
The Midgets also have five wrestlers, which are still alive scoring points in the tournament. We all felt pretty good and we all wrestle really well.” “The guys looked pretty tough.”Ĭherwinski added: “After having last week off, we were all just excited to come out and wrestle. “Winning that dual was really a confidence booster coming in the tournament,” said Hutzenbiler, who is ranked No. Hutzenbiler and Cherwinski said the team came out and performed extremely well. The lowest place the seven semifinalists can finish is in sixth. The five other Dickinson wrestler which qualified for the semifinals are Austin Hutzenbiler (113), Devin Berger (132), Michael Cherwinski (145), Clayton Tangen (152) and Justin Meyer (182). It’s pretty much going to be like the wrestling room, because we wrestle against each other every day in practice.” “If we were on the other side of the bracket and it was in the finals, it would be better. “It’s not the greatest feeling that we have to wrestle against each other,” Lee said of the semifinal match. The sophomore has scored 14 team points receiving a first-round bye and pinning Williston’s Roy Isom in two minutes. Haugen’s match in the semifinals is against Dickinson’s Jaret Lee. The freshman is wrestling unattached and has wins over Brandon Blumhagen of Custer County (Mont.) and Trey Sokoloski of Dawson County (Mont.). Though the Midgets have seven wrestlers headed to the semifinals, only one can’t score team points -Caden Haugen at 120 pounds. “We got a bunch in the semis and a lot of kids that have a good chance to come back in the wrestlebacks. “They definitely started out well today,” Orton said. The big reason is the Midgets have seven wrestlers in the semifinals and are sitting at the top of the standings with 115 points.ĭickinson head coach Adam Orton said the team transferred its energy from the West Region dual win against Williston on Thursday to the first day of the Dickinson Classic on Friday. After the first day of the Dickinson Classic, the Dickinson High wrestling team doesn’t have many complaints.
