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Northern advances three wrestlers to national tournament

Northern State University’s Wyatt Turnquist, top right, ties up Upper Iowa University’s Ethen Doty during their 149 pound match Saturday at the NCAA Division II Region V Wrestling Tournament at Wachs Arena. Photo by John Davis taken 2/25/2023
Emotions ran the entire spectrum during the NCAA Super Region V Wrestling Tournament at the Barnett Center on Saturday. There were tears of joy and of frustration as wrestlers punched their tickets to the NCAA Division II National Tournament while others had their seasons come to a close. Northern State experienced both sides of that experience, qualifying three wrestlers for nationals, narrowly missing out on one other and falling a bit short of expectations as a team. Devin Bahr and Cole Huss both finished runner-up and Wyatt Turnquist was third to earn a trip to nationals. Landen Fischer placed fourth, just outside of qualifying for the final tourney of the season. St. Cloud State won the team title. The Wolves finished seventh. "Our guys efforts were good," said Northern coach Rocky Burkett. However, he was hoping for a higher team finish. "We wanted to place a little higher as a team," Burkett said. "We kind of fell out of that this morning." Turnquist foun

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