Straight six

Lady Huskies punch five tickets to first-ever NSAA state wrestling tournament

  • Natalie Bisbee was almost shocked as she qualified for the state wrestling tournament.
    Natalie Bisbee was almost shocked as she qualified for the state wrestling tournament.
  • Tia Teigre was the lone district champion for Aurora at the A-4 district.
    Tia Teigre was the lone district champion for Aurora at the A-4 district.
  • Mae Sikes won in overtime to punch a ticket to the state wrestling tournament.
    Mae Sikes won in overtime to punch a ticket to the state wrestling tournament.
  • Kehlanee Bengtson is one of five Aurora wrestlers to qualify for the girls state wrestling tournament.
    Kehlanee Bengtson is one of five Aurora wrestlers to qualify for the girls state wrestling tournament.
  • Tiffany Senff celebrates after qualifying for the state wrestling tournament.
    Tiffany Senff celebrates after qualifying for the state wrestling tournament.
  • Allie Burke finished third at the A-2 district meet to qualify for the state tournament.
    Allie Burke finished third at the A-2 district meet to qualify for the state tournament.

    Aurora had five opportunities to qualify for the first-ever NSAA girls state wrestling tournament. 

    The Lady Huskies had a 100 percent success rate. 

    Aurora will send five athletes to the inaugural girls state wrestling tournament in Omaha Feb. 18-19 while adding a runner-up finish as a team to its resume at Saturday's A-4 district meet in Amherst. 

    Tia Teigre was Aurora's lone district champion at 235 after a clean sweep of her bracket. The Aurora foreign exchange student from Norway pinned her way to the district crown. Her longest match was exactly one minute long.

    Tiffany Senff was the first Lady Husky to punch a ticket to state after a semifinal win at 165. The Aurora sophomore got caught in the finals with a late pinfall to finish as runner-up. 

    Natalie Bisbee had one of the toughest tracks to qualify, needing three wins Saturday to do so. Following two wins to make the third place match, Bisbee wowed the crowd with a defensive pin from her back to qualify at 114. 

    Mae Sikes and Kehlanee Bengtson lost semifinal matches and had to rally back with a pair of wins, each taking care of business. Sikes needed an overtime takedown in the third place match to qualify while Bengtson earned a pinfall victory to punch her ticket. 

    The area will send a total of six girls to the state meet after HPC's Allie Burke rallied Saturday to finish third at 165 in the A-2 meet at West Point-Beemer. Burke needed four wins after a quarterfinal loss to qualify and pulled it off, winning each via pinfall. 

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