The Alexandria wrestling team placed sixth in its own Big Ole Invitational Saturday.

 

Frazee won the tournament with 239 points.  Joel Bauman (12, 189 lbs.) of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg was named the otstanding wrestler.

 

Minnewaska Area and Morris Area/Hancock were scheduled to compete, but pulled out of the tournament when several West Central South Conference wrestling teams decided to shut down for a few days as a precautionary measure after a wrestler from one of the conference teams reportedly had a skin condition at the conference tournament last weekend in Montevideo.

 

"We have been advised not to wrestle any other schools until after next Tuesday because our wrestlers were exposed to the skin condition," Lakers' head coach Wes Tessman told the West Central Tribune.

 

It should be noted the MSHSL did not order the schools to stop wrestling, but many did as a precaution.

 

The Cardinals did not have any individual champions on Saturday, but Cole Ellison (145) and Lucas Betterman (152) did finish as runners-up.

 

Andy Bouressa (215) and Ross Carlson (285) placed third in their weight classes, while Nick Hammje (140), Cody Erkkila (171) and Kyle Fulghum (189) each finished fourth.

 

Placing fifth for the Cardinals were Zach Carlson (125) and Anthony Hubbard (135), with Tristan Johnson (103) and Brian Eipperle (130) both finishing sixth.