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Brand, Prester Lead Broncos in Hays

Published on Monday, 27 January 2014 07:39

Written by Mike McKenna

The Russell High School wrestling team competed in the Bob Kuhn Senior Prairie Classic in Hays on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25.

The tournament was made up of 25 teams from across the state ranging in class size from 3-2-1A to 6A.

The Broncos placed 14th with 63 points and just missed a top-10 finish by seven points. Goodland won the tournament with 193 points. Kapaun-Mt. Carmel was second with 186. Spring Hill took third with 125.

Here are the individual results for Russell...

126 - Alex Baldwin (2-2)
132 - Kyle Schroeder (3-2)
138 - Chase Prester (3-2, 4th Place)
145 - Kelton Suchy (3-2)
152 - Grant Murphy (0-2)
182 - Dalton Brand (3-1, 2nd Place)
195 - Joey Oste (0-2)

Russell travels to Ellsworth on Thursday to continue NCAA action. Matches begin at 6:30pm.