CANBY -- Three Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove wrestlers, two from Windom/Mountain Lake, and one each from Adrian/Ellsworth and Jackson County Central earned championships Saturday at the Section 3A individual tournament in Canby.
T-M-B/W-WG’s Ayden Horner at 120 pounds, Jace Paplow at 170, and Trevor Eisfeld at 182 will enter the Minnesota state tournament as section titleists. So will Windom/Mountain Lake’s Kade Sammons at 132 and Brett Willaby at 138. Brayan Anaya of Adrian/Ellsworth earned a first at 106 pounds, and Payton Handevidt of JCC won the 145-pound weight class.
The top two wrestlers in every class qualify for state.
Here are the results of the championships, with true seconds when applicable:
106: Brayan Anaya, AE, won by 17-6 major decision over Lane Fink, Canby.
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113: Eric Carrasco, Minneota, decisioned Logan Butzon, JCC, 7-1. True second: Butzon decisioned Lincoln Fink, Canby, 7-6.
120: Ayden Horner, TMB/WWG, won by major decision over Owen Bertram, Springfield, 12-7.
126: Zack Fier, Minneota, decisioned Levi Ellingson, TMB/WWG, 3-1. True second: Ellingson decisioned Wyatt Westcott, St. James Area, 8-1.
132: Kade Sammons, W/ML, decisioned Kade Lozinski, Minneota, 8-4.
138: Brett Willaby, W/ML, decisioned Jonah Gruenes, Minneota, 1-0.
145: Payton Handevidt, JCC, decisioned Blake Reiss, Minneota, 4-2.
152: Tallin Johnson, St. James Area, decisioned Ethan Hendrickson, JCC, 6-0.
160: Kalib Greenman, Canby, decisioned Eric Lange, Pipestone Area, 7-5. True second: Sawyer Schwartz, TMB/WWG, decisioned Lange 9-6.
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170: Jace Paplow, TMB/WWG, pinned Kadin Johnson, Springfield, in 1:22.
182: Trevor Eisfeld, TMB/WWG, decisioned Lance Wagner, Wabasso/Red Rock Central, 7-4.
195: Josh Steffen, Canby, decisioned Derek Werner, Wabasso/Red Rock Central, 3-1. True second: Werner pinned Eathan Martinez, TMB/WWG, in 0:57.
220: Shane Noyes, Canby, pinned Mason Rummel, Springfield, in 5:42.
285: Denver Noyes, Canby, decisioned Scot Edwards, Adrian/Ellsworth, 8-5.