REDWOOD FALLS – Martin County finished in fourth place in a field of 34 teams at the Redwood Riot wrestling tournament hosted by Redwood Valley Friday and Saturday.
Class 1A sixth-ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City won the team title with 162.5 points, unranked United was second (144.5), Class 2A No. 8 Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield was third (138.5) and the Class 2A No. 7 Red Bulls were fourth (121).
Martin County entered only 10 wrestlers in the tournament, with five placing in the top six including three finalists.
The Red Bulls had one champion, Jesse Potts at 132 pounds. Potts, rated ninth at 132 in Class 2A, won four matches by fall before winning a 7-0 decision over Class 1A 132 No. 2 Boden Simon of Maple River/United South Central.
Finishing second for MC were Kain Sanders (145) and Max Olson (220).
Martin County is idle from competition until host a triangular with Fulda/Murray County Central and Worthington on Friday, Jan. 7 in Sherburn.
Martin County place winners
120 - Rylan Cutler, 6th.
132 - Jesse Potts, 1st.
145 - Kain Sanders, 2nd.
160 - Carver Rohman, 4th.
220 - Max Olson, 2nd.
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Team standings
1. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 162.5, 2. United 144.5, 3. Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield 138.5, 4. Martin County 121, 5. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut-Grove 115.5, 6. Sibley East 112, 7. MAHACA 107.5, 8. Holdingford 106, 9. St. Peter 104.5, 10. Maple River/United South Central 104.
11. Marshall 98.5, 12. Rocori 95, 13. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 91, 14. Sartell-Saint Stephen 89.5, 15. Blue Earth Area 80.5, 16. New Ulm Area 79, 17. Worthington 71, 18. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva 62, 19. New London-Spicer 60, 20. Sauk Rapids-Rice 58.
21. Canby 55, 22. Maple Grove 52.5, 23. Redwood Valley 42.5, 23. Windom/Mountain Lake 42.5, 25. Mankato West 40.5, 26. Red Rock Central 32, 27. BOLD 29.5, 28. Adrian 25, 29. Wabasso 16.5, 30. Fulda/Murray County Central 14.
31. Luverne 10, 32. Saint James Area 6, 33. LeSueur-Henderson 4, 34. Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther 0.