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Mineral Point's wrestling team got their first taste of really tough competition Saturday at the Watertown Early Bird Scramble finishing fourth.
The Pointers scored 378 team points to winning DC Everest's 418, Lake Geneva Badger's 408 and Ozaukee's 391.
The rest of the 15-team scores were: Warren (IL) 356, Verona 317, Appleton North 299, Watertown 282, New London 269, Beloit 209, Clinton 182, Westosha Central 161, Winneconne 133, Waukesha North 91, Catholic Central 6.
For the Pointers, Jake Riley and Brenyn Schmitz both went a perfect 5-0 on the day and took first at 120 and 220 respectively. Ross Siegenthaler (138) and Reid Suddeth (125) both went 4-1 and were second. Scotty Pittz took third (3-2) at 145 and Nate Cody was 5th at 195 going 4-1.
Marcus Shannon was 9th at 106 with Grant Rose 10th at 113, David Schaaf 8th at 120, Kaleb Pilling 14th at 145, Bryce Fitzsimons 11th at 152, Kyle Juedes 10th at 182, Logan Bidlingmayer 12th at 170 and Sawyer Wallace 11th at 138.
"We wrestled really well at times and then gave up a few matches I felt we could've won," said Pointer coach Scott Schmitz.
"Finishing fourth was a little higher than I expected, so that was a real bright spot," he added. "Nate (Cody) finishing fifth was 4-1 - his only loss was to the eventual champ."
"I think we will get better and hopefully will be right there come February," the coach concluded.
Last week, the Pointers opened SWAL dual action with a 51-30 win over Cuba City/Southwestern.
They received forfeits at 106, 113, 120 and 160.
Results were: 126-Reid Suddeth (MP) pinned Alex Busch; 132-JJ Donar (CC/SW) pinned Frank Baker; 140-Josh Donar (CC/SW) pinned Marcus Shannon; 145-Brandon Forseth (MP) pinned Brandon Taft; 152-Ross Siegenthaler pinned Austin Hill; 170-Lucas Kastner (CC/SW) pinned Bryce Fitzsimons; 182-Kyle Juedes (MP) pinned Scott Fink; 195-Brett Wilson (CC/SW) beat Nate Cody; 220-Brenyn Schmit pinned Aaron McCarthy; 285-CC/SW received a forfeit.
"I felt we didn't wrestled as well as I would've liked us to," Schmitz said. "But there were so many forfeits that maybe the kids let up a little. It was a good learning experience for us and we can take something from it for the next match."
The Pointers don't have a dual match this week, but go to the Dells Tournament Saturday.