Witt finishes eighth at section meet

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Kayetana Lopez-Moen placed first and Alyssa Witt placed second at a recent girls wrestling tournament in New York Mills.

By Chad Koenen

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Kayetana Lopez-Moen placed fifth and Alyssa Witt took eighth place at the girls Section 6-7 wrestling tournament on Saturday. This is the second year the Minnesota State High School League hosted a girls wrestling tournament as Lopez-Moen once again placed fifth in the section.

Lopez-Moen, who finished the season with a record of 15-16, received a bye in the first round, before falling to Jayse Norling of Spectrum by an 11-3 major decision in the quarterfinals. She received a bye in the wrestlebacks and defeated Emma Platt of Hibbing by a fall in the consolation bracket to advance to the consolation semi-finals. She would go on to fall to Lucea Wales of West Central Area by a 10-4 decision to rop into the fifth place match.

In the fifth place match the Henning eighth grader pinned Olivia Gardas of Zimmerman to finish in fifth place at 120 lbs. 

Witt, a freshman, placed eighth at 126 lbs. after falling to Alexa Anderson of Milaca-Faith Christian in the quarterfinals and Bridget Bankers of Mora in the third round of the consolation bracket. Witt finished her season with a record of 7-21. 

120- 5th place- Champ. Round 1 – Kayetana Lopez-Moen (OTC) 15-16 received a bye () (Bye), Quarterfinal – Jayse Norling (Spectrum) 15-23 won by major decision over Kayetana Lopez-Moen (OTC) 15-16 (MD 11-3) Cons. Round 2 – Kayetana Lopez-Moen (OTC) 15-16 received a bye () (Bye), Cons. Round 3 – Kayetana Lopez-Moen (OTC) 15-16 won by fall over Emma Platt (Hibbing) 8-8 (Fall 2:42), Cons. Semi – Lucea Wales (West Central Area-Ashby-Brandon-Evansville) 12-4 won by decision over Kayetana Lopez-Moen (OTC) 15-16 (Dec 10-4), 5th Place Match – Kayetana Lopez-Moen (OTC) 15-16 won by fall over Olivia Gardas (Zimmerman) 12-16 (Fall 2:30)

126- 8th place- Champ. Round 1 – Alyssa Witt (OTC) 7-21 received a bye () (Bye), Quarterfinal – Alexa Anderson (Milaca-Faith Christian) 6-5 won by fall over Alyssa Witt (OTC) 7-21 (Fall 1:20), Cons. Round 2 – Alyssa Witt (OTC) 7-21 received a bye () (Bye), Cons. Round 3 – Bridget Bankers (Mora) 8-11 won by fall over Alyssa Witt (OTC) 7-21 (Fall 0:59)