Carter

Gabe Carter

Senior
Sr.
Tyler Dormanen

Tyler Dormanen

Sophomore
So.
Leo Draveling

Leo Draveling

Senior
Sr.
Tate Flege

Tate Flege

Sophomore
So.
Thomas Giere

Thomas Giere

Sophomore
So.
Matt Haldiman

Matt Haldiman

Sophomore
So.
Cole Hansen

Cole Hansen

Senior
Sr.
Ben Kawczynski

Ben Kawczynski

Senior
Sr.
Cooper Larson

Cooper Larson

Junior
Jr.
Kaiden Schrandt

Kaiden Schrandt

Sophomore
So.
Brett Skaug

Brett Skaug

Sophomore
So.
Sedeeq AlObaidai

Sedeeq AlObaidai

Freshman
Fr.

Players Mentioned

Gabe Carter

Gabe Carter

Senior
Sr.
Tyler Dormanen

Tyler Dormanen

Sophomore
So.
Leo Draveling

Leo Draveling

Senior
Sr.
Tate Flege

Tate Flege

Sophomore
So.
Thomas Giere

Thomas Giere

Sophomore
So.
Matt Haldiman

Matt Haldiman

Sophomore
So.
Cole Hansen

Cole Hansen

Senior
Sr.
Ben Kawczynski

Ben Kawczynski

Senior
Sr.
Cooper Larson

Cooper Larson

Junior
Jr.
Kaiden Schrandt

Kaiden Schrandt

Sophomore
So.
Brett Skaug

Brett Skaug

Sophomore
So.
Sedeeq AlObaidai

Sedeeq AlObaidai

Freshman
Fr.