Team pictured left to right: Kneeling: Coleton Doetker, Levi Baughman and Zack Wright. Standing, from left: Mat Maid Chelcee Hrnchir, Student Manager Will Miller, Joe Jones, Michael Erickson, Keagan Haarberg, Alex Pollmann, Student Manager Corey Anderson, Coach Jeff Schwarz and Mat Maid Monique Leahy. Not pictured Kaleb Straub.

By Amy Straub

The Wauneta Breeze

The Hitchcock County-Wauneta-Palisade wrestling team struggled at their first wrestling dual of the season, placing eighth in the Dec. 1 tourney. Results are as follows:

HC/WP invite results

Team Placings:

1. Medicine Valley 5-0

2. Maxwell 4-1

3. St. Pat’s Varsity 3-2

4. DCS 3-2

5. Sutherland 2-3

6. Perkins County 2-3

7. St. Pat’s JV 1-4

8. HC-WP 0-5

Round 1

Medicine Valley 69 – St. Pat’s JV 6

Maxwell 63 – Perkins County 10

Dundy County-Stratton 18 – Sutherland 39

St. Pat’s Varsity 66 – Hitchcock County-Wauneta-Palisade 12

Round 2

Med. Valley 57 – Perkins County 18

Max 77 – St. Pat’s JV 0

DCS 33 – HC-WP 24

Sutherland 21 – St. Pat’s Varsity 56

Round 3

Med. Valley 42 – Max 36

St. Pat’s JV 24 – Perkins 30

DCS 24 – St. Pat’s Varsity 51

Sutherland 42 – HC-WP 30

Round 4

Med Valley 45 – Sutherland 21

Max 39 – St. Pat’s Varsity 30

Perkins County 39 – HC-WP 18

St. Pat’s JV 18 – DCS 36

Round 5

Med. Valley 50 – St. Pat’s Varsity 30

Max 60 – Sutherland 17

Perkins 16 – DCS 36

St. Pat’s JV 42 – HC-WP 30

Alma invite results

Due to inclement weather the wrestling tournament scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3 in Alma was rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 5.

Overall the HC-WP team took 5th place.

Results are as follows:

1st Alex Pollmann (2-0)

1st Keagan Haarberg (6-0)

2nd Zack Wright (7-1)

3rd Levi Baughman (7-3)

3rd Michael Erickson (1-7)

4th Coleton Doetker (4-5)

4th Joe Jones (0-8)