JAMESTOWN, ND. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown wrestling team placed in state for the second year in a row as the Blue Jays finish in third with a victory over Bismarck Century to end the day.
Jamestown started the day by taking down Devils Lake in the opening round of the dual meet 61-18. In match two, Jamestown fell 54-15 to the eventual champions Bismarck High, before taking down Century to end the day.
The Blue Jays were led at 160 by Colton Mewes who finished the day at a perfect 3-0, defeating the individual state champ Kaden Renner of Bismarck 5-1 via decision. Damien Krebs also had a perfect 3-0 day at 285 after defeating Jacob Burckhard of Century 3-2 by decision to end the day.
FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – From the time he lost a heartbreaking 3-2 decision in the state title match in 2020, Koye Grebel had one thing in mind, get back to the state title match and win. Mission accomplished on Friday. The sophomore defeated William Sprenger of Devils Lake by tech fall at 5:20 (20-4) to win the 106 pound weight class at the state wrestling tournament.
Grebel, now 28-0, was joined by seven teammates that placed at state, the second most in school history. Only last year’s ten was better. Grebel would defeated Ben DeForest 12-2 in the semifinals.
As a team, the Hi-Liners scored the highest point total in a state tournament in school history by scoring 198.5. Bismarck won another team title, their fourth in a row and seven in the last eight years, with 313.5. Bismarck Century was second with 210.