ALEXANDRIA-Chad Orsburn, Cole Kubesh and Andy Schlosser of the Brainerd Warriors all advanced to the Class 3A state individual wrestling tournament after Saturday's final rounds of the Section 8-3A tournament.
Orsburn captured the 113-pound title with a 5:16 pin of Jackson Penk of Sartell. Orsburn improved to 31-2 with the win.
Kubesch and Schlosser both finished second in their weight classes.
Kubesh suffered a 10-5 loss in the 120-pound championship to Willmar's Israel Navarro, but rebounded with a 9-5 victory over Sartell's Nick Pelach in the true-second match. Kubesh will enter the state tournament with a 32-2 record.
Schlosser will enter with a 17-6 mark as he outlasted St. Cloud Tech's Luke Dorn in the true-second match. Schlosser lost to Sauk Rapids' Tony Bemboom in the championship.
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Brainerd's Morgan Gibson finished third with Braden Kramer, Max Boran and Logan Theodore all placing fourth.
The Little Falls Flyers will send Lane Rutten and AJ Jenks to the state tournament. Rutten won the 138-pound bracket with a 6-3 decision of Sauk Rapids' Hunter Rajkowski in the finals. Rutten improves to 34-3.
AJ Jenks fell to Tyler Snoberger of Sartell in the 182-pound championship, but knocked off Gibson in the true-second match to improve to 11-5.
The Flyers' Leo Wilczek and Grant Litke placed third and Gabe Nagel, Wyatt Lillemoe, Tony Winkelman and Ryan Graves finished fourth.
Section 8-3A results
106: Cole Ostrowski (B) 0-2, Kole Kern (LF) 0-2
113: 1-Chad Orsburn (B) 3-0, Trent Krupke (LF) 0-2
120: 2-Cole Kubesh (B) 4-0, Simon Pantzke (LF) 0-2
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126: 4-Gabe Nagel (LF) 2-2, 5-Kyle Patnode (B) 2-2
132: 3-Leo Wilczek (LF) 3-1, 4-Braden Kramer (B) 2-2
138: 1-Lane Rutten (LF) 3-0, 4-Max Boran (B) 2-2
145: 2-Andy Schlosser (B) 4-0, 5-Josh Beack (LF) 2-2
152: 4-Wyatt Lillemoe (LF) 3-1, Jacob Berg (B) 0-2
160: 3-Grant Litke (LF) 3-2, Tyler Wgeishofski (B) 0-2
170: 4-Tate Arnston (B) 3-1, 5-Tristan Wheeler (LF) 2-2
182: 2-AJ Jenks (LF) 3-1, 3-Morgan Gibson (B) 3-2
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195: 4-Tony Winkelman (LF) 2-2
220: 4-Logan Theodore (B) 2-2, 6-Billy Winkelman (LF) 1-3
285: 4-Ryan Graves (LF) 2-2
Next: Brainerd, Little Falls in Class 3A state individual tournament at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul March 3-4.
