Albert Lea cruised in triangular

The Albert Lea wrestling team kept its impressive start to the season going on Friday with a sweep of a triangular in Farmington.

The Tigers beat Farmington 58-10 before making a statement with a 51-18 with over No. 10-ranked Anoka.

The Tigers are now 7-0 this season with three wins over ranked opponents.

“I’m really pleased with the way the kids are wrestling right now,” Tigers coach Larry Goodnature said. “We’re just so aggressive and not satisfied with just winning. The kids are doing what they need to do to get the bonus points.”

Albert Lea’s 120-pounder, Garrett Wangsness, and 182-pounder, Dalton Westerlund, both recorded falls in each of their matches. Trevor Westerlund, Dakota Wangsness, Devin Nelson, Lucas Hansen and Andy Borland also in the triangular.

Hable wrestled a strong match against Anoka’s 170-pounder, Kyle Begin, the defending state champion who’s currently ranked No. 1 in the state. Hable, who’s ranked No. 5 at 160 pounds, lost a 7-4 decision.

“It was an excellent match,” Goodnature said. “He wrestled him solid.”

Goodnature also commended the wrestling of Dalton, Tristan and Trevor Westerlund, the Westerlunds, Bany Chan and Lucas Hansen.

“We’re wrestling as a team,” Goodnature said. “Everybody’s doing their part. We’re going out there and getting the job done.”

Goodnature said he’s pleased with the team’s aggressive approach especially with their biggest regular season match coming up. No. 6-ranked Albert Lea at No. 8 Owatonna at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

“We’re wrestling well right now, and I like that going into a big match,” Goodnature said. “Hopefully we can just keep it up for next week.”

Albert Lea 58, Farmington 10

103 — Taylor Venz (F) maj. dec. Beau Johnsrud 19-5

113 — Trevor Westerlund (AL) dec. Jacob Gabbard 11-4

120 — Garrett Wangsness (AL) fall Mark Rustad 3:31

126 — Dakota Wangsness (AL) fall John Walz 1:25

132 — Devin Nelson (AL) fall Joey Liden 1:42

138 — Lucas Hansen (AL) fall Jake Rudeen 5:15

145 — Chris McCue (F) dec. Spencer Carstens 7-3

152 — Bany Chan (AL) maj. dec. Ridge Raddatz 15-5

160 — Joe Hove (F) dec. Tristan Westerlund 7-5

170 — Trey Hable (AL) fall Trevor Beezley 1:31

182 — Dalton Westerlund (AL) fall Tyler Engel :18

195 — Dustin Samudio (AL) forfeit

220 — Taylor Blake (AL) fall Dakota Dupay 1:43

285 — Andy Borland (AL) dec. Bret Hoffman 2-1

Albert Lea 51, Anoka 18

103 — Beau Johnsrud (AL) forfeit

113 — Trevor Westerlund (AL) fall James Pinwski 1:08

120 — Garrett Wangsness (AL) fall Ryan Herbst 4:24

126 — Dakota Wangsness (AL) dec. Cody Krome 11-4

132 — Devin Nelson (AL) dec. Austin McNallan 9-4

138 — Lucas Hansen (AL) fall Leo Becerra 1:46

145 — Jeremy Beaman (A) fall Santana Acosta 2:06

152 — Bany Chan (AL) dec. Ryan Norton 5-1

160 — Tristan Westerlund (AL) fall Sam Begin 1:57

170 — Kyle Begin (A) dec. Trey Hable 7-4

182 — Dalton Westerlund (AL) fall Clay Whelha 1:07

195 — Dustin Samudio (AL) dec. Grant Burkland 13-9

220 — Dan Davitt (A) fall Taylor Blake 2:24

285 — Andy Borland (AL) fall B.J. Seestran 4:55