The Perham wrestling team went down to St. Michael-Albertville for its first competition of the season and went home with a fifth-place team finish.
The Yellowjackets had a team score of 126.5, which edged out St. Croix Falls by seven points for a top-five finish. STMA won its invitational with a 238.5
Brian Ramos won the 182-pound division, while Reese Willprecht took home first-place honors in the heavyweight class. Two more Yellowjackets finished in the top three in their weight classes. Blake Lorentz took home a third-place finish at 160-pounds, while Hudson Hackel took third at 195.
STMA WRESTLING INVITATIONAL TEAM SCORES
1- St. Michael-Albertville 238.5, 2- Waconia 227, 3- Forest Lake 133. 4- St. Cloud Tech 129, 5- Perham 126.5, 6- St. Croix Falls 119.5, 7- Elk River 87, 8- Centennial 53, 9- Orono 44, 10- Rockford 13
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PERHAM INDIVIDUAL TOP SIX FINISHES
120- Chandler Mickelson 5th, 126- Johnny Ramos 4th, 138- Carson Byer 5th, 160- Blake Lorentz 3rd, 182- Brian Ramos 1st, 195- Hudson Hackel 3rd, 220- Jaxon Vetsch 6th, 285- Reese Willprecht 1st, Teigan Bennett 6th
