HOYT Winning three out of their five tournament duals, the Cowboy wrestlers placed third Saturday at the Royal Valley Dual Tournament. Abilene had five first places, two second places, and one third place wrestlers.
They wrestled well overall, Abilene wrestling Coach James Stout said. We lost only one match all day below 132 pounds.
The two losses the Cowboys had were against Marysville and Hays.
We lost a heartbreaker to our league rival Marysville, Stout said, and another very close dual at three points to Hays High.
The wrestlers loss to Hays by three points and to Marysville by one, which combined is four and is less than one win which can be a six to 12 point swing.
However, the Cowboys beat Royal Valley 51-19, Lincoln East 41-30 and Santa Fe Trail 51-21.
The wrestlers will see the mat again Jan. 5 when they go to the Herington to wrestle in the annual tournament.
1st Marysville 5-0
2nd Hays 4-1
3rd Abilene 3-2
4th Royal Valley 2-3
5th Lincoln East 1-4
6th Santa Fe Trail 0-5
106 Logan McDowell 1st 5-0
113 Zane Baugh 2nd 4-1
120 Jr. Morgan 1st 5-0
126 Caysen Smith 1st 5-0
132 Seth Strauss 1st 5-0
145 JT Brantley 3rd 3-2
160 Nick Ward 1st 5-0
285 Johnathan Todd 2nd 4-1
Hays 40 Abilene 37
Abilene 52 Royal Valley 19
Abilene 41 - Lincoln East 20
Marysville 37 Abilene 36,
Abilene 51 Santa Fe Trail 21.
