BURLINGTON — The Iola High wrestling team began its season at the Wildcat Duals in Burlington on Friday evening.
The Mustangs had a somewhat rough go of it with the team dropping five matches against Eudora, Maize South, Baldwin, Wellsville and West Elk.
Iola began the night by falling to Eudora, 60-18.
Mustang Trapper Boren started out by beating Eudora’s Jason Ditty on a fall 3:17 into the tussle. Iola’s Griffin Westervelt then got knocked over by Eudora’s Noah Van Foeken on a 3:07 fall. Mason Lampe also fell to Eudora’s Tanner Yankovich in a 2:53 fall.
Iola’s Korbin Cloud toppled Maize South’s Eudora’s Wesley Borger in a 3:22 fall before Isaac Velasquez was defeated by Eudora’s Alex Clobes on a fall over 3:03 into the match. Mustang Isaac Hopkins lost to Eudora’s Mason Cox on a fall over 1:58 into the match.
Wyatt Westervelt threw down Eudora’s Christian Koehn on a fall in 2:49.
The Mustangs then tripped against Maize South in their second match, 66-18.
Boren began by falling to Maize South’s Dylan Moore in a 40-second fall. Maize South’s Braden Cully toppled G. Westervelt 3:07 in for a fall before Lampe got a victory over Maize South’s McCartney in a 42-second fall.
Iola’s Cloud topped Maize South’s Isaiah Lowe on a fall over 5:20 into the match. Velasquez was then spun down by Maize South’s CJ Richards in a 3:43 fall and Isaac Hopkins lost to Maize South’s Joshua Berlin on a fall over 28 seconds into the match.
Wyatt Westervelt beat Maize South’s Keatan Carpenter on a fall over 4:45 into the match.
Iola lost to Baldwin in the third match, 81-0.
Boren began by falling to Baldwin’s Asher Englert in a 32-second fall. G. Westervelt got knocked down by Baldwin’s Gunnar Reichard in a 57-second fall. Iola’s Lampe lost to Baldwin’s Ethan Williams 58 seconds in for a fall over.
Mustang Cloud was defeated by Baldwin’s Dayton Peterson in a 9-2 decision. Velasquez lost to Baldwin’s Jesse Hopper in a 15-second fall before Hopkins lost to Baldwin’s Jaiden Michael in a 1:19 fall.
Iola’s W. Westervelt stumbled to Baldwin’s Jack Harvey in a 41-second fall.
The Mustangs fell to Wellsville in their fourth match, 60-16.
