By Assistant Coach Oran Sorenson
After an early morning rise, common for all wrestling families, followed by 5:00 am weigh-ins at school, our local team boarded a Garretson bus for the long trip to Webster for the seventeen team Bearcat Invitational. Using three mats for the first time, wrestling started at 9:30 am and wrapped up just after 4:00. During those six- and one-half hours our twelve Blue Dragons wrestled forty-two times with ten grapplers earning team points placing four with three more losing heartbreakers in what is commonly known as the “blood round.” During the day we eventually rose to sixth place but were passed by Britton-Hecla late in the day causing us to finish seventh by a single point. The top four places went to highly ranked teams from Clark/Willow Lake, Groton Area, Miller, and Sisseton in that order. Deuel County finished fifth just ahead of Britton/Hecla and the Blue Dragons.
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