Birch Run has seven wrestlers at the Division 3 wrestling finals at The Palace and five won their first-round matches on Thursday.
Jerry Fenner at 125 pounds improved to 46-5 with a 26-11 over Tucker Martin of Tri County. Logan Bovee at 145 pounds took a 6-3 decision over Sam McLean of Saginaw Swan Valley and is 24-4. Mitch Franklin at 152 improved to 48-6 with a 12-5 decision over Colton Toney of South Haven. Jared Elliott at 160 is 46-6 after a 7-1 win over Boyd Hubbard of Alma. George Lahar at 215 is 49-5 after a pin in 2:43 against Devlin Philo of Benzie Central.