56TH ANNUAL NORM MANSTEDT WRESTLING INVITATIONAL

By Ken Kush on Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Blue River, High Plains and Cross County/Osceola Girls Compete
High Plains senior Dakota Gress gets her hand raised after defeating Aurora’s Di Maria Leininger for her 100th career win on Thursday. Dakota finished second overall at 135 pounds. PCN photo by Ken Kush.
High Plains senior Dakota Gress gets her hand raised after defeating Aurora’s Di Maria Leininger for her 100th career win on Thursday. Dakota finished second overall at 135 pounds. PCN photo by Ken Kush.

COLUMBUS- The Norm Manstedt Girls Invitational drew 67 teams from across Nebraska to the Columbus Fieldhouse located near Columbus High School on Thursday.

Teams from both Class A and Class B competed on 10 mats and the Class A portion went to Norfolk who racked up 200.5 points with Millard South second and Omaha Westside was third.

The only local team in the A field was Blue River in the field of 1…