Martin County entered seven wrestlers in the Wabasso Invitational Saturday, with four reaching the finals and one winning a title. The Red Bulls were sixth of 12 teams in the team standings.
Pierce Rohman, rated ninth at 121 pounds, bumped up to 127 and placed first.
He won two major decisions before winning 9-2 over Class 1A 127-pound No. 10 Kaysen Harms of Wabasso 9-2 in the finals. Rohman is now 27-1 on the season.
Maddex Faber was 2-1 and placed second at 145.
He won by a decision and a fall to reach the finals, where he lost 7-0 to Class 1A No. 3 Eli Kruse of St. Clair/Loyola. Faber now has a 13-7 record.
Berent Kosbab won by fall and decision to make it to the 152-pound finals, where he lost a 9-6 decision to Levi Miest of St. James Area. Kosbab is 24-6.
At 172, Taylor Austin won by a fall and then two decisions to reach the championship match, where he lost 9-8 to Class 2A No. 5 Sam Rock of Luverne. Austin is 16-5.
Also for Martin County, Colby Schwichtenberg (12-12) was third at 285, Hank Olson (7-12) fifth at 189 and Evan Welcome (4-12) did not place at 145.
The Red Bulls have a dual scheduled at Waseca on Tuesday.
WABASSO INVITATIONAL
Team standings
1. Saint James Area 164.5, 2. (tie) Benson, Tri-City United 142.5, 4. Saint Clair/Mankato Loyola 121.5, 5. Wabasso 119, 6. Martin County 116, 7. Luverne 114.5, 8. Blue Earth Area 72, 9. Redwood Valley 69, 10. Worthington 67, 11. Quad County 56, 12. Ortonville 37.
MARTIN COUNTY WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Sat., Dec. 2: at Dick Maher Invitational, Blue Earth, 1st of 7
Sat., Dec. 9: at JCC Invitational, 5th of 13
Sat., Dec. 16: at Redwood River Riot, Redwood Falls, 13th of 36
Tues., Dec. 19: JWP/WEM at St. James, L 41-27
Tues., Dec. 19: at St. James Area, L 42-28
Thurs., Dec. 21: at Blue Earth Area, W 58-15
Thurs., Jan. 4: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, L 47-22
Thurs., Jan. 4: LeSueur-Henderson, L 36-36
Fri., Jan. 5: Worthington at Fulda, W 41-31
Fri., Jan. 5: at Fulda/Murray County Central, L 51-18
Sat., Jan. 6: at Tri-City United Invitational, 1st of 6
Thurs., Jan. 11: at New Ulm, L 53-13
Thurs., Jan. 11: Redwood Valley at New Ulm, W 42-33
Thurs., Jan. 18: Marshall, L 53-15
Thurs., Jan. 18: St. Peter, L 51-17
Sat., Jan. 20: at Wabasso Invitational, 6th of 12
Tues., Jan. 23: at Waseca, 6 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 25: at conference tournament, Norwood Young America, 6 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 27: at Mankato East Invitational, 10 a.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: Madelia, TCU, Windom/Mountain Lake (Fairmont), 5 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: at Big South Conference, Jackson