WEST ISHPEMING — Ten wrestlers from Iron Mountain will advance Saturday to the MHSAA Division 4 individual regionals in Charlevoix after competing in the district meet at Westwood High School.

“We advanced 10 out of 13 wrestlers we sent to the event,” said Iron Mountain head coach Cory McLaren. “We are thrilled to be sending this many kids to regionals. This is a young crew with one senior, one junior, two sophomores and six freshmen.”

Mountaineers qualifiers, weight class and places:

(103) Alex Wilson, 3rd

(103) Shayna Hruska, 4th

(112) Tyler Winch, 1st

(119) Shawn McGuire, 1st

(135) Bradon Walstrom, 2nd

(140) Evan Haferkorn, 1st

(145) Parker Stroud, 1st

(152) Fulton Stroud, 1st

(152) Mason Kivi, 2nd

(160) Jon Carrion, 4th

Kingsford, who competed in the Division 3 district meet in Grayling, advanced three wrestlers to regionals — Toby Wilcox (145) Elliot Johnson (215) and Matthew Wilson (285). The qualifying Flivvers return to Grayling on Saturday.

“All three had awesome days. Toby (Wilcox) took second to state-ranked and 2020 Division 4 state runner-up Mason Cantu of Hart, losing 2-1,” said Kingsford head coach Darren Groleau. “It was an exciting close match that came down to the wire. Elliot (Johnson) had his best tournament to date. He took a hard-fought second, losing to Alex Smith of Kingsley in the finals, 7-6. It was a very impressive day for our only senior on the team,” Groleau added.

Joining the Iron Mountain wrestlers in Charlevoix for the Division 4 competition are North Central students Daniel Dani, as well as Wyatt and Dylan Raab. The trio competes for the Bark River-Harris/North Central co-op squad.