BROOKINGS, SD — Several Park Rapids students from Bretz Association TaeKwonDo competed at the Brookings TaeKwonDo Tournament on Saturday, April 23.
Placing at the tournament were Ethan Ridgley (4th forms, silver sparring), Ryan Cook (silver forms, silver sparring), Elliot Cook (4th forms, 4th sparring), Ethan Henderson (5th forms, 5th sparring), Bentley Rautio (silver forms, gold sparring, Viviene Guida (silver forms, bronze sparring), Theo Guida (4th forms, 4th sparring), Will Sanquist (bronze forms, bronze weapons forms, silver sparring), Sophia Ridgley (bronze forms, silver sparring), Lana Haverinen (gold forms, gold sparring) and Tabitha Guida (silver forms, bronze sparring).
Master Nick Bretz (instructor) and Randal Guida (assistant instructor) coached the group.
The tournament featured more than 270 competitors ranging from beginners to world class black belts from 25 schools.
Park Rapids students excel at Brookings TaeKwonDo Tournament
Several members of Bretz Association TaeKwonDo bring home hardware.
Contributed / Nick Bretz
The Detroit Lakes-based collective also includes players from Frazee-Vergas, Perham, New York Mills and Park Rapids.
Warm temperatures and partial sun greeted 33 drivers, crews and riders for the opening day. Plus, a huge gathering of fans looked on in the special area created for fans’ viewing pleasure.
If accepted, the school would join Barnesville, Breckenridge, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Hawley, Frazee, Pelican Rapids and Perham in 2024-25.