BERTHA-Six area wrestlers captured individual titles at the 11-team Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie Invitational Saturday.
Staples-Motley's Spencer Miller and Owen Bjerga won championship matches to lead the Cardinals to fourth place.
Devin Dean, Holt Truax and Craig Orlando of helped BHVPP land in third with individual titles and Nate Williams' win at 132 pounds led from Crosby-Ironton to seventh.
Team scores: 1-Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 219, 2-Ottertail Central 206, 3-Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 151, 4-Staples-Motley 119.5, 5-Park Rapids 105, 6-Benson 105, 7-Crosby-Ironton 103, 8-United Clay Becker 85, 9-Ortonville 78.5, 10-Pelican Rapids 60, 11-Breckenridge 55
106: 2-Jon Paul Fitzpatrick (CI), 4-Deagan Captain (BHVPP), 5-Payton Bjerga (SM)
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113: 2-Quinn Kern (BHVPP), 6-Sam Jennissen (SM)
120: 5-Kristian Thompson (SM)
126: 1-Spencer Miller (SM), 4-Brock Peterson (BHVPP)
132: 1-Nate Williams (CI), 5-Trevor Arceneau (BHVPP), 6-Brayden Christensen (SM)
138: 1-Devin Dean (BHVPP), 2-Jake Klancher (CI)
145: 1-Owen Bjerga (SM), 3-Kevin Blazek (CI)
152: 3-Gideon Ervasti (BHVPP), 4-Dalton Holmberg (SM), 6-Michael Fitzpatrick (CI)
160: 6-Jonathon Lisson (SM)
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170: 6-Carter Rokes (BHVPP)
182: 1-Holt Truax (BHVPP), 6-Gabe Ryappy (CI)
195: 5-Taylor Elgenheer (CI)
285: 1-Craig Orlando (BHVPP), 4-Kyle Serich (SM)
Next: Crosby-Ironton at Deer River Triangular Tuesday; Staples-Motley hosts tournament Jan. 20; Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale at Aitkin triangular Tuesday.
Flyers finish 7th
STILLWATER-Gabe Nagel, Simon Bryce and Ryan Graves all finished 3-0 to lead Little Falls to a seventh-place finish at the Stillwater Invitational Saturday.
The Flyers lost to Eagan and Stillwater and defeated Mahtomedi 35-34 in the seventh-place match.
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Team scores:
Eagan 39, Little Falls 27
Stillwater 49, Little Falls 29
Little Falls 35, Mahtomedi 34
1-Cambridge-Isanti, 2-Hudson, 3-Faribault, 4-Eagan, 5-Stillwater, 6-Coon Rapids, 7-Little Falls, 8-Mahtomedi
120: Kole Kern 1-2
126: Trent Krupke 1-2
132: Simon Pantzke 1-2
138: Dakota Kern 1-2
145: Gabe Nagel 3-0
152: Simon Bryce 3-0
160: Francis Houdek 0-3
170: Grant Litke 1-1/ Tony Winkleman 0-1
182: Tony Winkleman 1-1/ Grant Litke 1-0
220: Luke Venske 2-1
285: Ryan Graves 3-0
Next: Little Falls at Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus triangular Thursday.
PL/PRB 2-2
MOORHEAD-John Urseth, Keenan Dahl and Harley Large all scored four wins as the Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew earned a split in their four matches at the Moorhead Tournament Saturday.
The Road Crew defeated Jamestown 30-27 and Fargo South 54-21. They lost to Fargo Davies and Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.
PL/PRB 30, Jamestown 27
PL/PRB 54, Fargo South 21
Fargo Davies 42, PLPRB 39
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 49, PLPRB 22
106: Riley Wilson 1-3
113: Austin Staricha 0-4
120: Evan Koering 2-1/ Connor Tulenchik 1-0
126: Connor Tulenchik 0-1/ Addisuone Harrington 3-0
132: Addisuone Harrington 0-1
138: Zach Tulenchik 0-3
145: Jake Poehler 2-1/ Zach Tulenchik 0-1
152: Peter Koering 3-1
160: Harley Large 4-0
170: Tim Ryan 1-2/ Keenan Dahl 1-0
182: Keenan Dahl 3-0
195: Josh Pettit 2-2
220: John Urseth 3-0
285: John Urseth 1-0/ Myca Reynolds 0-1
Next: PLPRB at Bemidji triangular Tuesday.
W-DC ninth
GLENWOOD-Steven Erkenbrack's second-place finish at 182 led the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines at the Minnewaska Tournament Saturday.
The Wolverines placed ninth as a team.
Braeden Sibert, Mitchel Haman, and Cody Wheeler all finished fifth in their weight division.
Team Scores: 1-Rocori 184, 2-Minnewaska 182, 3-Detroit Lakes 151, 4-Eden Prairie 126, 5-Quad County 111, 6-Howard Lake-Waverly 104, 7-Border West 86, 8-Minneapolis Roosevelt 81, 9-Wadena-Deer Creek 41.
WDC
138: 5-Braeden Sibert 2-2
145: 5-Mitchel Haman 2-1
160: 5-Cody Wheeler 2-2
182: 2-Steven Erkenbrack
220: Logan Wegscheid 0-2
Overall: WDC 3-9. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek hosts triangular Thursday.
