OSKALOOSA YOUTH WRESTLING CLUB ADVANCES 5 WRESTLERS TO AAU KIDS STATE TOURNAMENT
The Oskaloosa Youth Wrestling Club sent 11 wrestlers to the AAU District 6 Tournament held at Washington High School on Sunday and five qualified for the AAU Kids State Tournament. Tyson Breuklander was Champion in the 7th-8th grade 189 pound bracket, Payton Bandy finished 2nd in the 7th-8th grade 160 pound bracket, Braxton George finished 3rd in the 5th-6th grade 120 pound bracket, Donavon King finished 3rd in the 3rd-4th grade 140 pound bracket and Parker Lewis, a 2nd grader, finished 4th in the 3rd-4th grade 70 pound bracket. All qualified for the AAU Kids State Wrestling Tournament February 28-March 1 to be held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines . Below are the results for each wrestler:
Parker Lewis 4th Place…(2nd grader wrestled in 3rd-4th grade 70 lbs 32 man bracket…top 4 advance to State)…Bye…Won by fall :34 over Keeton Ellison (Young Bucks)….Won 11-9 over Aiden Fowler (Davis County Elite) …lost by fall :42 to Henry Wiseman (Fort Madison…Won 9-0 over Nathaniel Swigart (Fort Madison)…lost by fall :29 to Aiden Fowler ( Davis County Elite)
Payton Bandy 2nd place (7th-8th grade 160 lbs—6 man bracket top 4 advance to state)….won 5-3 in OT over Dalton Schlangen (PCM)….Won 6-3 over John Groves (North Mahaska)….won 3-2 over Gavin Holmes (WACO)….Won by fall :50 over Hunter Linne (Newton)…..Lost by fall 1:19 to Diego Lozano (Fort Madison
Donavon King 3rd place (3rd-4th grade 140 lbs…3 man bracket—-all advance to state)….Lost 5-4 to DaShaun Westphal-Edward (Washington)…Lost by fall 1:13 to Donovan Nickelson (PCM Elite)
Braxton George 3rd place (.5th-6th grade 120lbs…3 man bracket all advance to state)…..Lost by fall to Brennen Bender (Davis County Elite)…Lost by fall to Brice Crawford (WACO)
Tyson Bereuklander Champion (7th-8th grade 189 lbs—-2 man bracket all advance to state)—-Won by fall 1:06 over Dawson Griffiths (Eddyville) …Won by fall 1:00 over Dawson Griffiths (Eddyville)
Several other youth wrestlers from Oskaloosa that split their time between the Oskaloosa Youth Club and other area clubs also earned a trip to the AAU Kids State Tournament. They are as follows:
Trey Miller was Champion in 3rd-4th grade 65 pounds, Wyatt Krier (KREER) finished 2nd place in 7th-8th grade 95 pounds, Sage Walker finished 2nd place in 7th-8th grade 100 pounds,
Leland Evans finished 3rd in 5th-6th grade 85 pounds Cody Gunn finished 4th in 7th-8th grade 110 pounds
Congratulations to all area youth wrestlers who qualified for State and good luck from the Oskaloosa Youth Wrestling Club.