Sioux Falls, S.D. - Ten wrestlers from the Northern State wrestling team competed in the NCAA Super Region V Tournament on Saturday from the Sioux Falls Arena.
Walker Carr advanced to the NCAA National Championships taking third at 157 pounds.
Carr got off to a rough start as he suffered a 5-0 decision loss to Braydon Huber in the quarterfinal but recovered with a win over Zachary Berry in his consolation round three match (Dec 7-1) and a win over Jacob Tvinnereim in the consolation semi-finals (Dec 5-2). In his third-place match Carr delivered another victory as he took down Mac Spotts in a 7-3 decision to finish third and punch his ticket to the national tournament.
At 125,
Landen Fischer went 1-2 on the day, picking up a bye in the consolation rounds but falling to Jeremy Leintz (Dec 9-4) and Hunter Pfantz (Dec 11-5).
At 133,
Dayne Morton fell in a close 15-13 decision in the quarterfinals and suffered a tough tie breaker loss in the consolation semifinals. However, he recovered with a 10-2 major decision win over Laken Boese to finish in fifth place.
At 149,
Caden Moore managed another fifth-place finish, winning by an 11-2 major decision in consolation round three and taking an 11-5 decision over Nathan Hensley in his fifth-place match.
Billy Holton managed a sixth place finish at 165, highlighted by a victory by fall over Logan Saltou and a 3-0 decision victory over Jacob Backlund in his consolation round three match.
Meanwhile,
Tanner Wiese scored 2.0 team points at the 174-weight class with a 10-0 major decision over Joseph Lopez in consolation round two.
Diego Gallegos and
Caleb Lefferdink each picked up one decision victory at 197 and 285 respectively. Gallegos took a 5-1 decision over Logan Rhode in round one, and Lefferdink managed a 6-3 decision over Neil Hanson.
Walker Carr will compete March 13-14 at the Denny Stanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, representing Northern State University at the NCAA National Championships. Brackets, seeding and schedule information will be released at a later date.
