3-1; 3rd place at 103 lbs.
Farmington had a productive day at the Northfield Invitational held Saturday, Jan. 29, with six individuals earning places.
"We wrestled really well," Farmington coach Chad Olson said. "There were a lot of good wrestlers in the tourney and we met the challenge with great effort. Only two of our six place winners were seeded in their brackets."
Leading the way was senior Carl Elmer who won two matches before losing to nemesis Jake Siegle of Scott West 3-2 in the finals. Siegle, now ranked second in the state in Class AA at 140 lbs., beat Elmer in overtime at last weekend's Eastview Invitational.
A pair of Tigers came home with third place medals. Kyle Benjamin won three of four matches at 103 lbs. and Tyler Beckett finished 3-1 in the 160 lbs. weight class.
Two Farmington entrants finished 2-2 for the meet and placed fourth, Ridge Raddatz (145) and Brett Hoffman (285). Hoffman's appearance was his first since the opening meet of the season where he suffered a knee injury.
"Ridge Raddatz was definitely our wrestler of the day," Olson said. "He wrestled the best matches of his career."
The night before things didn't go as well for the locals in a pair of lopsided losses in a triangular meet at New Prague. The Tigers lost to New Prague 66-14 and WEM/JWP 60-12.
"We faced two great teams and it was a good learning experience for us," Olson said.
Jake Rudeen (125), Elmer (140), Raddatz (145) scored the Farmington wins against New Prague. Elmer and Alex LaVictoire (130) recorded the Farmington points in the WEM/JLP match.
