Hoggarth Captures 126 Title, Cardinals Finish 7TH At Velva 2022 Wrestling Tournament

Posted By: Kyle Hewitt
December 4, 2022 @ 4:25 pm
Sports

Velva, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)——After two long days of wrestling, the Carrington wrestling team finished up in seventh place at the 2022 Velva Varsity Invitational Tournament. Senior Trace Hoggarth finished a perfect 5-0 with four wins coming by pins to capture the 126 pound title. Hoggarth is the lone returning state champion for the Cardinals this season. Hoggarth won the 113 pound title last February at the Fargodome. Senior Kael Kovar came up just a bit short in the 160 pound title match, losing a 1-0 decision to Larimore’s Colter Thorsell at 160 pounds. Kovar wrestled extremely well in the final against one of the top 160 pounders in the state and will likely see him a few more times this season including the regional tournament.

Overall, the young Cardinal wrestlers had some very good finishers including Nic Garber at 132 pounds. Garber, an eighth grader, finished 6-1 overall and a third place finish. Skye Kramlich, also an eighth grader, took home third place with a 5-2 overall record. Kramlich pinned Cutter Ouradnik in the third place match and lost to Ouradnik the night before in the round robin format.

Sophomore Corbin Clifton finished in fourth place overall in the tough 138 pound weight class with a 4-3 overall record including 2 losses to William Cook of Kenmare.

Other varsity wrestlers and placing at 113 Kolby Zink, freshman, 11th place.

Dru Carr, sophomore, 5th at 120 and Gabe Clifton, eighth grader, 9th at 120.

Freshman Vinnie Ruppell (16th) and Anthony Broadwell (12th) at 132 pounds.

Maxim Ciubotareanu, sophomore, sixth place at 182 pounds and Callen Garber (sophomore), 10th place at 220.

The Cardinals finished with a total of 223 team points for the seventh place finish.

Northern Lights won the tournament with 294 points.

A total of 17 teams competed in the 2 day event with Bishop Ryan finishing as the runner-up with 269 points. Host team Velva was third (250), Harvey-WC (240), fourth, Kenmare (237), fifth, and Bowman County-Beach (229), sixth place.

The Cardinals will be home next Friday and Saturday for the 2022 Al Larson Invitational tournament with a 4:00 P.M dual with the Grizzlies of Pembina County North. Coverage of all Cardinal wrestling will be aired on AM 1600 KDAK (THE CARDINAL), FM 100.1, and www.newsdakota.com starting at 3:45 next Friday.