STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The Wagner Red Raiders had five wrestlers compete at the state wrestling tournament this year. The state tournament was held in Rapid City February 25th through the 27th at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The wrestlers included Karstyn Lhotak, Jhett Breen, Bradyn Lhotak, Riley Roberts and Nolan Dvorak. We returned home with four place winners, Jhett Breen (2nd), Bradyn Lhotak (3rd), Riley Roberts (8th), Nolan Dvorak (8th), capturing a 13th place finish as a team. Our senior, Bradyn Lhotak, wrestled an excellent tournament, ending his career with a well-deserved 3rd place finish. Bradyn battled back from a tough loss in the quarterfinal bout and later avenged that loss in the third and fourth place match-up against Lucas Huser (EPJ). Bradyn has been an excellent leader for this team and will be greatly missed. There is no doubt Bradyn will continue to do great things because of his strong work ethic and drive. We wish the best of luck to Bradyn in his future endeavors. Jhett Breen wrestled a flawless state tournament, unfortunately, he ended his season after his semi-final match where he dislocated his elbow in the final seconds of the match, leaving him unable to compete in his final match. Karstyn Lhotak wrestled a very tough tournament beating his first-round opponent, Gavin Braun, in a close match. Karstyn’s record against Braun is 3-2 with each match being within a couple points. Karstyn came up just one match short from placing. Riley Roberts exceeded expectations, entering the tournament unseeded and finishing in 8th place. Riley has been fun to watch as he has shown huge improvements from the beginning of the year to the end. Nolan Dvorak is another wrestler that wrestled above his seed. Nolan was seeded tenth coming into the tournament and due to some hard fought performances he ended up on the podium with 8th place. Overall, the Wagner wrestlers had a great season and look forward to many more.