Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Elementary Program Successful at NYWA Tournaments

The Goodhue Wrestling Elementary Program is enjoying a strong a post-season in the NYWA league.

On March 17th, the Goodhue Elementary Wrestling Team placed 3rd  out of 14 teams to advance to the the state tournament at the Mayo Civic Center the weekend of 3/31/12.  They beat Faribault, GMLOK, Hayfield, and ZM. Their only loss of the day was to KM.  They will wrestle their first match at 3:30 on Saturday 3/31. Go Wildcats!!!

 This past weekend, 10 Goodhue wrestlers qualified for the NYWA State Tournament. The following is a list of the region place-winners who are going on to the state tournament:

4th: Carter Danielson, Ryan Schoenfelder, Kaleb O'Reilly
3rd: Max Loos, Brady Bork, Kelby O'Reilly
2nd: Casey Ryan, Mason Huemann
1st: Mariano Bigalk, J.J. Bean

Here is a link to the NYWA Region 1 Individual Brackets.
For more information and details on the upcoming state tournament and past results, go to: http://www.nywa-mn.com/

For more background on the NWYA organization, see this recent Rochester Post-Bulletin article.

Good luck to the team and individuals wrestling at the NYWA State Tournament this coming Saturday and Sunday (3/31 and 4/1) at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN!