Young Wrestlers Qualify for Region Tournament

Forty-six young grapplers from the Milbank Booster Club wrestling program earned their way to the region tournament with top finishes at the district tournament in Clear Lake Saturday, March 5.

Milbank will be well represented at the region youth wrestling tournament Saturday, March 12, in Madison. All 46 will compete in hopes of punching their tickets to the state youth wrestling meet slated for Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3 in Aberdeen.

Following are the region qualifiers in each division along with their place standings from the district tournament:
Tots
First place – Evan Folk and Zachary Karges
Second place – Lawson Novy
Third place – Samuel Garcia
Fourth place – Broden Borns
Fifth place – Kyle Schneck
Bantam
First place – Andrew Folk
Second place – Micah Tostenson and Jack Street
Third place – Lance Engebretson
Midgets
First place – Owen Fischer, Evan Dorsett and Joe French
Second place – Carter Gloe, Cody Reil and Jesse Schneck
Third place – Tate Schlueter
Fourth place – Hunter Ruhr
Fifth place – Nollen Sheeley and Carter Boerger
Sixth place – Mason Meister, Ty Kettwig and Reese Rabe
Seventh place – Jayce Jonason, Owen Tesch and Keegin Carlin
Novice
First place – Barrett Schneck
Second place – Landon Novy
Third place – Noah Garcia
Fourth place – Conner Stricherz and Jayden Johnson
Fifth place – Brayden Christensen
Eighth place – Jacob Johnson and Riley Spanton
Schoolboy
First place – Colten Giesen, Eli Fischer, Toby Schneck, Thomas Steltz and Angel Chen
Second place – Tommy Holtquist, Elijah Fraasch and Lars Anderson
Third place – Kaden Krause, Michael Karges and Riley Przybycien
Sixth place – Adam Strei

Pictured are the region qualifiers: Back row, left to right, Reese Rabe, Breyden Christensen, Jayce Jonason, Keegin Carlin, Riley Przybycien, Jesse Schneck, Thomas Steltz, Michael Karges, Landon Novy, Colten Giesen, Tate Schlueter and Owen Tesch. Middle row, Carter Gloe, Noah Garcia, Joe French, Mason Meister, Ty Kettwig, Nollen Sheeley, Riley Spanton, Jacob Johnson, Conner Stricherz, Kaden Krause, Lawson Novy and Cody Reil. Front row, Samuel Garcia, Zachary Karges, Jack Street, Evan Folk, Kyle Schneck, Broden Borns, Lance Engebretson, Andrew Folk and Owen Fischer. Not pictured, Micah Tostenson, Evan Dorsett, Hunter Ruhr, Carter Boerger, Barrett Schneck, Jayden Johnson, Eli Fischer, Toby Schneck, Angel Chen, Tommy Holtquist, Elijah Fraasch, Lars Anderson and Adam Strei.