The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team hosted the Rodd Olson Invitational at the Crookston High School gymnasium on Saturday and finished seventh place out of nine teams with 70.5 points. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton won the invite with 194.5 points, 26 points better than Mahnomen/Waubun.
Crookston had three champions with Mauricio Arriaga winning all three matches at 107 pounds, Gavyn Hlucny won all three matches to win 152 pounds, and Emma Pierson won all three of her matches to win the title in her division on the girls side.
TEAM RESULTS –
1. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 194.5
2. Mahnomen/Waubun – 168.5
3. New York Mills – 134
4. United Clay Becker – 130.5
5. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley – 122.5
6. Park Rapids – 101.5
7. Crookston – 70.5
8. Hillsboro/Central Valley – 47.5
9. Larimore – 15
All the Pirate individual results are below.
| Weight | Crookston | Opponent | Place |
| 107 | Mauricio Arriaga | W – Ty Isaacs (WHA) pin :38 W – Ken Keeper (MW) TF 4:10 Emmett Kettering (DGF) 14-3 |
1st |
| 127 | Gabe Perala | L – Wyatt Helmbrecht (NYM) pin 1:52 L – Eli Pazdernik (MW) TF 4:17 Bye |
5th |
| 152 | Gavyn Hlucny | W – Ben Thureen (DGF) Pin 3:53 W – Cooper Ackerman (PR) Pin 1:35 W – Carson Kozoled (HCV) 1-0 |
1st |
| 160 | Jose Arriaga | L – Zander Deutsch (DGF) TF 4:50 L Manny Johnson (MW) Pin 3:29 W – Cade Mueller (HCV) 7-4 |
5th |
| 172 | Lucas Perala | L – Corbin Schiller (PR) Pin 5:37 L – Jaron Knutson (Crox) 5-3 W – Jon Knox (WHA) Pin 1:33 |
5th |
| 172 | Jaron Knutson | W – Avery Jones (UCB) Pin :32 L – Caden Larson (DGF) Pin 3:27 L – Cade Walz (MW) 9-2 |
4th |
GIRLS RESULTS –
Natalie Perala – Lost to Kymbree Green (Larimore) Pin 2:33, lost to Keanna Merkens (UCB) by pin :43, lost to Johanna Lang (Larimore) by pin :32. Finished 4th place
Aailyah Anchondo – lost to Stella Fortier (DGF) by pin 2:27, lost to Haley Manners (PR) by pin :25, lost to Aubrey Walz (UCB) by pin :24. Finished 4th place.
Emma Pierson – beat Sophia Betz Hilliar (Larimore) 10-1, beat Sakura Thorn (Larimore) by pin :26, CHAMPION