Wrestling: Warriors advance 4 to state, Flyers 2

COLD SPRING-Brainerd's Kyle Patnode and Braden Kramer along with Little Falls' Grant Litke and Gabe Nagel each won Section 8-3A Individual titles Saturday, Feb. 23 to advance to the state tournament

Patnode won the 138-pound class while Kramer took 152 for the Warriors. Nagel finished first in the 160-pound class for the Flyers while Litke won at 182.

Also moving on to the state tournament will be Brainerd's Denny Busbey, who placed second in 132, and Brad Patnode with a second-place finish at 145.

Individual results

106: 1-Gavin Winter (Rocori) 3-0, 4-Austin Litke (Little Falls) 2-2, 5-Isaiah Jillson (Brainerd) 2-2

113: 1-Braeden Erickson (Willmar) 3-0, 8-Bryce Udy (Little Falls) 1-2, Tommy Daniels (Brainerd) 0-2

120: 1-Jared Spohn (Sauk Rapids) 3-0

126: 1-Joey Miley (Willmar) 3-0, 5-Kyle Eschenbacher (Brainerd) 2-2, 8-Kole Kern (Little Falls) 1-2

132: 1-Jackson Penk (Sartell) 3-0, 2-Denny Busbey (Brainerd) 3-1

138: 1-Kyle Patnode (Brainerd) 3-0, 3-Simon Pantzke (Little Falls) 3-2

145: 1-Cael Carlson (Willmar) 3-0, 2-Brad Patnode (Brainerd) 3-1, 8-Nathaniel Kludt (Little Falls) 2-2

152: 1-Braden Kramer (Brainerd) 3-0

160: 1-Gabe Nagel (Little Falls) 2-0

170: 1-Taylor Hugg (St Cloud Tech) 3-0, 5-Forrest Gibson (Brainerd) 2-2, Charles Steadman (Little Falls) 0-2

182: 1-Grant Litke (Little Falls) 3-0, 4-Morgan Gibson (Brainerd) 2-2

195: 1-Lincoln Shinn (Wilmar) 3-0, 3-Cade Barrett (Brainerd) 3-2, 4-Sam Nagel (Little Falls) 2-2

220: 1-Cole Fibranz (Sartell) 2-0, 7-Eli VanRisseghem (Little Falls) 0-2

285: 1-Kaleb Beam (Bemidji) 3-0, 5-Luke Venske (Little Falls) 2-2

Next: Class 3A State Individual Tournament at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, 9 a.m. Friday, March 1.