BURLINGTON — The Iola High wrestling team hit the mats on Saturday at the 31st annual Burlington Wildcat Invitational.
Damian Wacker, Korbin Cloud, Isaac Hopkins and Wyatt Westervelt represented the Mustangs. Cloud finished the best out of the Iola squad when he took second place with 22 team points in the boys 138-pound weight class.
Wacker’s placement remains unknown, but he did score three team points in the boys 132-pound weight class.
He began his meet by losing to Baldwin’s Ethan Williams on a fall over 3:55 into the championship round one match. Wacker then knocked off St. George-Rock Creek’s Mason Berggren on a fall over 1:40 into the consolation round one match.
He finished his meet by falling in a decision to Cherryvale’s Reyce Booe, 4-3 in the consolation round three match.
Cloud placed in second with 22 team points in the boys 138-pound weight class.
He first won by a fall over McPherson’s Kaeson Curtis 2:32 into the championship round one match before he defeated St. George-Rock Creek’s Izaya Wenzl 1:40 into the quarterfinal match. Cloud beat out Caney Valley’s Heath Ellis in a 4-2 decision before being toppled by Erie’s Landen Kmiec in a 5-2 decision in a first place match.
Hopkins finished in fifth place with 11 team points in the boys 150-pound weight class.
The Mustang won by fall over Parsons’ Kucas Fugate in 4:47 in the championship round one match, before toppling Mulvane’s Tucker Hargrove in a 4-1 decision in the quarterfinal round. Hopkins then lost to McPherson’s Skylar Lockard by forfeit in the semifinal.
He then lost to Mulvane’s Maurice Fuller in the consolation round three by fall over 1:27 in. Hopkins finished his day by taking down Cherryvale’s Gram Putman in a 3-1 decision in the fifth place match.
Westervelt placed in fourth with 18 team points in the boys 190-pound weight class.
The Iolan flung down Baldwin’s Brenden O’Connor by fall over 3:36 into the round one match before he won by fall over McPherson’s Brock Richardson 5:05 into the quarterfinal match. Westervelt was taken down by Mulvane’s Chris Dietrich in a 9-0 semi final major decision.
Westervelt then won the consolation round three matchup by taking down Silver Lake’s Carter Robert on a fall over 2:44 into the match. He then lost to McPherson’s Brock Richardson in the third place match on a fall over 4:57 in.
Iola will host Girard and Uniontown this Friday at 5:30 p.m.
