Finishing third at the Cooper Invitational were Tim Berceau at 130 pounds, Chris Hatch at 140 pounds and Andrew Bjorkstrand at 145 pounds. The other wrestlers who placed were Matt Brauer, Jake Brauer and Lucas Webster. Before the invitational, Burnsville defeated Lake Conference foe Eden Prairie 50-13. The Blaze got falls from Matt Brauer, Derek Johnson, Hatch, Jake Brauer, Hermann and Hosman. They wrestled real well, Soderholm said.
Nobody let up.
The Blaze are 4-1 in the Lake Conference and getting ready for the regions. We re peaking here at the end of the season, Soderholm said. We re looking forward to finishing up the season and going into regions. The Lightning traveled to Brookings, S.D., and came away with an 11th-place finish at the Brooking Invitational. The invitational featured 16 teams from South Dakota and Minnesota.