Imperials Place 5 At State
The Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter boys’ wrestling team had 6 wrestlers qualify for the State Class B Individual Wrestling Tournament. The Individual portion of the tournament ran two days, Feb. 19-20 at the Fargodome in Fargo. NGS head coach Kriss McCleary and his half dozen wrestlers put forth a fine showing and returned home with 5 of the 6 wrestlers placing in the top 8.
Imperials placing were: 152 lbs. Bryce Schneider- State Champion; 215 lbs. Andre Doll- 4th place; 133 lbs. Beau Grunefelder- 4th place; 145 lbs. Westen Baumgartner- 7th place and 160 lbs. Brooks Grunefelder- 8th place. The other Imperial participant was Easten Baumgartner at 127 lbs. who just missed placing.
As a team the Imperials finished in 12th place with 64 team points out of 31 teams scoring in the Class B Individual Tournament. Lisbon won the team title with 169 team points.
Individual Results for
NGS Wrestlers:
152 lbs. Leading the NGS charge was junior Bryce Schneider who entered the tournament as the fifth seed, sporting a 39-9 record. In Schneider’s first match. . .