TULSA – Five area wrestlers represented Minnesota in the Greco-Roman portion of the Junior National Duals Wednesday and Thursday.
Recent Jackson County Central graduate Kie Anderson wrestled for Minnesota Gold, which had a 6-1 record and placed second out of the 32 teams competing.
The others competed for Minnesota Silver, which was 19th. On that team from JCC were graduate Payton Handevidt, senior Logan Butzon and junior Nolan Ambrose along with Martin County West grad Kain Sanders.
Minnesota Gold won six straight on its way to the championship match, beating Kansas Red 68-2, Tennessee 48-17 and Washington 56-12 in its pool. In the Gold/Silver Bracket, Gold beat Florida 42-23, Wisconsin 39-26 and Oklahoma Red 45-21 before losing to Iowa 34-31 in the championship match.
Minnesota Silver went 4-4. In its pool, Silver lost to Wisconsin 50-16, beat North Carolina 64-2, lost on a tiebreaker to Kansas Blue after tying 34-34 and then lost to North Dakota Blue 37-31. In the Red/Blue Bracket, Minnesota Silver lost to Michigan Blue 39-28 before winning three straight, beating California Gold 42-21, Indiana 46-23 and Missouri 44-22.
Jackson County Central Coach Nate Hanson is coaching with the Minnesota contingement.
The freestyle tournament is being held Friday and Saturday.
Following are results for the area wrestlers.
Kie Anderson (1-1)
132 - Kie Anderson (Minnesota Gold) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
132 - Noah Creque (Tennessee) over Kie Anderson (Minnesota Gold) Fall 1:29
Nolan Ambrose (2-2)
132 - Nolan Ambrose (Minnesota Silver) over Kaden Allen (Kansas Blue) TF 12-3
126 - Kaden Chinavare (Michigan Blue) over Nolan Ambrose (Minnesota Silver) TF 10-0
126 - Nolan Ambrose (Minnesota Silver) over Griffin Ingalls (Indiana) TF 16-5
132 - Dru Azcona (Missouri) over Nolan Ambrose (Minnesota Silver) TF 9-0
Logan Butzon (1-2)
145 - Cael Kahle (Wisconsin) over Logan Butzon (Minnesota Silver) Dec 8-4
145 - Leandro (LJ) Araujo (North Dakota Blue) over Logan Butzon (Minnesota Silver) TF 8-0145 - Logan Butzon (Minnesota Silver) over Drew Willis (Indiana) TF 8-0
Kain Sanders (3-4)
152 - Brett Back (Wisconsin) over Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) TF 12-3
152 - Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) over Landen Lemaire (North Carolina) TF 9-0
152 - Xerarch Tungjaroenkul (Kansas Blue) over Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) Fall 1:35
152 - Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) over Travis Richardson (Michigan Blue) Fall 3:32
152 - Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) over Carson Howell (California Gold) TF 8-0
152 - Kevon Russell (Indiana) over Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) Dec 15-8
152 - Garrett Lyons (Missouri) over Kain Sanders (Minnesota Silver) TF 12-0
Payton Handevidt (4-2)
170 - Zachary Eliszewski (Wisconsin) over Payton Handevidt (Minnesota Silver) Fall 2:05
170 - Payton Handevidt (Minnesota Silver) over Kyle Jamerson (North Carolina) TF 8-0
170 - Payton Handevidt (Minnesota Silver) over Kaden Renner (North Dakota Blue) Dec 9-8
170 - Brayden Gautreau (Michigan Blue) over Payton Handevidt (Minnesota Silver) Dec 9-3
170 - Payton Handevidt (Minnesota Silver) over Lucas LeClerc (Indiana) TF 12-4
170 - Payton Handevidt (Minnesota Silver) over Gaven Bremenkamp (Missouri) Fall 0:37