Bishop McCort's Emma Bacon wins 3rd Fargo national title

FARGO, N.D. – Bishop McCort Catholic rising senior Emma Bacon earned her third career U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals freestyle tournament title Saturday.

>At 135 pounds in the junior division, Bacon pinned Arizona's Camila Torres in 27 seconds to win gold.

>Bacon totaled five pins and one technical fall during the tournament. She earned a golden ticket to compete in FloWrestling's Who's No. 1 event.

>Chestnut Ridge rising senior Violette Lasure earned a bronze medal at 145. Lasure lost a 7-4 decision to eventual champion Nora Akpan in a semifinal match, but rebounded by pinning Greta Brus in 1:43 during the third-place bout. Lasure, a three-time PIAA champion with an 104-0 record and 95 pins, also beat Brus in a quarterfinal matchup.