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Girls wrestlers clash in FM
Cardinal, Columbus lead area in Bloodhounds’ home tournament
FORT MADISON — Five area girls wrestling teams were in Fort Madison on Monday night for the Bloodhounds’ home tournament, an early clash of some of Southeast Iowa’s best on the mats.
The tournament was won by the hosting Bloodhounds, who scored 195 points to down second-place Ottumwa by a full 50 points.
The top teams in the Union coverage area were Cardinal and Columbus/Winfield-Mount Union. The Comets finished fifth place, with 108 points, and the Wildcats ended the night with 93 points, for sixth.
Cardinal showed its depth, getting four girls into the Top-3 in their brackets, all taking third place.
Abigail Durflinger took bronze in the 105-pound bracket, scooping up three pins on the night. Macy Grove was third at 103, grabbing three pins as well. Ajaah Cox finished third at 155, pinning four opponents, and Skyllar Welch took third at 170, picking up two pins.
Columbus/WMU had one winner on the night. Fresh out of last season’s girls state basketball tournament with WMU, Josie Nelson came in and dominated the 140-pound bracket. She pinned three opponents in a combined 72 seconds, including a championship victory over Kat Diprima of Fort Madison.
Columbus/WMU 145-pounder Dakota Storm finished third on the night. Storm had three pins in her final three matches.
WACO finished 10th overall, scoring 69 points. The Warriors had a winner as well, as Rylee Rice took first in the 110-pound bracket.
Rice won three matches on the night, wrestling for a combined 76 seconds. She pinned English Valleys’ Kadie Troyer in 21 seconds to win the title.
Elyssa Graber finished second place in the 105-pound bracket. Graber had two pins on the night.
Highland took 11th overall, finishing one point behind WACO. The Huskies had two wrestlers in the Top-3.
Highland’s Chloe Sexton was second place in the 190-pound bracket, scoring one pin on the night. Lilly Barre took third at 120 pounds, scooping up four pins in five matches.
Fairfield’s lone Top-3 finisher came at 170 pounds, where Samantha Lyons represented the Trojans with a second-place finish.
Lyons won two matches on the night before falling in the final 30 seconds of the 170-pound championship.
TEAM SCORES
1. Fort Madison 195
2. Ottumwa 145
3. Tipton 127
4. Burlington 115
5. Cardinal 108
6. Columbus 93
7. Muscatine 86
8. Louisa-Muscatine 83
9. English Valleys 78
10. WACO 69
11. Highland 68
12. Wapello 46
13. Keokuk 39
14. Fairfield 33
15. Moravia 13
