Wrestling: Perham has successful Section 8AA Individual Tournament
The Perham wrestling team sends a group of members to the individual state tournament to conclude the individual Section 8AA tournament.
Perham's Braylon Rach wrestles at 182 pounds in the Section 8AA Individual Tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023, and finished in first place to get a chance to compete at the State Tournament.
DETROIT LAKES – The Yellowjackets will be sending five wrestlers to the Excel Energy Center for the state tournament beginning on Thursday, March 2 and ending Saturday, March 4.
Isaac Adams (120), Chandler Mickelson (132), Braylon Rach (182), Hudson Hackel (195) and Rorey Lindquist (220) all punched their tickets to St. Paul with first or second-place finishes.
Mickelson defeated Sauk Centre-Melrose’s Jose De Los Santos by decision (11-9) in the first-place match. Rach grabbed a first-place finish with a major decision (14-4) victory over Pequot Lakes-Pine River-Backus’ Trey Tuchtenhagen.
Perham's Isaac Adams wrestles at 120 pounds in the Section 8AA Individual Tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023, and finished in first place to get a chance to compete at the State Tournament.
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Adams defeated Park Rapids’ Wrigley Clark in the second-place wrestleback by decision (7-4) for a state berth. Hackel secured a second-place finish with a win over Fergus Falls’ Sebastian Holding by decision (5-3). Lindquist followed suit with a fall (5:41) victory over Thief River Falls’ Carter Engebretson.
Tiegan Detloff (126), Carson Byer (138), and Johnny Ramos (145) had third-place finishes.
Perham's Rorey Lindquist wrestles at 220 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023, and finished in second place to secure a chance to wrestle at the State Tournament.
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Perham's Johnny Ramos wrestles at 145 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Carson Byer wrestles at 138 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Tiegan Detloff wrestles at 126 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Chevy Harron wrestles at 113 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Trystan Larson wrestles at 170 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Dresden Wegscheid wrestles at 106 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Kaden Feldt wrestles at 152 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Jaxon Vetsch wrestles at 285 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.
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Perham's Logan Guck wrestles at 160 pounds in the Section 8AA individual tournament at Detroit Lakes on Feb. 24-25, 2023.