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Dineen earns title at WCC Individual Tournament

The Benson wrestling team competed at the WCC Individual Wrestling Tournament, Saturday at Minnewaska Area High School.  The tournament included the seven WCC teams, along with Royalton-Upsala, Kimball Area, Paynesville, and EV-Watkins.
Royalton-Upsala won the team title with 204.5 points, while ACGC (163) was second, Minnewaska Area third (149.5) and Benson was eighth (62.5 points).
Thomas Dineen won the lone title for the Braves.  He is now 37-0 for the season and has 144 career victories, which ranks him second on the all-time Benson wins’ list behind Ryan Thompson’s 170 victories.
The Braves are set to compete at the Minnewaska Area quadrangular, Thursday (tomorrow) before getting ready for the Section 5A Team Wrestling Tournament.
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