Christian Tanefeu rebounded in a big way after not finishing on the podium in the Cadet Freestyle tournament. Seeded second after a runner-up Greco finish last summer in the Junior division, Tanefeu recorded three consecutive shutout technical falls before defeating Minnesota’s Zachary Silvis in the quarterfinals 6-2. Tanefeu will wrestle Horatio Godinez of Washington in…
Hettinger five-time state champion Kyle Burwick finished fourth at the Junior Freestyle National Championships Tuesday afternoon in Fargo. After two days of rigorous competition, Burwick fell to Missouri’s Wyatt Henson 17-6 in the third place bout at 126 pounds. The match was much closer than the score reflects. Burwick knotted the score at two with…
Noah Savageau and Kyle Burwick are the lone North Dakotans remaining after two days of Junior Freestyle competition at the Fargodome. Savageau, a sophomore at Bismarck High School, scored a blood round victory over Rory Burright via fall in 1:31 to earn his first Fargo All American honors. Savageau lost in the next round and…
Back in February Wilfried Tanefeu wasn’t favored to win the North Dakota Class A 113 pound state championship. Today, in what is one of the most improbable national title runs in memory, Tanefeu is U16 113 pound national champion. During the North Dakota High School season, talented defending state champion Kelby Armstrong of Minot had…
North Dakota products Noah Savageau (Bismarck), Kyle Burwick (Hettinger), and Matt Kaylor (Bismarck) navigated through day one of the Junior National Freestyle Championships undefeated Sunday. Burwick, seeded first at 126 pounds, won four consecutive matches by a combined score of 41-0. Only Illinois’ Brody Norman pushed Burwick through to the second period. Burwick will wrestle…
Two Bismarck wrestlers found their way to the podium on day two of the U16 Freestyle national championships in Fargo. Bismarck High Junior Wilfried Tanefeu pushed his overall tournament record to 6-0 with two wins on Sunday. Tanefeu will wrestle for a U16 national title tomorrow afternoon against Oregon’s Gabe Whisenhunt. Tanefeu was dominant in…
The storied Bismarck High Wrestling program has another Fargo All American. Junior state champion Wilfried Tanefeu defeated Brennen Cernus of Ohio 6-4 and in doing so advances on to the 113 pound U16 national semifinals. Tanefeu was behind Cernus 4-1 entering the second period and reeled off five consecutive points-including the winning takedown with less…
Nine U16 women took to the mat Saturday, and Kindred’s Brooke Leedahl will wrestle in the 180 pound seventh place match tomorrow afternoon. Leedahl was 2-2 on day one of competition, scoring a first period fall and 10-0 technical fall before dropping to the seventh place bout. Nine wrestlers represents largest group USA Wrestling of…
Bismarck High state champion Wilfried Tanefeu is the only North Dakota Cadet still alive on the championship side of the bracket at the U16 national championships in Fargo. Reece Barnhardt (Bismarck), Nathan Schauer (Ashley), and Isaiah Huus (New Salem) still remain in the wrestlebacks. Tanefeu started the day with consecutive technical falls including a 10-0…
North Dakota’s strongest group of women ever will compete at the Fargodome starting Saturday morning for the Women’s Cadet and Junior National championships. Eight Cadets and four Juniors will take to the mats led by All American Sophie Smith of Bismarck. NDHSAA state tournament qualifiers Morgan Strandberg and Lizzy Massine are also in the mix. …
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