Bedford traveled to Ypsilanti Saturday for the SEC League Tournament. Bedford came out on top scoring 226 points to win the day! Bedford’s tournament win combined with its undefeated regular season put them on top of the SEC Red Division with Monroe second and Pioneer third. Tecumseh won the White division.

Brian Gibbs, Mason Allison and Mitch Rogaliner were tournament champions. Mason Cole was selected for the Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations for bringing home the league title!! Great day of wrestling men! Wow!

Read the Monroe Evening News Article - Bedford Edges Monroe for SEC Crown. (FYI - to clarify this headline the Mules won the league by 8 points but the tournament by a smaller margin. The Mules won three more dual meets than the next highest league placer. The league titles are determined by the SEC Tournament combined with each team’s season league record, see details below after the slide show.)

League Standings Red Division - Teams get 2 points for every dual meet win
Team          Dual Meet Record     Total Points
Bedford                 10-0                   40
Monroe                   7-3                    32
Pioneer                   2-8                    16 

White Division 
Tecumseh              8-2                    32
Chelsea                   6-4                    26
Adrian                     9-1                    26

Bedford’s SEC Tournament Results (Bedford got 2 Team Points for every team they finished ahead of for a max of 20 points for the tournament)
103 Mitch Rogaliner Tournament Champion and Red Division Champion
112 Mason Allison Tournament Champion and Red Division Champion
119 Nate Schneider 5th in the Tournament 3rd in the Red Division
125 Ethan Davis 8th in the Tournament 3rd in th Red Division
130 Al Regnier 7th in the Tournament 3rd in the Red Division
135 Brian Gibbs Tournament Champion and Red Division Champion
140 Nate Stevens 5th in the Tournament 4th in the Red Division
145 Chaz Hudson 5th in the Tournament 2nd in the Red Division
152 Tanner Duvall 2nd in the Tournament 2nd in the Red Division
160 John Prajzner 4th in the Tournament 3rd in the Red Division
171 Brandon Sunday 3rd in the Tournament 2nd in the Red Division
189 Bryan Smith 2nd in the Tournament Red Division Champion
215 Eric Draper 2nd in the Tournament 2nd in the Red Division
285 Logan Rimmer 7th in the Tournament 2nd in the Red Division

Bedford competes in the SEC League Tournament on Saturday in Ypsilanti. Wrestlers report to the high school at 5:20 a.m. for a 5:30 a.m. departure. Weigh ins are at 7 a.m. and wrestling begins at 9:00 a.m.
See you there! GO MULES!!!!

Wrestling begins at 3:30 p.m. for the Junior Varsity. Good Luck Guys!

Take a look at the Washtenaw County coverage of this week’s SEC Tournament. Click here to read the Ann Arbor article.

Bedford traveled to Ann Arbor for the Pioneer Quad. In Bedford’s first match against the Pioneers the Mules won 55 to 9. Next up Bedford faced the Ypsilanti Lincoln Railsplitters. The Mules won this match up 60 to 15. Senior T.J. Romijn achieved a career milestone of 100 wins tonight. Congratulations T.J. and to the entire team!

Bedford travels to Ann Arbor Pioneer to take on Pioneer and Ypsilanti Lincoln. Pioneer’s athletic department says it will be a 5:30 p.m. start time.

Take a look at the Monroe Evening news coverage of the All Tournament Team from this Saturday.

Dundee, Bedford wrestlers dominate all-tourney team

Bedford traveled up US-23 Saturday to Dundee’s Wittibslager Challenge Dual Meet Tournament. Bedford defeated Eaton Rapids 48 to 21, Bedford bested Springport 59 to 15, Bedford vanquished Davison 48 to 24. Bedford lost a close one to Greenville 38 to 28, and Dundee won the tournament with a final score of Dundee 45 - Bedford 21.

Going 5-0 for the day were Mason Cole, Brian Gibbs, and Mitch Pawlak. Notching a 4-1 record for the tournament were Eric Draper, Chaz Hudson, Bryan Smith, John Prajzner, and Mitch Rogaliner.

Great job men!

(Match-by-match results are available in The Vance Report for people who have the password.)

Mules take on several teams in a dual meet tournament hosted by Dundee Saturday. Wrestling begins at 9:30 a.m. Boys are to report to the high school at 7:00 a.m.

The Bedford Kicking Mules faced a tough Adrian Maples wrestling team in a dual meet Wednesday night. Bedford won 36 to 22 with Mason Cole and Ethan Davis pinning their opponents. Freshman Mitch Rogaliner defeated a two time state placer in one of the many exciting match-ups of the evening. Congratulations men!

BEDFORD 36  ADRIAN 22
189 Bryan Smith (B) Dec Emilio Flores 6-3
215 Eric Draper (B) Dec Derek Hoffman 4-2
285 Mason Cole (B) Pin Mo Jasper 5:59
103 Mitch Rogaliner (B) Dec Zach Garcia 9-2
112 Tony Garcia (A) Dec Mason Allison 4-2
119 JJ Orozco (A) MDec Austin Lake 19-8
125 Jake Pellowe (A) Pin Nate Schneider 4:36
130 Ethen Davis (B) Pin Alex Lee  1:24
135 Tom Hutchinson (A) Pin Chase Boehmer 4:50
140 Brian Gibbs (B) Dec Matt Galvin 3-2
145 Nate Stevens (B) Dec Jared Nieto 4-0
152 Nick Horton (A) Dec Chaz Hudson 9-2
160 Jon Prajzner (B) won by Forfeit
171 TJ Romijn (B) Dec DustinSoto 10-5