wrestling

TRACY -- Top-seeded Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove defeated Canby 33-28 on Saturday to capture the Section 3A team wrestling championship in Tracy. The Panthers cinched up the title when 195-pounder Trevor Eisfeld beat Canby’s Josh Steffen by a 6-0 decision. Canby...

There are two clear favorites in the upcoming Section 3 team wrestling tournaments, but at least one of the coaches is playing his cards close to the vest. “We’re not looking at this like it’s a done deal,” said Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove head mentor Karl...

WORTHINGTON -- Minnesota West wrestlers vying for a national tournament berth won’t have to travel far to get it this year. The Region XIII Tournament will be fought Sunday at the local college. The tournament, which begins at 10 a.m., will bring 40 to 50 competitors to the Center...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Braydon Johnson won three matches and Adam Rients won two for Minnesota West Saturday at the fourth annual Dave Edmonds Open at Morningside College. Johnson, of Janesville, went 3-2 at 157 pounds. Rients, from Waterville, went 2-2 at 157. Bluejays Chris Romero...

MANKATO -- Worthington Trojans Oscar Galvez and Kyle Mullaney placed second in their weight classes Saturday at the nine-team Mankato East Tournament, and teammates Jaden Hennings, Brayden Donkersloot and Jacob Neuberger captured thirds. Galvez earned the silver at 106 pounds. In...

ALEXANDRIA -- Three Worthington Trojans earned individual championships Saturday at the 12-team Alexandria Tournament. Brayden Donkersloot took the title at 152 pounds, Jacob Neuberger won at 195 and Hunter Cam was the champ at 285. Donkersloot beat Quad County junior Jack Howard...

ADRIAN -- The days when Worthington Trojans and Adrian Dragons wrestling duals were must-see events have gone by the wayside in recent years. But bragging rights still matter.

WORTHINGTON -- Adam Rients is looking forward to today’s (Saturday, Jan. 19) renewal of the Worthington Open wrestling tournament. Why not? He’s finally healthy again. Rients, a freshman from Waterville, is coming off a sixth-place finish at last weekend’s Ridgewater Open. He...

Artiga recovering from strokeWORTHINGTON -- Worthington High School wrestler and snowcoming royalty Erik (Eddy) Artiga is recovering from a Jan. 13 stroke which temporarily paralyzed the left side of his body and suspended his vision. A GoFundMe page for Erik has been started online....

WINDOM -- Fairmont/Martin County West rolled to the team championship in the Big South Conference wrestling tournament Saturday, and Marshall finished a solid second. F/MCW scored 229 points. Marshall had 191.5, followed by Redwood-River Valley with 135, Windom/Mountain Lake 133,...