Mayville, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)—-The Carrington wrestling team entered the Region 2 dual tournament as the number 4 seed and finished the day with a ticket to the state dual tournament with a runner-up finish to the Central Cass Squirrels. The Squirrels defeated the Cardinals 42-36 in the title match. Central Cass (CC) was the three seed coming into the tournament. Carrington knocked off top seeded Pembina County North (PCN) in the semifinals 42-27 and CC defeated number 2 seed Harvey-Wells County (HWC) 48-24 in the other semifinal. PCN defeated HWC 57-22 in the third place match and were unable to challenge for second place as they were defeated by the second place Cardinals earlier. Carrington started the day with a convincing 67-12 victory over fifth seeded Hillsboro-Central Valley (HCV).
Quarterfinals
PCN 24 Larimore 10
CC 42 Grafton 30
HWC 69 Mayport-C-G 12
Carrington 67 HCV 12
Semifinals
Carrington 42 PCN 27
CC 48 HWC 24
3rd Place
PCN 57 HWC 22
Championship
CC 42 Carrington 36
138–Brecken Lura (C) Fall 1:18 over Jaden Johnson (CC)
145–Jake Deutsch (CC) won by forfeit
152–Kael Kovar (C) Fall 1:17 over Jaylen Baumgartner (CC)
160–Logan Weninger (C) Won 9-3 Decision over Marcus Biffert (CC)
170–Stone Thornton (CC) Fall 2:52 over Jonathon Lura (C)
182–Michael Clifton (C) Fall 3:13 over Anthony Houle (CC)
195–Garrett Haugen (CC) Fall 4:56 over Callen Garber (C)
220–Ryan Stafford (CC) won by forfeit
285–Dylan Sell (CC) Fall :19 over Gabe Richter (C)
106–Dru Carr (C) Fall 1:53 over Drew Urbach (CC)
113–Trace Hoggarth (C) Won 8-2 decision over Brady Peterson (CC)
120–Josiah Crandall (CC) Won by forfeit
126–Grady Link (CC) Fall 4:48 over Nic Garber
132–Matthew Duchscherer (C) Won by forfeit
Carrington and Central Cass qualified for the state dual tournament in Fargo in 2 weeks. The Region 2 individual championships will be next Saturday in Walhalla starting at 10:00 A.M. and all Cardinal action will be aired on AM 1600 KDAK (THE CARDINAL), FM 100.1, and www.newsdakota.com