Team North Dakota looks poised to make a splash this weekend at the USA Wrestling Junior National Duals.
Three-time state champions Eric Forde of Fargo South, Scott Schiller of West Fargo, Joe Schumacher of Bismarck and Michael Nord of Lisbon headline a stacked North Dakota team set to begin competition Friday at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Okla.
"This is potentially one of our best teams," said South coach Lynn Forde, who will assist Bismarck coach Scott Knowlen at the tournament.
The duals begin today at the Freede Center.
The event, which wraps up with the men's freestyle championships on Monday, includes several of the country's top prep girls and boys wrestlers.
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Ohio won the freestyle boys dual title a year ago with a 35-22 win against New Jersey. Minnesota finished third.
Forde said Team North Dakota finished 7-6 at the tournament last year.
Also on the 20-person North Dakota roster: 2010 285 state champion Gerad Fugleberg of Fargo South, 2010 125-pound runner-up Tom Kuehn of West Fargo, West Fargo 103-pounder Trevor Kringlie, two-time North Dakota champion Pat Rollins of Wahpeton and Tom Walton of Fargo North.
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