By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Tayden Soma placed seventh and was the lone Bulldog to place in the top eight at the 20-team Army National Guard Prowler Invite over the weekend at Thief River Falls.

Just three wrestlers competed in the tournament with Soma dropping a pair of matches in the opening two rounds of the tournament before picking up a pin over Domanick Thompson of Fosston-Bagley by a pin at 5:21 to secure seventh place. 

As a team the Bulldogs finished in 20th place with five total points. Also competing for the Bulldogs was Xavier Lewis at 172 lbs. and Peter Newark who went 1-2 in the tournament at 127 lbs.

Army National Guard Prowler Invite

1 Bemidji 252.0

2 United North Central Warriors 146.0

3 Bertha-Hewitt- Verndale -Parkers Prairie 134.5

4 Thief River Falls 124.0

5 Grand Forks Central 111.5

6 Minnewaska Area 109.5

7 Fosston-Bagley 102.5

8 Fertile-Beltrami 62.0

9 Mahnomen-Waubun 58.0

10 Badger-GB-MR 55.5

11 Crookston 42.5

12 Hibbing 27.0

13 Blackduck-Cass Lake Bena Bears 25.5

14 All Saints Home School 19.5

15 Walker-Hack-Akeley-Nevis 19.0

16 Crosby-Ironton 14.0

17 Red River 11.5

18 Nash-Kee- Greenway 10.5

19 Roseau 8.0

20 OTC 5.0

127- Champ. Round 1 – Cesar Cruz Jr. (Grand Forks Central) 14-7 won by major decision over Peter Newark (OTC) 11-11 (MD 8-0); Cons. Round 1 – Peter Newark (OTC) 11-11 won by decision over Henry Geray (Mahnomen-Waubun) 4-12 (Dec 7-6); Cons. Round 2 – Aiden Holmberg (Blackduck-Cass Lake Bena Bears) 15-14 won by tech fall over Peter Newark (OTC) 11-11 (TF-1.5 4:46 (18-3))

145- 7th place- Champ. Round 1 – Tayden Soma (OTC) 11-8 received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal – Emmitt Isane (Badger-GB-MR) 17-14 won by decision over Tayden Soma (OTC) 11-8 (Dec 7-3); Cons. Round 2 – Tayden Soma (OTC) 11-8 received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 3 – Caden Everson (Grand Forks Central) 7-12 won by fall over Tayden Soma (OTC) 11-8 (Fall 4:28); 7th Place Match – Tayden Soma (OTC) 11-8 won by fall over Domanick Thompson (Fosston-Bagley) 12-11 (Fall 5:21)

172- Champ. Round 1 – Cooper Hasbargen (United North Central Warriors) 10-4 won by fall over Xavier Lewis (OTC) 4-4 (Fall 1:41); Cons. Round 1 – Lucky Benz (Hibbing) 11-17 won by fall over Xavier Lewis (OTC) 4-4 (Fall 1:24)