"We were full strength tonight," said junior Casey Doyle. "We can use this as momentum going into the conference meet."

Senior Carson Andorf, wrestling at 184, started the meet with a 12-2 win over Ben Borkowski.

At 197, junior Matt Buskohl rode Dave Doebel the entire second period and earned a reversal in the third period to win 3-0.

Senior heavyweight Kris O'Rear earned five takedowns against Derrick Schumacher to get the 12-2 win.

At 125, senior Zac Weiglein controlled Nick Field 6-2.

At 133, senior Ben Kritsonis took down Mike Hoenstein 10 times in the first two periods to win by technical fall 23-8.

"I want to be prepared the best I can for every match," Kritsonis said. "Training is the hard part, competing is the fun part."

At 141, junior Casey Doyle broke the 0-0 tie in the third period by escaping from Mark Van Beek and earning a point for riding time to win, 2-0.

Senior Nick Mitchell, at 149, had quite a cheering section as he beat former Wartburger Colby Yoder 7-2.

Mitchell student teaches fifth grade at St. Paul's Lutheran School. Students from his class came to watch him and cause a ruckus.

"I didn't want to let them down," Mitchell said.

At 157, senior Chris Smith scored eight points in the third period to beat Gavin Martin, 13-2.

Junior Justin Holdgrafer, wrestling at 165, scored four points against national champion Andy Krueger, but it wasn't enough as Krueger earned the Beavers only win of the night, 5-4.

Senior Brandon Holmberg won by forfeit at 174.

The Knights have a 16-3 overall record.