MINNEAPOLIS —Brett Bradford kept up his excellent wrestling to start the season as he finished first at 157 pounds in the Augsburg Open.
Bradford, a freshman from Byron, pinned teammate Deven Loepp in 3:40 in the title match.
Besides Bradford and Loepp, teammates Curt Palodich, Connor Hanson, Marcus Blount-McKinley and Dustin Lee all finished in the top seven.
Palodich won by technical fall over teammate Austin Peper (22-6) at 133 pounds in the third-place match. At 165 pounds, Hanson beat Southwest State's Nick Epsing 8-7 for third place.
Blount-McKinley was seventh at 165 pounds and Lee was seventh at 174 pounds.
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RCTC highlights
133 —3rd place, Curt Palodich (RCTC) tech. fall Austin Peper (RCTC) 22-6.
157 —1st place, Brett Bradford (RCTC) pinned Deven Loepp (RCTC) 3:40.
165 —3rd place, Connor Hanson (RCTC) dec. Nick Esping (Southwest State) 8-7.
165 —6th place, Brandon Shuler (Northwestern) dec. Marcus Blount-McKinley (RCTC) 11-5.
174 —6th place, Griffin Osing (Southwest State) dec. Dustin Lee (RCTC) 8-2.
