MOORHEAD -- Brandon Schunk, a returning All-America for Ridgewater College, showed good early form by going 3-0 to win his weight class at the Minnesota State University, Moorhead Wrestling Open on Thursday.
All three of Schunk's wins came against Moorhead wrestlers, two of them one-time Minnesota High School champions, according to Tom Beyer, Ridgewater head coach.
Trent Molacek, a freshman from Willmar, was 3-1, as was freshman Kurt Salmen of Dassel-Cokato.
Seth McGregor, at heavyweight, went 2-1 to take second place.
"We wrestled quite well," said Beyer. "We left some of our sophomores at home because they were a little banged up."
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Ridgewater travels to Mason City on Wednesday to meet Northern Iowa CC.
How Ridgewater fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, falls)
125: Tom Brenner 1-2, 5th place ... 133: Jared Hotakainen 1-2, 6th place; Jon Tatro 0-2 .... 141: Brandon Schunk 3-0, 1st place ... 149: Open ... 157: Mike Qurada 0-2 ... 165: Kurt Salmen 2-1, 3rd place ... 174: Trent Molacek 3-1, 3rd place ... 184: Chris Perez 0-2, Andrew Larson 0-2 ... 197: Shane Swenson 0-2 ... Hwt: Seth McGregor 2-1, 2nd place
