Crookston only had four wrestlers compete in the varsity tournament, but three of the four placed, and Gavyn Hlucny finished second at 152 pounds. Crookston finished 10th out of 11 teams with 35.5 points, while Little Falls won the team title with 208 points, 59 points better than runner-up Thief River Falls.
Jose Arriaga at 145 pounds, Gavyn Hlucny at 152 pounds, Lucas Perala at 160 pounds, and Riley Helgeson at heavyweight.
Two Pirate girls competed in the Girls tournament and Priscilla Gonzalez and Masyn Arguelles won all three of their matches and won the championship.
145 POUNDS –
Jose Arriaga lost his first-round match to Emmitt Isane of BGMR by pin at 1:39. In the first round of wrestlebacks, Arriaga lost to Trey Zamarron of BOLD by pin at 1:52 and was elminated.
152 POUNDS-
Gavyn Hlucny beat Andrew Spanier of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa by a tech fall at 4:17 (16-1). In the semi-finals, Hlucny beat Elias Motta of Thief River Falls by pin at 3:08. In the championship, Hlucny lost to Brady Kiecker of BOLD 12-2 to finish second place.
160 POUNDS –
Lucas Perala lost the first-round match to Brett DeRoo of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa by pin at 49 seconds. Perala bounced back to beat Briggs Jenson of BGMR by a pin at 2:08. Lucas lost the next match to Landen Larson of Thief River Falls by a pin in 49 seconds, and Perala advanced to the fifth-place match. Perala lost the fifth-place match to. of Little FallsColby Twardowski 2:31 to finish sixth place.
HEAVYWEIGHT –
Riley Helgeson received a first-round bye to advance to the semi-finals. Riley lost a heart-breaker in the semis with a 4-1 overtime (sudden victory) loss to Preston Hinrichs of Morris Area. Helgeson moved to the consolation semi-finals and beat Joey Bruggeman of Thief River Falls by pin in 49 seconds. In the third-place match, Helgeson lost to Noah Jensen of Minnewaska Area by pin at 4:41 to finish fourth place.
GIRLS RESULTS –
Priscilla Gonzalez competed at 102-112 pounds. She beat Kaylee Tessman of Ortonville by pin in the first round. In the second round, she beat Eva Eustice of Ortonville by pin. In the third round of round robin she beat Ava Grammith of Morris Area by pin to win the championship.
Masyn Arguelles competed at 116-126 pounds. She also had a round robin and beat Laylona Lame Yanez of Morris Area by a pin at 4:06. In the second round, she beat Ashlin Gibson of Morris Area by pin at 2:50. In the third round, Masyn beat Melany Kramer of Wabasso by pin at 1:10 to win the championship.
