WAHPETON, ND. (NewsDakota.com) – To say it as Valley City’s day at the East Region Individual Wrestling Tournament on Saturday in Wahpeton, would be an understatement.

The Hi-Liners brought 17 wrestlers to the regional, 16 of those wrestlers qualified for the state tournament. More numbers, six reached the finals, five individual champs. The biggest number was 243.5 team points to take first as a team. It is the first time in school history the Hi-Liners won the team portion of the individual tournament. Head coach Aaron Larson says they knew if that was going to be accomplished, some wrestlers would have to come through.

Of the 16 wrestlers, five wrestled above their seeds. Koltyn Grebel was seeded sixth at 106 and finished fourth, Bennett Rogelstad was seeded second at 120 and finished first, Austin Rogelstad was seeded fifth at 126 and finished fourth, Jonah Schuldheisz was seeded third at 195 and took first, and Carson McGough was seeded fifth at 220 and finished fourth. Like the regular season it came down to Devils Lake and Valley City vying for that top spot. Coach Larson says that was expected and it was a tussle.

Along with Bennett Rogelstad and Schuldheisz, the other champions were Koye Grebel at 106, Ethan Miller at 113, and Parker Larson at 160. For Larson it was his fifth EDC championship in six appearances in the finals.

The other state qualifiers are Isaiah Schuldheisz at 126, Espen Kunze at 132, Evan Mielke at 138, Tyson Hovland at 145, Ezra Hanse at 152, Broden Muske at 170, Jonathan Redfearn at 182, and Austin Hearlson at 285. Now you can add Alex Rogelstad to that list. He will be in the state tournament due to the injury to Connor Manske. Manske of West Fargo, was injured in the championship match against Ethan Miller. Rogelstad will

The day ended with two more accolades for the Hi-Liners. Parker Larson was named Outstanding Senior Athlete for the East Region. And dad Aaron was Named East Region Coach of the year.

Now it’s on to the state tournament. The Hi-Liners open the state dual tournament with a match up with Jamestown on Thursday at 1:30 at the Fargodome. The individual state tournament starts at 11am on Thursday at the Fargodome.

All of Valley City’s dual matches will be broadcasted live on 1490AM/96.3FM KOVC and newsdakota.com