Winter sports will soon be in full swing and that means eyes all over the state will be on the Hastings Raiders Wrestling room. The Raiders hope to repeat their trip to the state meet with the goal of winning it all as a team, and that is going to be a difficult trip to make with everyone gunning for them. That was evident this weekend at the first dual meets of the season.

First, the Raiders took on Eden Prairie falling 31-32.

106: David Bauer lost by a tech fall

17-3 to Anthony Heim

113: Trey Beissel wins by a major decision of 17-4 over Joseph Heim

120: Blake Beissel by regular decision 11-4 over Charles Vanier

126: Gavin Lambert loses by tech fall

19-4 to Zytavius Williams

132: Peyton Erickson wins by a decision of 4-0 over Zachary Weisman

138: Jack Bainbridge wins by fall at

:46 over Aden Akale

145: Mark Svoboda loses by major decision 3-11 to Jafari Vanier

152: Josh Route loses by decision of

6-8 to Terae Dunn

160: Creed Peterson wins by fall at

1:39 London Bui team score 22-17

170: Aiden Erickson loses by a decision of 2-5 to Jacory Bates

182: Ian Pepple wins by decision of

10-4 over Will Diana

195: Rico Cooper loses by fall at 4:45 to Dominic Heim

220: Austin Leflay wins by fall at 1:19 to Julian Berg

285: Blake Clemons loses by fall to Will Sather at 1:48 The second match against Owatonna went much better for Hastings.

Hastings: 61 Owatonna: 12 106: David Bauer loses 5-10 to Kaden Lindquist

113: Trey Beissel wins by tech fall 18–

3 over Jayden Jirele

120: Blake Beissel wins by fall at :42 over Donoven Sorenson

126: Gavin Lambert loses by major decision 2-11 to Lane Karsten

132: Peyton Erickson wins by fall at

5:21 to Trey Hiatt team score is 17-7

138: Jack Bainbridge wins by a decision of 11-4 to Michael Reinardy

145 Isaiah Lavergne wins by fall at

1:00 over Mason Blum

152: Josh Route wins by fall at 5:07 to Jack Sorenson

160: Creed Peterson loses by tech fall 3-19 to Cael Robb.

170: Aiden Erickson wins by tech fall

15-0 over RJ Reinardy

182: Ian Pepple wins by fall at 4:43 over Ryan Felts

195: Derek Steinke wins by fall at

1:56 over Blake Fitcher

220: Austin Leflay wins by fall at :50 over Max Flemke

285: Blake Clemons wins by fall at

1:26 over Grant Lower The final dual of the day was against Annandale/Maple Lake, with Hastings coming out on top again.

Hastings: 61 Annandale/Maple Lake: 12

106: David Bauer loses by fall at 3:31 to Cassen Brumm

113: Trey Beissel wins by fall at 1:54 over Calen Hardin

120: Blake Beissel wins by fall at

0:46 over Wesley Zuelke

126: Gavin Lambert loses by decision 4-7 to Ayden Fitzgerald

132: Peyton Erickson wins by fall in

5:30 over Xavier Jones

138: Jack Bainbridge wins by fall in

0:29 over Davis Vrolson

145: Mark Svoboda loses by decision 2-7 to Mitchell Koss

152: Josh Route wins by major decision of 13-3 over Jack Nilson

160: Creed Peterson wins by fall at

0:34 over Nathan Zander

170: Aiden Erickson wins by tech fall

16-0 over Shay McClory

182: Ian Pepple wins by major decision 10-2 over Riley Hall

195: Rico Cooper receives a forfeit

220: Austin Leflay wins by fall at 1:32 over Nathan Klatt

285: Blake Clemons receives a forfeit After a full morning of wrestling, Hastings came away with a 2-1 record overall with a long season ahead. Their next match will be a triangular meet against Mahtomedi and South St. Paul, at Mahtomedi on Dec. 8 starting at 5:30 p.m. The Raiders will host Waconia and Forest Lake on Saturday, Dec. 10 starting at 9 a.m.