Garretson Youth Wrestling-Black Hills Nationals

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story submitted by Stacy Albers-Christensen

            The 20th Annual Black Hills National AAU World Folkstyle Wrestling Championship was held March 29-30 in Spearfish, SD.  This tournament hosts wrestlers from ages 6U to 50+ from over 17 states nationwide.  With an average of over 600 wrestlers, this year exceeded expectations with over 1500 wrestlers participating. 

            Five young grapplers from the Garretson Youth Wrestling program competed in this tournament.  Those five included Jack Frerk, Logan Bekaert, Landon Bekaert, Mitchell Christensen, and Miles Christensen.

            These five kids represented the Garretson Youth Wrestling program with remarkable results earning 44th place out of 240 teams!

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