A pair of Martin County wrestlers won their weight class, and the Red Bulls were fourth in the team standings at the six-team Cougar Invitational wrestling tournament at Mankato East High School Saturday.
Class 2A eighth-ranked Pierce Rohman won the 121-pound title, while No. 6 Torrey Paplow was first at 133.
Rohman, a freshman, won all three of his matches by technical fall in the round-robin format tourney. He’s now 31-1.
A sophomore, Paplow won by major decision, tech fall and fall to improve his record to 28-1.
Other wrestlers for Martin County with their name, place Saturday and season record.
139: Evan Welcome, 4th, 4-15.
145: Maddex Faber, 2nd, 17-8.
152: Berent Kosbab, 3rd, 25-8.
172: Taylor Austin, 2nd, 20-6.
215: Ivan Martin, 6th, 4-19.
285: Colby Schwichtenberg, 3rd, 15-14.
285: Mathew Martin, 4th, 10-4.
The Red Bulls will host Madelia/Truman, Tri-City United and Windom/Mountain Lake Thursday in Sherburn and then compete in the Big South Conference tournament Friday in Jackson.
COUGAR INVITATIONAL
Team standings
1. Mankato East 136.5, 2. Mankato West 132, 3. Minnetonka 112, 4. Martin County 108, 5. Hopkins 69.5, 6. Cretin-Derham Hall 38.
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, W 52-21
Sat., Jan. 27: at Mankato East Invitational, 4th of 6
Thurs., Feb. 1: Madelia/Truman, TCU, Windom/Mountain Lake (Sherburn), 5 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: at Big South Conference, Jackson