The Pirates were without a number of seniors for Saturday's Northwest Tournament in Fertile but despite missing three of its top wrestlers and two open weights, they still finished third out of ten teams.
Anthony Caputo was the lone Crookston wrestler to take first in his weight class. Four others finished as runners up, while Blake Bergeron finished third. In all, eight of the 12 Pirate wrestler placed.
Crookston will now host the regular season finale Thursday against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton and Roseau Thursday at 6 and 7:30 p.m., respectively.
1. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River (BGMR) - 211
2. Thief River Falls (TRF) - 143.5
3. PIRATES - 126
4. Roseau (ROS) - 118
5. Mahnomen-Waubun (MW) - 113
6. Park Rapids (PR) - 101
7. Melrose (MEL) - 59.5
8. Fertile-Beltrami (FB) - 54
9. Red Lake County Central (RLCC) - 52
10. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo (WAO) - 20
103 lbs Cody Weiland 2nd
- Darious Sikorski (ROS) - W, pin :20
- Ben BaumGartner (PR) - W, 8-2
- Isaac Novacek (BGMR) - L, pin 2:41
112 lbs Nate Merten 2nd
- Bye
- Steven Henderson (FB) - W, 5-1
- Jacoby Bergeron (BGMR) - L, TF 23-8
119 lbs Wyatt Hanson 2nd
- Ben Welin (WAO) - W, pin 1:25
- Jarek Ludwick (ROS) - W, pin 3:16
- Sam Twistol (TRF) - L, 16-5
125 lbs Cody Erickson DNP
- Chaz Abrahamson (TRF) - L, pin 3:23
- Skylar Price (BGMR) - L, pin 1:09
130 lbs Open
135 lbs Alex Dillabough 5th
- Kyle LeDuc (TRF) - L, pin 1:13
- Bye
- Diego Hernandez (MEL) - L, pin 1:20
- Bye
140 lbs Blake Bergeron 3rd
- Bye
- Tanner Sovde (BGMR) - L, 10-5
- August Short (MW) - W, 11-2
- Braden Kruger (ROS) - W, pin 3:41
145 lbs Anthony Caputo 1st
- Bye
- Hunter Lindberg (FB) - W, pin 1:38
- John Krueger (ROS) - W, 8-6
152 lbs Blake Erickson DNP
- Forrest Drury (PR) - L, 10-2
- Tyler Crabtree (ROS) - L, pin 3:57
160 lbs Cody Oslund DNP
- Logan Alten (TRF) - L, 5-1
- John Westman (BGMR) - L, 6-3
171 lbs Josh Edlund 4th
- Craig Williams (TRF) - L, pin 4:58
- Keith Warren (MW) - W, pin :56
- Timm Ingle (BGMR) - W, 9-1
- Travis Larson (RLCC) - L, 8-1
189 lbs Justin Altepeter DNP
- Tyler Johnson (RLCC) - L, pin 5:14
- Keaton Laymon (WAO) - L, pin 3:29
215 lbs Brody Davidson 2nd
- Ben Kucera (TRF) - W, pin :20
- Colton Brown (Melrose) - W, pin 4:14
- Cole Christianson (BGMR) - L, 11-5
285 lbs Open
