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Consistent scoring leads to third-place finish

11 Okoboji/HMS wrestlers place at Emmetsburg tourney

Okoboji/HMS had only one individual champion at the Bob Roethler Invitational, but a pair of runner-up finishers and two wrestlers who finished third helped lift the Pioneers to third place as a team Saturday at Emmetsburg.

Nick Bronstad placed first at 285 pounds, pinning his first three opponents before winning a major decision in the title match. The senior won by fall against Brodie Lawson of Lake Mills (1:22), Caleb Cooper of Forest City (1:03) and Joseph Sanders of Pocahontas Area (3:34). In the finals, Bronstad defeated Gage Jorgenson, of Emmetsburg, 10-1.

A pair of wrestlers from H-M-S...