GSL youth grapplers compete in district qualifier
Over 200 youth wrestlers from kindergarten through eighth-grade hit the mat for the Glencoe-Silver Lake/ Lester Prairie Youth Wrestling Tournament at Lester Prairie High School on Saturday, March 12.
The competition was a district qualifier for the Northland Youth Wrestling Association’s Region 3 Tournament, scheduled to be held at Lakeville North High School on Saturday, March 19.
Three other district qualifiers took place the weekend before, with some GSL/LP wrestlers also qualifying for the region meet at those.
Among those from either GSL or Lester Prairie earning top-four placements in their respective grade classifications were:
Kindergarten – Dreyden Voigt, second; Cade Heimerl, second; Zach Dye, fourth.
First grade – Clayton Hoof, third; Xander Plath, third; Gabriel Shimanski, first; Jordan Rehmann, second; Kaison Walstrom, fourth.
For more on this story, see the March 16 issue of the Chronicle.