Forty-one young grapplers from the Milbank Booster Club wrestling program captured top places at the District 7 youth wrestling tournament Saturday, March 4, and... Youth Wrestlers Advance to Region Tournament

Forty-one young grapplers from the Milbank Booster Club wrestling program captured top places at the District 7 youth wrestling tournament Saturday, March 4, and earned their way to the region tournament. The top eight places in each age and weight class advance.

The region tournament is Saturday, March 11, in Britton. All 41 compete in hopes of punching their tickets to the state youth wrestling meet slated for Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26, in Rapid City. The top three in each division advance to the state meet.

Region qualifiers in each division and their place standings from the district tournament:
Tots
Second place – Liam Prasnicki
Third place – Blaze Fahleen and Jace Carlin
Bantam
First place – Samuel Garcia
Second place – Lawson Novy
Third place – Maxton Schafer, Grant Christensen, Jacob Overby and Lane Johnson
Fourth place – Evan Folk
Seventh place – Kyle Schneck and Braxten Boerger
Midgets
First place – Andrew Folk, Owen Fischer, Keegin Carlin, Carter Gloe and Jesse Schneck
Second place – Hunter Reede and Joseph French
Fifth place – Micah Tostenson and Ty Kettwig
Seventh place – Lance Engebretson
Novice
First place – Brayden Christensen and Landon Novy
Second place – Tate Schlueter
Third place – Cody Reil
Fourth place – Jayce Jonason and Conner Stricherz
Fifth place – Nollen Sheeley
Sixth place – Reese Rabe
Seventh place – Khayri Bergman and Jacob Johnson
Eighth place – Owen Tesch
Schoolboy
First place – Barrett Schneck, Kaden Krause, Toby Schneck and Nick Trevett
Second place – Michael Karges and Layton Raffety
Fourth place – Noah Garcia
Fifth place – Paul Van Dover

Click here to view our photo album from the tournament.

Staff Writer

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