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Detroit Lakes Wrestling Places Third At MidState Conference Meet; Five Lakers Earn All-Conference Honors

By Zeke Fuhrman Jan 23, 2023 | 8:30 PM

DETROIT LAKES, MN (KDLM) – Detroit Lakes placed third in the MidState Conference meet last Friday, behind conference champion Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus and second-place Staples-Motley.

The Lakers were 2-3 overall in the tournament, losing to PL/PRB 48-32, Staples-Motley 42-28 and Aitkin 35-24. The Lakers would beat Park Rapids 48-36 and Crosby-Ironton 54-21.

Laker Wrestling also had four wrestlers named all-conference during the tournament: Tyson Ullyott, Cade Okeson, Cade Jackson, and Jeffery Moen. Leroy LaCrosse was named Honorable mention.

On Saturday, the Lakers placed fourth in the Thief River Falls Prower Invite. The Lakers had 10 place winners, and three Lakers won individual championships: Tyson Ullyott at 145, Cade Jackson at 182, and Jeffery Moen at 285.  Cade Okeson was 2nd at 152.

The Lakers are back in action at the Lakeshirts Fieldhouse on Friday, January 26th in a triangular against West Central Area and Crookston.

PROWLER INVITE TEAM SCORES: 1 Bemidji 241.5; 2 Thief River Falls 191; BHVPP 157.5; Detroit Lakes 123; 5 Crookston 106.5; 6 United North Central 99.5; 7 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley-Nevis 42.5; T8 Blackduck-Cass Lake-Bena 30; T8 Grand Forks Red River 30; 10 BGMR 28, 11 Fertile-Beltrami 21;  12 Roseau 16; 13 Nashua-Keewatin-Greenway 15

PROWLER INVITE INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENTS: 105- Donovan Zima 8th; 132- LeRoy LaCrosse 4th; 145- Tyson Ullyott 1st; 152- Cade Okeson 2nd; 170- Colby Ortloff 5th; 182- Cade Jackson 1st; 195- Zach Carlson 4th; 220- Tynan Simpson 6th; 285- Jeffrey Moen 1st

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