Lynde is wrestling All-American

Tanner Lynde not Tanner Cripe was the All American wrestler for Delphi. It was incorrectly reported in last week's Comet.

Tanner Lynde, son of Ted and Mimi Lynde, moved into the Delphi school system at the beginning of the school year. He is a seventh grader at the Middle School.

Lynde traveled to Northern Iowa University in Cedar Falls, Iowa, to wrestle in the Kids Folkstyle National Championships. He became an All American by placing fifth in his weight class. He wrestled Schoolboy (13 and 14 year olds).

In round one Lynde wrestled Ryan Bedross of Iowa. Lynde pinned him in 2:49. In round two, he wrestled Dan Tibury of Minnesota. Lynde pinned him in 0:48. In the third round, Lynde won by 4-0 decision over Scanlon of Wisconsin. At the end of the first day Lynde was assured he would place in the top eight and be an All American.

In the first round on the second day, Lynde wrestled Benitz of Wisconsin, losing 6-2. This put Lynde in the loser's bracket. In his next round, he wrestled Clark from Virginia, who won by an 8-1 decision. Lynde wrestled Lara from Illinois in the last match, beating him by a 9-0 major decision to finish the tournament in fifth place.

Those finishing in the top eight were named All-Americans.