Local Wrestlers To Compete At Districts

It is a huge week for all of our local wrestlers.  Boys districts will take place at West Side High School on Wednesday and girls districts will have a two day tournament at Thunder Ridge High School on Friday and Saturday.  There are some differences between the two tournaments but the end result will be each wrestler male and female will be competing for a spot in the upcoming state tournament.

As mentioned above the boys will take center stage first on Wednesday.  Wrestling is one of just two sports in the state that combines 1A, 2A, and 3A classifications into one tournament.  The other is golf.  What that means is every school in the county will be competing against each other in wrestling districts.  Boys districts will also include all of the other schools that have wrestlers from the fifth district in the above classifications.  Some of the toughest competition will come from Malad and West Side as well as our local schools.  Currently there are four local wrestlers that are ranked in the top five wrestlers in their respective weight classes.  Those wrestlers are Carter Kimball from Grace at 132 lbs, Jack Eddins from Grace at 144 lbs, Elijah Dilworth from Soda Springs at 190 lbs and Cole Garbett from Soda Springs at 215 lbs.  Garbett currently holds the number one ranking while Dilworth and Kimball are ranked second with Eddins being ranked third.  Though these four wrestlers are highly ranked statewide they are not the only ones to keep an eye on this week at districts.  Lukky Welker and Luke Rindlisbaker from North Gem each have a good chance at qualifying for state.  From Grace some other wrestlers to watch for are Cael Newby, Brett Hobbs and Mack Jorgensen each of which should do well at the district tournament.  Lastly for Soda Springs, watch out for Conner Lee, Ryker Hemmert, and Zayden Garbett,  they should all perform well.  Though some wrestlers have been mentioned here in this article there are several others that can also qualify for state and represent our local schools well.

The girls district tournament is a little tougher and more wide spread than the boys is.  As the sport continues to grow it is hoped that one day girls districts and state will mirror the boys.  For now will lower number of participants the state has decided to combine all classifications for the girls state tournament meaning that a girl from a 1A school may have to compete against girls from 6A schools.  As for districts the fifth and sixth districts combine for one district tournament.  Our local girls from Grace and Soda Springs will be competing against girls from all over southeast Idaho from all sizes of schools.  The competition will be deep and fierce.  Some of the local wrestlers to keep an eye on are Brinlee Hemmert from Soda Springs Alexandra Sturges from Soda Springs, Bella Eddins from Grace, Skyla Cloud from Grace and Josie Newby from Grace.  Again the wrestlers mentioned are not the only wrestlers that have a shot at making it to state.

With so many local wrestlers performing well this season don’t miss out on the chance to make your way to the two district meets this week and cheer them on.  Check out next week’s edition to see who did qualify for state and for more information on the state tournament.