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.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Valley City High School will be represented in the 2020-2021 North Dakota All-State band and choir with the selection of 8 students to the ensembles. Due to Covid restrictions not all of the VCHS students will be able to perform with the ND Honor ensembles but they have been selected and have all of the accolades that accompany the performing artists.
Owen Plagens (trombone) is the VCHS student who has been selected to the ND All-State Band. Morgan Jenner, Britta Roehrich, Abby Redfearn, Jerrica Eldridge, Daniel Wintch, and Jonathan Redfearn (4 year member) are the VCHS students selected to the ND All-State Mixed Choir. Taylen Mendoza is the VCHS student selected to the ND All-State Treble Choir.