Though the Century Patriots didn’t achieve all of their team goals at the North Dakota Class A State Wrestling Tournament over the weekend, two Patriots left the Fargodome with their second title. Both are also three time state finalists. Jacob Rader, who won his title as a sophomore at 170 two years ago before falling in…
Last season, Turtle Mountain’s Dawson Zerr held a lead all the way through his state semifinal bout before giving up a late Hail Mary heartbreaker that took away his chance at a state title. This season, Zerr kept that loss in the back of his mind, wrestling one match at a time and not looking…
What seemed improbable at best for the Minot High wrestling team after a disappointing Friday at the state tournament that included two dual losses and victories in only one of seven semifinal matches, began to become more and more a reality with each wrestle-back victory Saturday morning. The Magi, who finished Friday evenings semifinal session in third…
West Fargo’s Brandon Metz won his third state title on Saturday in the Fargodome Saturday, and with it the award for Outstanding senior athlete in Class A. Over the course of five years, Metz was a five time state placer, four times at 285, and once at 220. He was also a state finalist four…
West Fargo’s Jared Franek won his third individual state championship on Saturday at the Fargodome when he made quick work of Century’s Trey Pajumula, winning by fall in 2:44. Franek is currently ranked #18 in the country by Flowrestling, and was untested against North Dakota competition this season. The Junior will have a lot of…
Jesse Shearer, who has signed to wrestle at North Dakota State University in the fall, finished his career in style Saturday, racking up a multitude of takedowns on his feet before pinning Bismarck’s Justin Bergquist in 5:06. The pin was Shearer’s 42nd of the season, tying him with former teammate Preston Lehmann for the Class A…
The Demons go from third seed in the WDA to State Dual Champions.
3W Bismarck 28 1W Minot 26 Third seed Bismarck High School reversed their regular season loss to top ranked Minot with a 28-26 victory in the State Dual semifinals Friday afternoon at the Fargodome. The Demons won the match by two points in spite an 8-6 matches won differential in favor of the Magi. The…
106 Finals: #1 Laken Boese (Bismarck) vs. #2 Reece Barnhardt (St. Mary’s) #1 Clay Gerhardt (New Salem) vs. #2 Kersey Harris (Bishop Ryan) 113 Finals: #5 Coy Awender (Oakes) vs. #2 Jeremy Leintz (Beulah-Hazen) #1 JJ Harms vs. #3 Will Kleinknecht (Mandan) 120 Finals: #1 Ryan Ripplinger (Bismarck) vs. #3 Drew Steidler (St. Mary’s) #1…
Though the effort wasn’t enough to land the top spot in the team race after day one of the North Dakota State Wrestling Tournament Thursday at the Fargodome, the Bismarck Demons showed up firing on all cylinders after two rounds of championship-side wrestling, and appear ready to battle crosstown rival Century, as well as Minot, to…
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