With the North Dakota State tournament now over a month in the rearview, a lot of North Dakota’s best prep wrestlers are taking to the mat in national competition all over the country. Last weekend, it was West Fargo 3X state champion Jesse Shearer competing in Virginia Beach, VA at the NHSCA Senior nationals. This…
Kindred’s Trace Bakke entered the North Dakota Class B State tournament seeded seventh, and left the Fargodome with a third place trophy. Bakke’s only loss came in the quarterfinals to Velva’s Jon Thomas, who Bakke beat 5-2 for third place later in the tournament. After his third place finish, Bakke discussed the family aspect of the Kindred…
For Jeremy Leintz, winning a state title was about finally reaching the mountain top as an individual, and breaking a curse for Beulah-Hazen that goes back to the 1990’s. A Beulah-Hazen (formerly Beulah) wrestler had not won a state title since Brian Biel brought home a title in 1998. Numerous Miners, including Leintz himself two season…
In what was the most anticipated Class B state finals match of 2017, Chauncey Dittus of New Salem-Almont upended returning Class B state champion Lucas Geiszler of Carrington by 7-4 decision. Dittus is one piece of what was the strongest group of lightweight wrestlers in the state this season, as Clay Gerhardt (state champion 106),…
After a crazy three days of wrestling that saw Lisbon, Carrington, and Hettinger-Scranton trade blow back and forth to the enjoyment of North Dakota Class B wrestling fans, the Lisbon Broncos went three for three in the individual finals and grabbed the first place team trophy by 10.5 points over Carrington. Warrington also placed three…
Three years ago as a 126 pound freshman, Luke Hastings took the third seed all the way to a pin in the state finals. Now, three years later, Hastings added a third title to cap of a fantastic career for Hillsboro-Central Valley that now includes an Outstanding Class B Senior Athlete Award. Hastings will attend…
The best sophomore in North Dakota nabbed his third state title over the weekend, and then promptly ran a mile to celebrate. Kyle Burwick, who won championships as an eighth grader and freshman for his dad’s Hettinger-Scranton Night Hawk program before defeating Bowman County/Beach’s Alex Madrigal for the 120 pound state championship Saturday afternoon in the Fargodome,…
Last season, Bishop Ryan’s Jordan Will became broke an eleven year state title drought for the Lions. This season, Will finished at the top of the podium again, and in doing so recorded one of the most dominating seniors seasons in Class B history. Will amassed a 55-1 record of the course of the year…
Junior Clayton Grueneich of Edgeley-Ellendale-Kulm was quietly one of the most dominant wrestlers of the North Dakota high school the season. He and Class A state champion Brandon Metz were the only wrestlers in the state to finish the season undefeated, and Grueneich won his title in style, defeating Velva’s Justin Helseth by 13-3 major decision.…
Hettinger-Scranton is the 2017 Class B Dual Team Champion! Hear Randy Burwick discuss that as well as a tight day three team race on the B side.
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