TL Youth Wrestling Club qualifies 16 for State meet

  • Ryder Veit (right) of the Timber Lake Youth Wrestling Club, holds Dupree’s Kemper Longbrake in a headlock while driving him to the mat during their Midgets 67 Division match at the first-ever Panther Invite Triangular featuring wrestlers from Timber Lake, Dupree and Mobridge. Veit finished third at the SDWCA District 3 regional championship last weekend and will compete at the state meet March 1517. Longbrake placed fourth in regionals, just missing the cut for state qualification. Photo by Jon Flatland
    Ryder Veit (right) of the Timber Lake Youth Wrestling Club, holds Dupree’s Kemper Longbrake in a headlock while driving him to the mat during their Midgets 67 Division match at the first-ever Panther Invite Triangular featuring wrestlers from Timber Lake, Dupree and Mobridge. Veit finished third at the SDWCA District 3 regional championship last weekend and will compete at the state meet March 1517. Longbrake placed fourth in regionals, just missing the cut for state qualification. Photo by Jon Flatland

    The fledgling Timber Lake Youth Wrestling Club got off to a strong start to begin its first-ever season and hopes to end it the same way at the SDWCA State Finals set March 15-17 in Rapid City.

    Wrestling at the District 3 regionals last weekend, 16 members of the club qualified for the State Finals, including seven who captured individual regional championships. The top three regional finishers in …