Sugar Salem Invitational

The Grace Grizzlies and the North Gem Cowboys each had wrestlers participate in the Sugar Salem Invite last weekend in Sugar City.  Neither team was at full strength with both schools missing some of their regular wrestlers.  Nevertheless those that did take part did well with every wrestler picking up at least two wins.

North Gem showed up with just three wrestlers.  Craig Yost at 157 lbs and Haydn Frandsen at 165 lbs each went 2-2 at the tournament and failed to place.  Lukky Welker at 150 lbs got one more match than his teammates going 3-2 and placing 5th overall.

The Grizzlies entered the tournament with four wrestlers.  Dylan Wood and Cael Newby both wrestled in the 126 lb bracket.  Eventually the two teammates found themselves going head to head in their final match of the tournament.  The winner of that match would finish in fifth place.  Newby ended up getting the win by decision in a very close match.  Newby finished with a record of 3-2 placing fifth.  Wood finished 4-3 in the tournament.  The other two Grace wrestlers did even better.  Carter Kimball at 132 lbs made his way to the championship match but came up short of winning.  Kimball finished his weekend with a 3-1 record placing second.  Senior Jack Eddins did the best of all the Grizzly wrestlers.  Eddins went a perfect 4-0 placing first overall in the 144 lb weight class.