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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City wrestling team traveled to Orlando, Florida and wrestled in one of the largest folkstyle dual tournaments in the Country.  I was very proud of the way the boys competed and carried themselves throughout the week in Florida.  We wrestled hard and showed toughness even in the matches we lost.  At the end of the day this tournament for me was about getting ready for next year.  We wrestled with an extremely young team as our starting line-up featured 10 of last years 7th, 8th or 9th graders.  We wrestled teams from all over the country and were exposed to many different styles.  The Valley City Eagles ended the tournament with 4 wins and 5 losses and were the champions of Bracket M.  The team just completed a rigorous three week training cycle.  Most of our wrestlers competed in  fifteen or more live matches between Cobber Camp and Disney.  That is equivalent to wrestling almost half of a high school season.  This group of young men has the potential to be a great team next season. 

Wrestlers with three or fewer losses were named Medalists at this tournament. From Left to Right in the photo: Wyatt Bjornson,Cade Pederson, Jakob Ashline  and Jordan Magnuson  all earned this honor.

Match #1 Round 1: 132 Citrus Strong defeated 137 Valley City Eagles 40-30

Match #2 Round 2: 137 Valley City Eagles defeated 136 Somerset 37-34

Match #3 Round 3: 131 Oak Harbor Rockets defeated 137 Valley City Eagles 53-16

Match #4 Round 4: 135 Illinois Top Dawgs defeated 137 Valley City Eagles 49-25

Match #5 Round 5: 137 Valley City Eagles defeated 134 Team Clay Black 53-18

Match #6 Round 6: 138 Rebel Club defeated 137 Valley City Eagles 37-36

Match #7 Round 7: 133 Eastwood defeated 137 Valley City Eagles 49-21

Match #8 Semifinal: 137 Valley City Eagles defeated 140 Cypress Lake Wrestling Club 47-26

Match #9 1st Place Match: 137 Valley City Eagles defeated 155 Skyline Sick Nasty 37-35

I would like to thank the Valley City Community for helping us with our financial needs in getting our wrestling team to Florida.  Here is a list of the sponsors that we would like to thank:

Eagles Club, Express Wrestling, Knights of Columbus, Fraternal Order of Police, Columbia Grain, Farmers Union Insurance, Valley Meat, Bjornson Farms, Wick Construction, Grotberg Electric,  Noeske Seed Farm, Ag Country, Dakota Plains, Ideal Systems, J and K Seamless, Truck and Auto, Country Club, Bridge City Dentistry, Evergreen, Bayshore, Kohler Farms, Valley Gallery, Valley Flooring, Bank Forward, American Legion, American Family Insurance, Bob’s Excavating, Allard Trophy, Dakota Rose Floral, Servicemaster, Carpet Connection and Northwestern Industries.