Tae Kwon Do
The 21st annual Bemidji Tae Kwon Do tournament was held recently at the Middle School gymnasium.
It attracted students from area schools in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Rachel Janzen led a large Bemidji contingent, winning first place in forms, sparring and breaking. Tragg Thorsgard had two firsts and a second.
Local top finishers were as follows:
FORMS
1st-Rachel Janzen, Sarah Moen, Mackenzie Degelder, Krystal Irish, Joshua Kuleta, Savannah Haugen, Cody Lyle, Isabelle Wells, Ethan Klisch, Caden Bolte, Jody Pemberton, Jordan Brown, Tragg Thorsgard, Lexi Davis, Oge Wahwassuck, William Boyer and Seth Meixner
2nd-Morgan Brandt, Tim Hendrickson, Eric Brakner, Samantha Hansen, Jamie Boser, Geoffrey Boser, Lillian Douglas, Ethan Porchardt, Riley Porchardt, Isaac Sahulka, Brett Sletta and Brent Nistler
3rd-Autumn Brandt, Emma Mattfield, Jaden Raynbird, Alexander Janzen, Brekt Thorsgard, Amodio Burris, Braden Olson, Alexis Starr, Kyler Davis, Kami Eischens, Ryan Yang, B.J. Jalowiec and Tia Siddens
4th-Aiden Pepin-Hesch, Summer Crow, Hunter Bjorgaard, Haakan Thorsgard, Garwin Kern, Caden Ross, Ben Kieson, Isabelle Starr, Andrew Erickson, Taylor Waukazo, Ana Kilde, Wyatt Kilde, Joshua Jernigan, Aleicia Lussier, Rachel Cournia and Matt Althiser
SPARRING
1st-R. Janzen, Raynbird, Wells, Bolte, Pemberton, Kieson, Wahwassuck, Boyer, Hansen, A. Kilde, Lussier, E. Porchardt, Hendrickson, Irish, Degelder and Peder Aalgaard
2nd-Lyle, Crow, Klisch, Brown, T. Thorsgard, H. Thorsgard, B. Thorsgard, Burris, Ross, I. Starr, Morgan Brandt, Autumn, W. Kilde, Yang, Jalowiec, Douglas and Chris Callahan
3rd-Haugen, Sahulka, Sletta, L. Davis, Waukazo, K. Davis, Joe Puchalski, Moen, Jernigan, J. Boser, G. Boser, R. Porchardt, Cournia and Althiser
4th-Kuleta, Mattfield, Pepin-Hesch, Bjorgaard, Kern, Nistler, A. Starr, Hendrickson, Brakner, Meixner, Siddens, Dan Kilday and Daniel Tader
BREAKING
1st-R. Janzen, T. Thorssgard and Callahan
2nd-Boyer and Olson
3rd-Pemberton, Brown, Lussier, Kilday and Cournia
4th-Jalowiec, Jernigan, Wahwassuck I. Starr and Bolte
WEAPONS
3rd-Wahwassuck
