State Wrestling

March 25, 2021 kdomadmin Local Sports 0

LOCAL SPORTS   —    state wrestling     
 
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS BEING HELD THIS WEEK AT ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
CLASS 3-A SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS WRESTLED ON THURSDAY; CLASS 2-A SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY, AND THE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY.   
 
THE FORMAT WILL HAVE FOUR TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE TEAM TOURNAMENT, AND 8 INDIVIDUALS IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS.   
 
LOCALLY, AMONG INDIVIDUAL WRESTLERS, KADE SAMMONS OF WINDOM WILL COMPETE AT 138 POUNDS.   IN THE QUARTER-FINALS, SAMMONS WILL FACE SAWYER SIMMONS OF ROYALTON/UPSALA.   
 
TRACY-MILROY-BALATON/WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE HAS TWO WRESTLERS AT STATE.  AT 132 POUNDS, AYDEN HORNER WILL FACE AUSTIN KIECKER OF BOLD IN THE QUARTER-FINALS; AT 170, CADEN JOHNSON WILL FACE ASHTON HANEN OF KIMBALL AREA IN THE FIRST ROUND.   
 
AMONG OTHER LOCAL TEAMS, JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL HAS 7 WRESTLERS IN THE INDIVIDUAL STATE TOURNAMENT; THERE ARE FOUR FROM MINNEOTA; THREE FROM BLUE EARTH; TWO FROM CANBY; AND ONE WRESTLER EACH FROM PIPESTONE AND SPRINGFIELD. 
 
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL WILL BE IN THE TEAM TOURNAMENT.  THE HUSKIES WILL FACE BERTHA-HEWITT/VERNDALE/PARKERS PRAIRIE IN THE SEMI-FINALS SATURDAY MORNING.