St. Ignace Youths Qualify for State Finals at MSU

St. Ignace youth wrestlers who will compete in the state finals at Michigan State University are (front, from left) Kurtis Belonga, Austin Marshall, Dylan Marshall, Richard Bentley; (back) Coach John Schieding, Galloway Thurston, and Coach Scott Marshall. Missing from photograph is Logan DeKeyser.

Six area youths have qualified for the Michigan Youth Wrestling Association State Tournament to be held at Michigan State University in East Lansing Friday, March 28, through Sunday, March 30.

Qualifying wrestlers include seventh grade athletes Richard Bentley and Galloway Thurston, fourth grade student Dylan Marshall, Austin Marshall and Kurtis Belonga, who are both in third grade, and Logan DeKeyser, who is in the second grade. The wrestlers qualified during the Munising regionals Sunday, March 16.