Big day for Hatchet wrestler Brady Byrd at USA Wrestling’s Fargo Boys tournament in North Dakota at the Fargodome.
100lb Junior Freestyle
Round of 64 BYE
Round of 32 match Brady wins in a technical fall over Xavier Diaz from Pennsylvania.
In the Round of 16 Brady beat Mason Brayfield, Kansas City, 7-7 on criteria.
Quarter Finals versus Gabriel Rosales of Mountain Home High School in Idaho, Brady again takes the victory 11-7.
Next up tomorrow is the semi finals versus Rocco Hayes from Orland Park Illinois. But with todays victories Brady is assured of an All American Status and guaranteed a top 6.
In the team competition Team Indiana is tied with IL and OH for 7th place.
Fargo is the biggest high school wrestling tournament in the nation at nearly 8000 participants from all 50 states. Brady will compete in both freestyle and Greco Roman divisions in the junior division.
The NCAA announced Monday it is launching a second women’s college basketball tournament this season. The Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament will begin this spring, and it will operate like the NIT on the men’s side. The tournament will feature 32 teams that just missed the cut for the NCAA tournament.It’s unclear what will happen to the women’s NIT. That 64-team tournament was run independent of the NCAA.
FIFA Women’s World Cup gets started on Friday for the United States as they have a first round matchup in the group stage with Vietnam. The heavily favored Americans will play at 9:00 pm eastern on FOX from New Zealand’s Eden Park. Other teams in Group E are the Netherlands and Portugal.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker’s main event world championship in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table.
Tee times for The 151st Open Championship is this week at Royal Liverpool South Knox alum Adam Schenk tees of on Thursday morning at 10:21 am eastern time (3:21 Liverpool) with Phil Mickelson and Nick Taylor. Video CoverageThursday and Friday 1:30-4 a.m., Peacock (streaming) 4 a.m.-3 p.m., USA Network
Don’t forget signups are under way for the junior golf tourney at Washington Country Club this Saturday 9:00 am benefitting Cops and Kids. Only a $10 entry fee for ages 5-18. Divisions and the amount of holes based on age to sign up or for more info call the Country Club at 617-6160.
