WADENA --Brainerd's Denny Busbey, Atlie Danielson and Morgan Gibson each grabbed runner-up finishes to lead the Warriors to fourth overall at the Dennis Kaatz Memorial Tournament Saturday, Dec. 1.
Spencer Miller and Owen Bjerga placed first for the eighth-place Staples-Motley Cardinals.
Jake Poehler won the 160-pound bracket to lead the Pequot Lakes-Pine River-Backus Road Crew to seventh overall.
Craig Orlando won the heavyweight title to pace the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie Raiders to fifth,.
Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines placed ninth with Cody Wheeler, who placed second, as their top finisher.
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Team scores: 1-Thief River Falls 213.5, 2-LPGE-Browerville 207, 3-Badger-GB-MR 169.5, 4-Brainerd 148.5, 5-Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale 148, 6-United North Central 112.5, 7-Pequot Lakes-Pine River 112, 8-Staples-Motley 99.5, 9-Wadena-Deer Creek 47
106: 3-Isaiah Jillson (Brd) 3-1, 5-Riley Wilson (PL-PR) 2-2, 6-Simon Snyder (WDC) 1-3
113: 5-Deagen Captain (BH-V) 2-2, 6-Owen Carlson (PL-PR) 1-3
120: 2-Atlie Danielson (Brd) 2-1, 3-Mason Snyder (WDC) 2-1, 6-Reese Thompson (BH-V) 1-3
126: 2-Quinn Kern (BH-V) 1-1, 4-Kyle Eschenbacher (Brd) 2-2, 6-Payton Bjerga (STMO) 1-3
132: 2-Denny Busbey (Brd) 2-1. 5-Jason Koehn (BH-V) 2-2
138: 2-Trever Arceneau (BH-V) 2-1, 3-Kyle Patnode (Brd) 3-1, 5-Brayden Christensen (STMO) 2-2
145: 3-Connor Tulenchik (PL-PR) 3-1, 5-Logen Weite (STMO) 3-2, 6-Mark Boran (Brd) 2-3
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152: 1-Spencer Miller (STMO) 3-0, 3-Devin Dean (BH-V) 4-1, 6-Brad Patnode (Brd) 1-3
160: 1-Jake Poehler (PL-PR) 3-0, 4-Hunter Dean (BH-VP) 2-2, 6-Blake Wgeishofski (Brd) 1-3
170: 1-Owen Bjerga (STMO) 3-0, 2-Cody Wheeler (WDC) 2-1, 3-Braden Kramer (Brd) 3-1, 5-Gideon Ervasti (BH-V) 2-2
182: 3-Keenan Dahl (PL-PR) 2-1, 4-Mason Schroeder (BH-V) 1-2, 5-Gordon Enyart (STMO) 2-2
195: 2-Morgan Gibson (Brd) 2-1, 3-Shaine Guggenberg (STMO) 3-1
220: 3-Josh Pettit (PL-PR) 2-1, 5-Tyler Eggert (BH-V) 0-2
285: 1-Craig Orlando (BH-V) 2-0, 5-Myca Reynolds (PL-PR) 1-2
Next: Brainerd hosts Alexandria 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6; Staples-Motley at Paul Bunyan tournament at Brainerd Friday, Dec. 7; Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie at Osakis Duals Tuesday, Dec. 4; Wadena-Deer Creek at New York Mills 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4.
