Story byThe Jamestown Sun, N. D. Katie Ringer, The Jamestown Sun, N. D. Fri, January 30, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC·3 min readJan. 30—JAMESTOWN — When Hannah Sjostrom joined the Jamestown High School girls wrestling team five years ago, she probably didn't know the impact she would be making on her younger sister Hope or the entire Jamestown High School girls wrestling program."Two months after my sister joined wrestling, my dad asked me if I wanted to join," said Hope. "I wanted to be just like my sister so I said that I wanted to compete."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHope, now a seventh grader at Jamestown Middle School, is in her first season competing for the JHS girls wrestling team."I knew when Hannah did it that Hope would follow," Hope's father Jon said. Hope had a lot to live up to. In terms of WDA duals, Hannah, a JHS Class of 2023 grad, went 4-1 and was the second-seeded wrestler in the state at 170 pounds as a senior. At the second-ever State Girls Wrestling Tournament, Sjostrom cruised her way to the state semifinals and while she got handed a loss that round, the Blue Jay senior delivered a pin of Devils Lake's Isabelle Berg at the 2:00 mark of the first period to earn the third-place trophy for the second-straight year.
