Winner Area wrestling team took sixth place at the McCook Central tournament in Salem on Jan. 2. Eight Winner area wrestlers placed in the tournament. There were 19 teams in the tournament with Canton taking first place. “This was our first time at this very good tournament with several top teams and many of the top wrestlers in Class B,” said coach Matt Chambers.
Wyatt Turnquist took third place with a 6-2 win over Parker Snyder of Philip Area.
Trevor Peters placed 5th as he won 7-1 over Martin Ruelas of Flandeau.
Colby Curtis took 7th as he won by injury default over Colby Fitch of Philip area.
Cameron Biggins and Avery Gilchrist both took 5th place. Biggins won by pin in 2:24 over Grant Plucker of Parker.
Gilchrist won by a pin in 37 seconds over Jayden Even of Parker.
Kayleb Brozik took 4th place as he lost 7-4 to Jesse Mikrut of Wolsey-Wessington.
Cohl Turnquist took 6th place as he was pinned by Blake Crowser of Philip Area in 1:48.
Jayden Schroeder placed 4th as he was pinned in 2:46 by Tyson Serr of Burke/Gregory.
“As a team, I thought we looked a little up and down, everyone really looked good at times which is a great positive. I also thought we left a few team points out there in matches that we could have either won or wrestled a little better,” said the coach. “Overall, it was a good showing coming out of break against some very good competition,” said Chambers.
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