After losing five meets by one match this season, the Packer wrestling team edged out Mankato East 39-36 in Mankato Friday.

“It was great getting our first Big Nine dual win after being so close so often,” Austin interim head coach Jer Osgood said. “I look forward to having two great weeks of practice and starting the New Year by building off of this momentum.”

Austin got a big boost from its lower weights as 103-pounder Christopher Romero, 113-pounder Danny Albarran and 126-pounder Aiden Wilson all picked up pins for the Packers (2-7 overall, 1-4 Big Nine).

Jon O’Hara won his first varsity match with a 10-5 decision at 132-pounds and Mitch Tebay won 2-0 at 182 against Nick Makovsky.

RESULTS

106: Christopher Romero (A) pinned Austin Rudey (M) (3:12)

113: Danny Albarran (A) pinned Guillermo Ponce (M) (5:33)

120: Ben Malz (M) pinned Ben Nelson (A) (1:35)

126: Aiden Wilson (A) pinned Eric Jaster (M) (2:31)

132: Jon O’Hara (A) 10-5 dec. over Gage Hilbrandt (M)

138: Michael Miller (M) 14-9 dec. over Nathan Brinkman (A)

145: BRandon Edgar (A) 7-3 dec. over Onyx Ponce (M)

152: Brandon Cotter (A) pinned Brandon Parish (M) (3:01)

160: Keanu Rodriquez (M) pinned Braden Eggum (A) (5:24)

170: Kole Igou (A) pinned Luke Makovsky (M) (2:39)

182: Mitch Tebay (A) 2-0 dec. over Nick Makovsky (M)

195: Dan Perez (M) pinned Pedro Ceballos (A) (2:20)

220: Ben Winants (M) pinned Eli Kaercher (A) (5:18)

285: Logan Swanson (M) pinned Mitch Wahlen (A) (:48)