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In one of the tougher wrestling tournaments of the year, Iowa-Grant/Highland wrestlers finished eighth at the Sparta Invitational Saturday.
Brian Halverson and Kyle Soderstrom the highest placewinners for the Panthers, both taking third at152 and 220 respectively.
Edgar won with 136.5 points with host Sparta the runner-up at 122.5. The rest of the team scores were: DeForest 118, Weston/Ithaca 106, Reedsburg 104, Mauston 101, Holmen 87, Franklin 86, Iowa-Grant/Highland 86.0, Eau Claire North 83, Neillsville 78, Westfield-Pioneer 74, New Lisbon 71, Black River Falls 60, DeSoto 48, Adams-Friendship 39, Blair-Taylor 37, Wautoma/Wild Rose 32, North Crawford/Seneca 27, Hillsboro 22.
Sparta Invitational Results for
Iowa-Grant/Highland
106-Shania Sarbacker (19-11) placed 4th and scored 12.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Sarbacker received a bye, Quarterfinal-Sarbacker won by decision over Thomas Holston (Reedsburg) 19-5 (6-5), Semifinal-Chris Ruf (Mauston) 26-7 won by fall over Sarbacker (3:23), 3rd Place Match-Xianou Xiong (Franklin) 24-11 won by major decision over Sarbacker (12-4)
113-Jordan Jenks (17-16) placed 5th and scored 10.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Jenks received a bye, Quarterfinal-Christian Lamon (Sparta) 25-7 won by decision over Jenks (5-1), Cons. Round 2-Jenks won by major decision over Brandon Holbrook (Eau Claire North) 0-2 13-5), Cons. Semi-Jenks (Iowa-Grant) 17-16 won by fall over Travis Konopacki (DeForest) 6-21 (1:30), 5th Place Match-Jenks won by fall over Tyler Finnell (North Crawford/Seneca) 15-10 (2:41)
120 - Gavin Jinkins (4-4) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-CJ Kuhl (Westfield-Pioneer) 9-9 won by fall over Jinkins (2:26), Cons. Round 1-Jinkins received a bte, Cons. Round 2-Gregg Dubois (DeForest) 15-14 won by fall over Jinkins (2:10)
126-Trenton Arndt (3-12) failed to place.
Champ. Round 1-Arndt received a bye.
Quarterfinal-Spencer Davies (Maus-ton) 31-1 won by fall over Arndt (0:15), Cons. Round 2-Jordan Rupp (Wes-ton/Ithaca) 11-18 won by fall over Arndt (1:42)
138-Mikkel Wind (19-12) failed to place and scored 6.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Mikkel Wind won by fall over Brendan Simmons (New Lisbon) 6-11 (2:08), Quarterfinal-Ryan Stalsberg (Holmen) 31-7 won by major decision over Wind (11-3), Cons. Round 2-Wind won by tech fall over Isaac Alexander (Adams-Friendship) 7-17 (4:30 (17-0), Cons. Semi-Morgan Malm (Neillsville) 12-8 won by decision over Wind (7-1)
152-Brian Halverson (26-11) placed 3rd and scored 15.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Halverson won by fall over Jared Endres (DeForest) 6-4 (3:57), Quarterfinal-Halverson won by decision over Parry Starling (Westfield-Pioneer) 22-8 (9-2), Semifinal-Cullen Pedersen (New Lisbon) 30-1 won by decision over Halverson (4-0), 3rd Place Match-Halverson won by decision over Nick Raifsnider (Black River Falls) 18-6 (11-6)
160-Luke Nowak (24-10) placed 4th and scored 13.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Nowak won by fall over Ryan Simmons (Franklin) 5-21 (2:00), Quarterfinal-Nowak won by tech fall over Jay Kaenel (Westfield-Pioneer) 26-7 (6:00 (23-7), Semifinal-Mason McCauley (Weston/Ithaca) 30-5 won in tie breaker over Nowak (5-2), 3rd Place Match-Myles Connor (New Lisbon) 27-6 won by decision over Nowak (8-1)
182-Cody Rider (24-10) placed 4th and scored 14.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Rider won by fall over Joel Gonzolez (Wautoma/Wild Rose) 5-8 (3:14), Quarterfinal-Rider won by fall over Rylan Burrows (Adams-Friendship) 23-9 (0:45), Semifinal-Wylie Frahm (Edgar) 20-3 won by decision over Rider (6-3), 3rd Place Match-Hunter Dahlby (Eau Claire North) 24-5 won by decision over Rider (6-5)
220-Kyle Soderstrom (25-12) placed 3rd and scored 15.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1-Soderstrom receiv-ed a bye, Quarterfinal- Soderstrom won by decision over Derek Medaris (New Lisbon) 18-7 (11-4), Semifinal-Gavin Devine (Franklin) 25-8 won by fall over Soderstrom (2:39), 3rd Place Match-Soderstrom won by decision over Dillan Bunde (Black River Falls) 23-4 (7-2)