Bismarck High & New Salem-Almont grab individual team wrestling state titles

By Tom Mix
NDHSAA Media Specialist

FARGO – The individual portion of the 2023 NDHSAA Wrestling State Tournament wrapped up Friday, February 17 at the FARGODOME.

Bismarck High scored 172.5 points to win its sixth consecutive Class A team individual state championship.

New Salem-Almont won its program’s first ever NDHSAA Class B team individual state championship scoring 193 points.

Lisbon senior Boeden Greenley became just the seventh prep wrestler in state history to win five individual state championships. Greenley won the 2023 Class B Boys 170-pound state championship. He joins Kyle Burwick (Hettinger/Scranton, Erik Loepp (Oakes), Scott Glasser (Bismarck High), Levi Haugen (Bishop Ryan) and Dave Hilliard (Lakota) as five-time state champions. West Fargo High’s Jordan Shearer is the only prep wrestler in state history to win six individual state championships.

2023 NDHSAA Boys Wrestling Individual State Champions:

106 POUNDS

Class A: Nicolas Enzminger, Bismarck Legacy
Class B: Dalton Feist, Napoleon G-S

113 POUNDS
Class A: Koltyn Grebel, Valley City
Class B: Charlie Irwin, New Salem-Almont

120 POUNDS
Class A: Ben DeForest, Bismarck High
Class B: Trace Hoggarth, Carrington

126 POUNDS
Class A: Jesse Thompson, Bismarck Legacy
Class B: Trenton Klatt, New Salem-Almont

132 POUNDS 
Class A: Gabe Mortensen, Minot
Class B: Carson Hildre, Velva

138 POUNDS 
Class A: Koye Grebel, Valley City
Class B: Cole Gerhardt, New Salem-Almont

145 POUNDS
Class A: Kaden DeCoteau, Bismarck Century
Class B: Henry Nelson, Hillsboro-Central Valley

152 POUNDS
Class A: John Richter, Bismarck St. Mary’s
Class B: Marshall Lindgren, South Border

160 POUNDS
Class A: LJ Araujo, Bismarck High
Class B: Garrett Hebl, LaMoure-Litchville/Marion

170 POUNDS 
Class A: Waylon Cressell, West Fargo High
Class B: Boeden Greenley, Lisbon

182 POUNDS
Class A: Jackson Walters, Jamestown
Class B: Ivan Carruth, Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm

195 POUNDS
Class A: Olav Taylor, Bismarck Century
Class B: Brayden Selzler, Velva

220 POUNDS
Class A: Broden Muske, Valley City
Class B: Shane Nitschke, South Border

285 POUNDS 
Class A: Nivon Hayes, Watford City
Class B: Coy Okeson, Bishop Ryan

TRACK WRESTLING BRACKET: 2023 NDHSAA CLASS A BOYS INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING STATE TOURNAMENT

TRACK WRESTLING BRACKET: 2023 NDHSAA CLASS B BOYS INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING STATE TOURNAMENT

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