Soma, Larson place fourth at Dennis Kaatz Memorial
Sports | Published on December 9, 2025 at 11:59am EST | Author: henningmaster
0By Chad Koenen
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The Otter Tail Central wrestlers got their season kicked off with a triangular in Underwood, before heading to Pelican Rapids for another triangular on Thursday.
The week came to a close with the annual Dennis Kaatz Memorial wrestling tournament on Saturday at Wadena-Deer Creek.
The Bulldogs placed eighth out of 10 teams competing in the tournament with seven wrestlers placing in the top six overall.
Tayden Soma and Joshua Larson were the top two place finishers for the Bulldogs as both wrestlers took fourth place overall.
1st – Thief River Falls – 223.5
2nd – Frazee – 211
3rd – United North Central Warriors – 189
4th – Detroit Lakes – 141
5th – Badger-GB-MR – 118.5
6th – Pequot Lks-Pine River-B – 114.5
7th – Wadena-Deer Creek – 101
8th – Otter Tail Central – 69.5
9th – Pillager – 25.5
10th – Blackduck-Cass Lake Bena Bears – 0
107- 5th place- Colton Dolezal (OTC) maj dec. Jett Kempe (Pillager) 11-2, Anthony Chilton (DL) tech fall Dolezal (OTC) 21-5, Bennitt Galbrecht (Frazee) tech fall Dolezal (OTC) 16-0, Dolezal (OTC) dec Landon Ashman (PLPRB) 6-1 in fifth place match
121- Eli Marcum (PLPRB) fall over Brogan Malone (OTC) 3:10, Henry Matson (UNC) tech fall Malone (OTC) 15-0
127- Wyatt Peterson (BGRMR) fall over Brock Malone (OTC) 1:14, Noah Stroeing (WDC) fall over Malone (OTC) 3:38
133- 6th place- Keegan ConEnde (BGBMR) fall over Peter Newark (OTC) 1:18, Newark (OTC) fall over Zackary Thorson (PLPRB) 2:24, Newark (OT) fall over Maddox Vandermay (Pillager) 4:24, Rylan Wegscheid (WDC) dec Newark (OTC) 11-10, Ian Jacobson (TRF) fall over Newark 2:35 in fifth place match
139- Talan Baker (DL) fall over Houston Schwartz (OTC) 1:55, Dennis Rahm (PLPRB) fall over Schwartz (OTC) 1:14
145- 5th place- Keaston Thorpe (OTC) fall over Ian Lundeen (TRF) 2:57, Fynn Bakke (UNC) fall over Thorpe (OTC) 1:19, Thorpe (OTC) tech fall Dalton Bentley (Pillager) 18-0, Owen Lund (BGBMR) fall over Thorpe (OTC) 3:49, Thorpe (OTC) fall over Logan Seelhammer (WDC) 1:58 in fifth place match
152- 4th place- Tayden Soma (OTC) fall over Tristan Hruby (TRF) 3:59, Conrad Koll (UNC) tech fall Soma (OTC) 18-0, Soma (OTC) fall over Markus Pozega (PLPRB) 3:00, Hruby (TRF) dec Soma (OTC) 13-7 in third place match
160- Lane Adams (Pillager) fall over Anthony Rousu (OTC) 1:46, Jay Rahm (PLPRB) fall over Rousu :38
189- 6th place- Braxten Drechsel (OTC) fall over Jackson Olsen (PLPRB) 3:34, Jack Graham (Frazee) fall over Drechel (OTC) 1:14, Alex Chilton (DL) MFF Drechel (OTC), Jaydyn Kenney (WDC) MFF Drechsel (OTC) in fifth place match
215- 6th place- Chndler Pream (TRF) fall over William Schwartz (OTC) 3:59, Ettore Pinnella (WDC) MFF Schwartz (OTC), Jake Olsen (PLPRB) MFF Schwartz (OTC) in fifth place match
285- 4th place- Blake Amundson (Frazee) fall over Joshua Larson (OTC) :29, Larson (OTC) fall over Dane Weber (DL) 4:06, Larson (OTC) dec Walter Taus (BGBMR) 5-4, Amundson (Frazee) fall over Larson (OTC) 1:40 in third place match