Gress makes history for High Plains

Storm, Huskies grapple competition at Norm Manstedt

  • High Plains senior Dakota Gress became the first girls wrestler from the ANR coverage area to hit the 100 career win milestone Thursday during the Norm Manstedt Invite in Columbus. Gress is shown here battling Aurora’s Mia Leininger.
    High Plains senior Dakota Gress became the first girls wrestler from the ANR coverage area to hit the 100 career win milestone Thursday during the Norm Manstedt Invite in Columbus. Gress is shown here battling Aurora’s Mia Leininger.

    Dakota Gress waited around nearly five hours before her first match Thursday, which became history.The Storm senior became the first ANR area girls wrestler to eclipse 100 career victories during her home invitational, the Norm Manstedt girls tournament in Columbus with nearly 700 girls wrestlers and over 60 teams in attendance.Gress was able to grind out an 8-0 major decision over Aurora’s Mia Le…