Wrestling Places 6th in Iron Duals

Katy Higinbothom

On Jan. 9, 2015 and Jan. 10, 2015 the wrestling team competed in the Iron Horse Dual at C. Milton Wright.

The Bobcats wrestled in a total of 7 matches over the weekend and ended the tournament in 6th place of the 14 teams competing in the tournament. The ‘Cats took on Joppatowne, Liberty and St. Mary’s Ryken on Friday and went to defeat all three teams that day. The ‘Cats went to defeat Joppatowne with a score of 75-0, Liberty 56-14 and St. Mary’s Ryken 45-30. At the end of the day Friday the Bobcats would move forward in the tournament 3-0 headed into Saturday.

“We got the competition we wanted we met the goals we wanted now we know where we are at as a team” stated Junior Dakota Crawford.

Going into Saturday, the ‘Cats had a tough day taking on John Carroll, River Hill and Archbishop Spaulding. Unfortunately the Bobcats fell to all three teams but at the end of the day the Bobcats defeated the Hereford Bulls in the fight for 6th place. The Bobcats went to defeat the Bulls with a score of 37-33 to claim 6th place.

After this weekend the Bobcats move to 16-4 on the season and will travel to Rising Sun High School on Jan. 14, 2015 to compete in a dual match versus the Tigers.