Thirteen N-O Junior Wrestlers Qualify For State Tournament

Aiden Kuester won his weight division and qualified for state.

Austin Rudolf was runner-up in his weight division and qualified for state.

Thirteen Neligh-Oakdale junior wrestlers qualified for the state meet by placing in the top four during district competition Sunday in O'Neill. 

​Eighteen Neligh-Oakdale wrestlers competed at districts. Each weight class had a 32-wrestler bracket. Neligh-Oakdale finished 11th out of 36 teams. The state tournament will be in Grand Island on March 18.

The wrestlers were coached Trent Hoefer, Scott Kester, Eric Henn and Chad Breuer.

District medalists are as follows: 
Champions - Samual Hemenway (130), Aiden Kuester (112) 
Runners-up - Tanner Martensen (140), Austin Rudolf (90), Brock Kester (80) 
Third place - Ayden Mook (40), Corbin Hoefer (55), Jacob Henery (110), Hayden Sleister (80), Griffin Claussen (75) 
4th place - Tyson Blakeman (45), Stacy Snodgrass (46), Kaleb Pofahl (150) 

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