Photos by Chad Koenen

Bailey Peichel (above) and Preston Mayfield (right) took fourth and fifth place at the state wrestling tournament over the weekend. Peichel won his opening round match over Kenny Erickson of Aitkin by a 6-0 decision and advanced to the semi-finals, before he lost for the first time at state. He lost to Sam Drietz of Canby by a 5-1 decision in the third place match to finish in fourth. Mayfield pinned Mason Bruder of LPGEB in the opening round of state and eventually defeated Aaron Jones of KMS by a 7-3 decision to finish in fifth place. For more information about state, check out pages 6-7 and page 11 in this week’s issue of the Frazee-Vergas Forum.