There 
was some tough competition at the Redwood tournament this past weekend. Dawson Blankenship was at 106lbs wrestling varsity, he had a tough loss in the first round against Patrick Hesse of Sartell-St. Stephen. Danny Blankenship was wrestling at 120 lbs; he was wrestling Trent Kerzman of Rocori, going into the 3rd period Danny was down by 3. He gave everything he could but came up short losing 15-7. Jon Gehl, wrestled at 152 lbs, looked every good on his feet against Hunter Johnson from United South Central. Jon had four takedowns in the match winning by a final score of 9-4.
In the second round Jon wrestled Acoaq Altkin of MAGR who was seeded 6th in the tournament. Jon had an early takedown than giving up and escape, after the second period Jon had a 4-3 lead. Jon choose down as we was awarded 1 point with and escape. Exhausted but victorious, winning 5-3.
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