Lady Wresters In East Region Tourney
The Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter girls’ wrestling team needed to place in the top four in the East Region Tournament in order to qualify for the State Class B Wrestling Tournament in Fargo.
In action on Saturday in Grand Forks NGS head coach Chris Weigel and his team faced three tough opponents as they lost to Fargo 24-51 in quarterfinal action. In consolation action the Imperials had a bout with Pembina County North who topped the Imperials 30-48 and then the match for seventh and eighth place, NGS lost to Carrington 30-46.
On the day at the region tournament the only Imperial wrestler to go unbeaten was senior Alexis Schneider.
The top four teams advancing to the state tournament Feb. 20 at the Fargodome: 1) Central Case, 2) Grand Forks, 3) Lisbon and 4) South Border. The other teams placing on the day were: 5) Fargo, 6) Pembina County, 7) Carrington and 8) Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter.
The Region Individual tournament will be Friday at Central Cass.
Below are individual NGS results. . .