Area wrestlers open individual section tournament competition

Published 6:24 pm Friday, February 23, 2018

The Austin wresting team advanced four wrestlers to the semifinals at the Section 1AAA meet in Mayo Civic Center in Rochester Friday.

Austin’s Josh Belden is in the 152-pound semifinals after he picked up a pin over Kolby Olson of Northfield, Kaden Igou is in the 170-pound semifinals after he pinned Tommy Tankhamvang of Rochester Century, Phillip Zynda is in the 195-pound semifinals after he pinned Sam Bakko of Northfield and Isaac Arjes is in the 220-pound finals after he pinned Dedric Burger of Rochester Mayo.

GMLOS has six wrestlers in the Section 1A semifinals. Chris Romero is in the 106-pound semifinals after he picked up two pins, Rece Voigt is in the 113-pound semifinals after he picked up a 6-0 win, Jackson Hale is in the 120-pound semifinals after he won with a pin, Donovan Felten is in the 126-pounds semifinals after he won by pin, Josh Graves in the 152-pound semifinals after he won by pin and picked up a 5-2 win and Clayton Luthe won by a pin to get into the 285-pound semifinals.

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The meet will resume in Mayo Civic Center Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Westfield Razorbacks placed five wrestlers in the Section 2A meet in LeSuer-Henderson Friday.

Ethan Arett advanced to the 106-pound semifinals with a pin, Colton Krell advanced to the 160-pound semifinals with pin, Morgen Moreno advanced to 195-pound semifinals with a pin, Dylan Nirk advanced to the 220-pound semifinals with a pin and Mitchell Oswald advanced to the 285-pound semifinals with a pin.