Taylor Merschman leads the way for Bemidji at Hopkins Athena Invitational

Taylor Merschman leads the way for Bemidji at Hopkins Athena Invitational

HOPKINS — Nobody was slowing down Taylor Merschman on Saturday when the Bemidji High School girls wrestling team rolled into Hopkins. One night after winning her bracket at the Paul Bunyan Wrestling Tournament in Brainerd, Merschman took first place again. She won three matches at 106 pounds to move to 10-0 this season. Merschman pinned Monticello’s Phoebe Morris in 2:33 in the quarterfinals before dispatching Owatonna’s Kayla Pastika by fall in…