Seven Brainerd Warriors and four other area wrestlers have advanced to the semifinals following the opening rounds of the Paul Bunyan Invite Friday, Dec. 13, at Brainerd High School.

Still alive in the championship bracket for Brainerd are Isaiah Germann at 106 pounds, Isaiah Jillson at 120, Kyler Eschenbach at 132, Atlie Danielson at 138, Gabe Wagner at 145, Forest Gibson at 195, and Cade Barrett at 220.

The Warriors are sitting second in the team standings following Day One with 70.5 points behind Foley’s 85.5. Little Falls is tied for seventh with Buffalo and Pierz is in 14th place.

Advancing to the semis for the Flyers are Austin Litke at 106, Simon Pantzke at 152, and Gabe Nagel at 170.

Trevor Radunz from Pierz moves on at 120.

Team score: 1-Foley 85.5, 2-Brainerd 70.5, 3-Bemidji 66, 4-St. Cloud Tech 52.5, 5-Frazee 49, 6-Mound Westonka 46, 7-(t) Buffalo, Little Falls 39, 9-Royalton-Upsala 36.5, 10-Grand Rapids 36, 11-Chisago Lakes 26, 12-CEC 20, 13-Moorhead 18, 14-Pierz 15, 15-White Bear Lake 9

106: Brd-Easton Miller 1-1, Isaiah Germann 2-0; LF-Austin Litke 2-0; Prz-Derek Stangl 0-1

113: Brd-Elijah Germann 0-1; LF-Ashton Schwinn 1-1; Prz-Jacob LeBlanc 0-1

120: Brd-Isaiah Jillson 2-0; LF-Joey Wilczek 1-1, Bryce Udy 0-1; Prz-Trevor Radunz 1-0

126: Brd-Bailey Cox 0-1, Lathan Jillson 0-1; LF-Wyatt Baum 0-1

132: Brd-Kyle Eschenbacher 2-0; LF-Calvin Sherwood 0-1; Prz-Brandon Funk 0-1

138: Brd-Atlie Danielson 2-0

145: Brd-Gabe Wagner 2-0

152: Brd-Jaden Petrie 1-1; LF-Simon Pantske 1-0; Prz-Ross Boser 0-1

160: Brd-Blake Wgeishofski 0-1, Dylan Wgeishofski 0-1; LF-Aiden St. Onge 1-1; Prz-Riley Hoskins 1-1

170: Brd-Isaac Kasella 0-1; LF-Gabe Nagel 2-0; Prz-Mason Zajac 0-1

182: Brd-Austin Newgord 0-1; LF-Peyton Carll 0-1; Prz-Tanner Young 1-1

195: Brd-Forest Gibson 1-0; Prz-Brandon Schlegel 1-1

220: Brd-Cade Barrett 2-0; LF-Eli VanRisseghem 1-1

285: Brd-Cole Larkin 0-1

Next: Brainerd, Little Falls, Pierz ; Prz-in second day of Paul Bunyan Invite 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.

Thursday’s results

Atlie Danielson finished 3-0 with two pins and Damien Bentho and Cade Barrett each went 3-0 with a pin for the Brainerd Warriors who defeated Alexandria 62-0 and lost to Bemidji 37-28 and Willmar 41-25 Thursday, Dec. 12.

Bemidji 37, Brainerd 28

Brainerd 62, Alexandria 0

Willmar 41, Brainerd 25

106: Isaiah Germann 1-2

113: Elijah Germann 2-1

120: Isaiah Jillson 2-1

126:Lathan Jillson 1-1 1 pin, Bailey Cox 1-0

132: Kyle Eschenbacher 2-1

138: Atlie Danielson 3-0 2 pins

145: Gabe Wagner 2-1

152: Jadon Petrie 1-2

160: Blake Wgeishofski 1-2

170: Damien Bentho 3-0 1 pin

182: Austin Newgord 1-2

195: Forrest Gibson 2-1

220: Cade Barrett 3-0 1 pin

285: Cole Larkin 1-2 1 pin