Six area grapplers reach Big Bear semis

CASS LAKE -- Six area wrestlers reached the semifinals of the Big Bear wrestling tournament at Cass Lake-Bena High School following Friday's first-round action.

Brainerd's Nate Rubin (125) and Kyle Dukowitz (145) advanced along with Staples-Motley's Cory Wilson (103) and Cory Detloff (215) and Wadena-Deer Creek's Shaun Beversluis (103), Ian Carlstrom (130) and Tim Richards (275).

Aitkin was in third place in the 32-team event and Brainerd was sixth after the first day.

Semifinal matchups

103 -- Cory Wilson (Staples-Motley) vs. Aaron Mireault (Fosston-Bagley); Shaun Beversluis (Wadena-Deer Creek) vs. Mark Erickson (Roseau)

112 -- Ryan Campbell (GMRB) vs. Andrew Peterson (Fertile-Beltrami); Kirby Anderson (Menahga-Sebeka) vs. Westby Hanson (Crookston)

119 -- Kirk Anderson (Barnesville) vs. Travis Ahlf (Menahga-Sebeka); Derek Bomstad (Hutchinson) vs. Jared Hotakainen (New York Mills)

125 -- Davey Kosen (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton) vs. Landon Peppel (Barnesville); Nate Rubin (Brainerd) vs. Nick Ward (Bemidji)

130 -- Alex Burle (Roseau) vs. Jacob Nohl (Morris Area-Hancock); Ian Carlstrom (Wadena-Deer Creek) vs. Jason Burg (New York Mills)

135 -- Chad Tappe (Detroit Lakes) vs. Beau Tweeten (Moorhead); Chris Black (Bemidji) vs. Trent Sovde (GMRB)

140 -- Zach Anderson (Thief River Falls) vs. Jake Schiller (Hutchinson); Joe Anderson (Bemidji) vs. Jeremy Thurman (Nashwalk-Keewatin)

145 -- Greg Skerik (Bemidji) vs. Brent Weller (New York Mills); Kyle Dukowitz (Brainerd) vs. Evan Houtori (Deer River)

152 -- Dan Laduc (Thief River Falls) vs. Mike Griffin (Detroit Lakes); Cody Salo (New York Mills) vs. D. Pleshe (Nashwalk-Keewatin)

160 -- Dale Gullickson (Deer River) vs. Mitch Przekwas (Roseau); Josh Hall (GMRB) vs. Jay Thoreson (Moorhead)

171 -- Kaleb Young (Blackduck-Cass Lake-Bena vs. Adam Lian (Thief River Falls); Justin Stanislawski (GMRB) vs. Dave Ringquist (Fergus Falls)

189 -- Travis Blummer (GMRB) vs. Brent Steinbrink (Crookston); Andy Price (Fergus Falls) vs. Dan Sorby (Bemidji)

215 -- Brent Eidenschink (Detroit Lakes) vs. Jordan Reese (Crookston); Peter Kern (GMRB) vs. Cory Detloff (Staples-Motley)

275 -- Chris Miller (Bemidji) vs. Jon Dosh (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton); Ethan Osterhoudt (Hibbing) vs. Tim Richards (Wadena-Deer Creek)

Team points

1. Bemidji 119, 2. Greenbush-Middle River-Badger 114, 3. Aitkin 93.5, 4. New York Mills 93, 5. Hutchinson 90, 6. Brainerd 89, 7. Detroit Lakes 84, 8. Fertile-Beltrami 78, 9. Thief River Falls 78, 10. Roseau 75

11. Wadena-Deer Creek 71, 12. Hibbing 68.5, 13. Crookston 66.5, 14. Fergus Falls 64.5, 15. Staples-Motley 61, 16. Barnesville 60.5, 17. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 58, 18. Moorhead 55, 19. Nashwalk-Keewatin 55, 20. Pequot Lakes-Pine River 48

21. Park Rapids 48, 22. Blackduck-Cass Lake-Bena 46, 23. Deer River 42.5, 24. Walker-Hackensack-Akely-Nevis 41, 25. Morris Area-Hancock 40, 26. Menahga-Sebeka 39, 27. Virginia 36, 28. West Central Area 36, 29. Fosston-Bagley 31.5, 30. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 28, 31. East Grand Forks 23, 32. Crosby-Ironton 20, 33. Red Lake County Central 20

Next meet -- Big Bear final rounds 11 a.m. Saturday.