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FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – From the time he lost a heartbreaking 3-2 decision in the state title match in 2020, Koye Grebel had one thing in mind, get back to the state title match and win. Mission accomplished on Friday. The sophomore defeated William Sprenger of Devils Lake by tech fall at 5:20 (20-4) to win the 106 pound weight class at the state wrestling tournament.
Grebel, now 28-0, was joined by seven teammates that placed at state, the second most in school history. Only last year’s ten was better. Grebel would defeated Ben DeForest 12-2 in the semifinals.
As a team, the Hi-Liners scored the highest point total in a state tournament in school history by scoring 198.5. Bismarck won another team title, their fourth in a row and seven in the last eight years, with 313.5. Bismarck Century was second with 210.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – In this time of COVID, the State Wrestling Tournament is set up a bit differently than in years past in Class A. Since there were no regional tournaments in Class A, the seeding process was a bit different.
The East and West Region were seeded separately with the top eight wrestlers in each weight class. Then at the state tournament, they would cross bracket. I.E. , the west #1 would wrestle the east #8, East #1 wrestler West #8 etc. The other 16 wrestlers would be a random draw.
32 wrestlers were allowed for each weight class, but none of the weights have that many. The number of wrestlers range from 19, at 195 to 26 at 152.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – With one month to go before the State Wrestling Tournament, Valley City continues to rack up impressive wins and looking like a state championship contender. Thursday night in Devils Lake, the Hi-Liners handed the Firebirds their second loss of the season, a 41-29 dual win. Both of Devils Lake’s losses have been to Valley City.
After Broden Muske started off with a forfeit, Jonathan Redearn, Jonah Schuldheisz and Carson McGough picked up wins. Schuldheisz and McGough’s were by pin. Four matches in, Valley City led 21-0.
Devils Lake would pick up a pin at 285 to cut the lead to 21-6. But Valley City would take the next three matches. A tech fall by Koye Grebel at 106. And pins by Koltyn Grebel and Logan Navara at 113 and 120 respectively. Novara’s was in 36 seconds. Hi-Liners lead 38-6. The dual wasn’t quite clinched yet.