Wrestlers compete at tournament in South Dakota

Members of the Thermopolis Wresting club competed at the Black Hills & AAU Folkstyle Nationals in Spearfish, S. D. on March 29 and 30.

The small group from Thermopolis earned 50th place out of a field 199 teams.

Individual results

Boys Tot 40 - Erik Polson, 8th, 1 points. Champ. Round 2 - Polson won by major decision, 14-3, over Killian Benne (Black Hills Wrestling Academy), Quarterfinal - Isaiah Smith (Watford City Wolves) won by fall, 0:21, over Polson, Cons. Round 4 - Polson won by major decision, 13-0, over Everett Berglund (Sturgis Youth Wrestling Club), Cons. Round 5 - Hudson Bunkowske (Westside Raider Wrestling Club) won by fall over Erik Polson (Thermopolis Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:19), 7th Place Match - Blaze Stout (Stanley Wrestling Club) won by fall over Erik Polson (Thermopolis Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:57)

Boys Bantam 55 - Nash Bowker, 8th, 1 points. Champ. Round 1 - Bowker won by tech fall, 17-1, over Taryck Nelsen (Coyote Wrestling Club), Champ. Round 2 - Tayshaun Jacobs (Cobbler Kids) won by decision, 10-5, over Bowker, Cons. Round 2 - Bowker won by decision, 6-0, over Knox Hartwig (Riptide Wrestling), Cons. Round 3 - Bowker won by major decision, 12-4, over Cooper Caster (Newcastle Fall Guys), Cons. Round 4 - Bowker won by decision, 9-7, over Barrett Reeder (Project Wrestling Club), Cons. Round 5 - Otto Rivinius (Lemmon/McIntosh) won by decision, 12-10, over Bowker, 7th Place Match - Grayson Goodvin (Sheridan Wrestling Club) won by fall, 3:58, over Bowker

Girls Midget 73 - Hayden Robinson, 1st, 16 points. Quarterfinal - Robinson won by fall, 1:29, over Emily Kirkman (Heights Wrestling Club), Semifinal - Robinson won by fall, 2:13, over Ivy Sandness (MATPAC Wrestling - ND), 1st Place Match - Robinson won by major decision, 13-0, over Quinn Cisneros (Gladiator Wrestling Academy)

Boys Midget 60 - Gabriel Ryan, 3rd, 9 points. Champ. Round 1 - Kevin Olson (Killdeer Cowboys) won by fall, 0:56, over Ryan, Cons. Round 2 - Ryan won by fall, 0:57, over Wyatt Jones (Northeast MT Wrestling), Cons. Round 3 - Ryan won by fall, 2:17, over Cooper Tabbert (Billings Wrestling Club), Cons. Round 4 - Ryan won by tech fall, 15-0, over Taggart Anderberg (Mobridge AAU Wrestling), Cons. Round 5 - Ryan won by fall, 2:43, over Jack Kirkman (Heights Wrestling Club), Cons. Semi - Ryan won by fall, 1:28, over Christopher LeBlanc (Powell Wrestling Club), 3rd Place Match - Ryan won by fall, 0:50, over Leif Dahlstrom (Oakes), 2nd Place Match - Kevin Olson (Killdeer Cowboys) won by no contest over Ryan

Girls Novice 82 - Hailey Robinson, 3rd. Round 1 - Ella Coomes (Madison) won by fall, 3:54, over Robinson, Round 2 - Cora Sorenson (Watford City Wolves) won by decision, 8-6, over Robinson

Boys Novice 75 - Hailey Robinson, 8th, 1 points. Champ. Round 2 - Brayden Rodgers (Eastside United) won by decision, 6-4, over Robinson, Cons. Round 3 - Robinson won by decision, 5-4, over Connor Riffel (Magic City Wrestling), Cons. Round 4 - Robinson won in sudden victory, 4-2, over Bentlee Aragon (American Outlaws Wrestling), Cons. Round 5 - Kase Knaff (Shepherd Wrestling Club) won by fall, 3:54, over Robinson, 7th Place Match - Rowdy Schrempp (Dupree Yout Wrestling) won by decision, 3-2, over Robinson

Girls Schoolgirls 100 - Isabella Hetzel, 2nd, 12 points. Quarterfinal - Hetzel, won by fall, 3:31,over Averie Brehm (Westside Raider Wrestling Club), Semifinal - Sadie Schomp (Bennett County Youth Wrestling) won by fall, 4:28, over Hetzel, Cons. Semi - Hetzel won by fall, 3:54, over Taylor Freeman (Lander Tigers), 3rd Place Match - Hetzel won by fall, 2:12, over Averie Brehm (Westside Raider Wrestling Club), 2nd Place Match - Hetzel won by fall, 2:50, over Kaia Hunter (Bennett County Youth Wrestling)

Others participating were Tytus Bowker and Aksel Polson.