LAMOURE, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Needing to finish in the top 4 of a weight class to reach the State Tournament, the Oakes Tornadoes created nine state tournament births at the Region 1 Tournament in LaMoure on Saturday.
As a team, Oakes placed 3rd behind Lisbon and South Border for the second consecutive weekend and had one individual Region champion. Senior Logan Sell was the Tornadoes lone champion at 182, and Jacob Hankel had the next best finish placing 2nd at 285.
Here are the complete results from the Region 1 Tournament (State qualifiers indicated by bold lettering):
106-Cody Meehl (26-16) placed 3rd
113-Jaron Awender (12-12) placed 3rd
120-Jacob Kadoun (18-19) placed 5th
126-Blaine Wald (12-20) placed 4th
132-Brogan Roney (8-11) placed 6th
138-Brackin Awender (15-5) placed 3rd
145-John German (13-17) placed 5th
152-Landon Ptacek (3-20) placed 6th
160-Ryan Hermes (8-18) did not place
170-Marc Seyer (27-17) placed 3rd
182-Logan Sell (12-1) REGION CHAMPION
195-Gabe Quandt (26-18) placed 3rd
220-Hunter Greenmyer (28-17) placed 4th
285-Jacob Hankel (33-8) placed 2nd
The Class B State Wrestling Tournament kicks off Thursday morning from FargoDome.