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Hartland Wrestlers Headed to Team State Meet
Eagles will be in Battle Creek next weekend for MHSAA event.
The Hartland varsity wrestling team won its 11th straight Regional Team Championship, defeating Clarkston 44-24 in the regional finals on Wednesday.
The Eagles also beat Farmington Hills Harrison in the regional semis, 74-0, earlier that night, the Livingston Daily Press & Argus reports.
Next Friday (Feb. 24), Hartland will go to the MHSAA Team State Wrestling Championships in Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena for the 11th straight season with a chance to win a state championship. They will wrestle a yet-to-be-determined opponent in the quarterfinals on Feb. 24. The winner of that match will go on the semifinals on Feb. 25, with the winner advancing to the state championship match.
Hartland has 10 wrestlers competing in the individual state meet on Saturday as well.
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The Eagles have never won a state championship, but have competed in the finals four times, 2004 to 2007. Last year's season ended in the semifinals against Oxford.
