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Junior Tyler Harms-Synkiew is the only Lumberjack to advance to this year's individual state wrestling meet. Harms-Synkiew placed second in the 138-pound weight class, losing in the section championship match to David Platt of Hibbing.
Cloquet junior Tyler Harms-Synkiew advanced to the state wrestling tournament last weekend with a second-place finish in the Section 7AA wrestling tournament in Hibbing.
Harms-Synkiew lost in the championship match in 138-pound weight class to David Platt of Hibbing. The top two finishers in each class qualified for the individual state wrestling meet underway this weekend in St. Paul.
Harms-Synkiew had an opening round bye and then defeated Derek Haggberg of Mora by a 5-4 decision. Tyler advanced to the section semifinals, where he pinned Kaleb Adkins of Princeton. Platt won the title with a pin over Harms-Synkiew at the 3:36 mark.
“He is such a great kid,” head coach Al Denman said of Harms-Synkiew, one of a talented group of juniors who led the team this season. “He works so hard and is so dedicated to what he does. I am happy for him and all the kids who did so well and represented CEC in the section tournament.”
Top finishers for CEC included Deeken Fjeld, who placed fourth in the 126-pound class, while Jordan Allen placed fifth at 132. Griffin Fjeld placed third at 145, Zeb Wehr was also third at 152, and Sam Bolling took fourth at 160. Reese Sheldon was fifth at 170 and Hunter Senarighi was fourth at 182.
Individual first rounds of the state tournament begin at 9 a.m. today with quarterfinals at 4 p.m. State semifinals and finals are Saturday at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
