Soma takes fourth, Schwartz fifth at Prowler Invite in TRF
Sports | Published on January 20, 2026 at 11:45am EST | Author: henningmaster
0By Chad Koenen
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The Otter Tail Central Bulldogs braved the weather and made the trek up north on Saturday to compete in the annual Army National Guard Prowler Invite.
Just seven Bulldogs competed in the varsity meet with four wrestlers placing in the top eight in their weight class. The Bulldogs were led by senior Tayden Soma who finished in fourth place at 152 lbs., while William Schwartz won his final match of the day to finish in fifth place at 215 lbs.
Tayden Soma finished in fourth place at 152 lbs. after securing an exciting 15-10 decision over Keane Johnson of Roseau in the opening round of the tournament. In the semi-finals, Soma fell to eventual runner up Ryhs Safratowich of Grand Forks Central by a fall at 5:17 to drop the consolation bracket. In the consolation bracket, the OTC senior pinned Gunner Nolan of Fosston-Bagley in just 2:32 to advance to the third place match.
In his final match of the day, Soma dropped a tough tech fall to Elia Motta of Thief River Falls by a 15-0 tech fall to finish his day in fourth place.
At 215 lbs. OTC senior William Schwartz took fifth place with a tech fall over Benjamin Headbird of Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena. After falling in the opening round of the tournament by a tech fall, Schwartz won his next match by a decision, before falling in the consolation semi-finals to drop to the fifth place match.
Keaston Thorpe took sixth place at 145 lbs. after dropping his first match by a tech fall, but working his way through the consolation bracket. He fell to Isaac McMartin of Bemidji by 6-4 decision in the fifth place match to finish in sixth.
Josh Larson took eighth place in the heavyweight bracket after falling to Water Taus of Badger-Greenbush-Middle River by a fall in 36 seconds.
Army National Guard Prowler Invite
1st – Thief River Falls – 214.5
2nd – Grand Forks Central, ND – 186
3rd – United North Central Warriors – 144.5
4th – Bemidji – 133.5
5th – Fosston-Bagley – 105.5
6th – Badger-GB-MR – 89.5
7th – Wadena-Deer Creek – 54
8th – Hibbing – 52.5
9th – Grand Forks Red River, ND – 45
10th – Fertile-Beltrami – 42.5
11th – Roseau – 42
12th – Otter Tail Central Bulldogs – 32.5
13th – Walker-Hack-Akeley-Nevis – 30.5
14th – Crosby-Ironton – 29
15th – Mahnomen-Waubun – 28.5
107- Jeremiah Barta (GFRR) maj dec. Colton Dolezal (OTC) 12-0, Moenkedi (HIBB) fall over Dolezal 1:32
133- Gabriel Morin ( Bemidji) fall over Brock Malone (OTC) 1:46, Peterson (BGM) dec. Malone (OTC) 7-6
139- Owen Lund (BGMR) fall over Houston Schwartz (OTC) :53, Bakke (UNC) fall over Schwartz :12
145- 6th place- Tristan Hruby (TRF) tech fall Keaston Thorpe (OTC) 16-1, Thorpe (OTC) fall over Carrizal (ROSE) 4:35, Thorpe (OTC) dec. McKay (CRIR) 9-5, Weber (GFC) maj dec. Thorpe (OTC) 14-6, McMartin (BEMI) dec. Thorpe (OTC) 6-4 in fifth place match.
152- 4th place Tayden Soma (OTC) dec. Keane Johnson (ROSE) 15-10, Rhys Safratowich (GFC) fall over Soma (OTC) 5:17, Soma (OTC) fall over Nolan (FOBA) 2:32, Motta (TRF) tech fall Soma (OTC) 15-0 in third place match.
215- 5th place- Chandler Pream (TRF) maj dec. William Schwartz (OTC) 16-6, Schwartz (OTC) dec. Zwack (BEMI) 14-6. Agreg (ROSE) fall over Schwartz (OTC) 4:47, Schwartz (OTC) tech fall Headbird (BCLB) 16-1 in fifth place match.
285- 6th place- Ryan Peterson (UNC) fall over Larson (OTC) 2:59, Larson (OTC) fall over McNally (GFC) 1:54, Bjerke (GFRR) fall over Larson (OTC) 3:40, Taus (BGM) fall over Larson 1:15 in seventh place match.