The shorthanded Crookston Pirate Wrestling team finished sixth out of seven teams at the Northwest Invitational Wrestling tournament held at the Fertile-Beltrami School gymnasium in Fertile. The tournament was won by Thief River Falls with 167.5 points, 33 points better than runner-up United Clay Becker.
Crookston had one champion with Zach Brown receiving a first round bye before he won his semifinal match by a pin and won a thrilling 6-4 sudden victory (OT) championship match.
Runners-up for the Pirates were Ethan Bowman at 106 pounds, Cameron Weiland at 132 and Damian Hodgson at 182 pounds. The team scores, Pirate individual results and pictures are all below.
Team Scores –
1. Thief River Falls – 167.5
2. United Clay Becker – 134.5
3. Fertile-Beltrami – 121
4. Roseau – 117.5
5. Pelican Rapids – 97
6. Crookston – 96
7. Red Lake County Central – 79
| Crookston | Opponents/Result | Place | |
| 106 | Ethan Bowman |
Beat Oakley Carlson (PR) 10-1 Beat Jackson Mikkelsen (UCB) pin :22 Lost to Daunte Yost (FB) 6-4 OT |
2nd |
| 113 | Zach Brown |
Bye Beat Zack Cole (UCB) pin :53 Beat Griffin Lundeen (TRF) 6-4 OT |
1st |
| 120 | Nolan Dans |
Beat Tucker Bolstad (FB) pin 1:08 Lost to Cody Wienen (TRF) pin 1:06 Beat Wesley Ramberg (FB) 12-1 Lost to Tommy Thach (PR) 10-7 |
4th |
| 126 | Andrew Macgregor |
Lost to Cody Sele (TRF) pin 3:11 Bye Lost to Carter Johnson (PR) pin 4:13 Beat Oscar Duden (RLCC) pin :56 |
3rd |
| 132 | Cameron Weiland |
Beat Tyler Stuhaug (FB) pin 1:22 Bye Lost to Cade Lundeen (TRF) pin 1:29 |
2nd |
| 138 | Hunter Knutson |
Lost to Sandeen O’Connell (UCB) pin 5:25 Bye Lost to Damon Ferguson (RLCC) pin 4:39 Lost to Xavier Strehlow (Unat) 4-2 |
6th |
| 145 | OPEN | ||
| 152 | OPEN | ||
| 160 | Cade Deleon |
Lost to Jacob Schlic (Unat) pin 5:28 Bye Lost to Tanner Weyer (UCB) pin 2:41 Lost to Micah Tollefson (FB) 13-4 |
6th |
| 170 | OPEN | ||
| 182 | Damian Hodgson | Beat Harmon Liebl (FB) pin 1:38 Beat Kevin Jensen (TRF) pin :29 Lost to Dale Grindahl (Ros) pin 3:49 |
2nd |
| 195 | OPEN | ||
| 220 | Blake Fee |
Lost to Jacob Willits (PR) pin 5:53 Beat Kyle Bliss (Ros) pin :26 Lost to Mason Iverson (TRF) pin :13 |
3rd |
| 285 | OPEN |
