ERIE — Iola High’s youngest wrestlers picked up some valuable experience — and plenty of medals — at a junior varsity meet in Erie Saturday.
Three Mustang grapplers, Trapper Boren at 106 pounds, Tripp Mathes at 126 and Alston Nelson at 285, won their respective weight divisions at Erie’s JV Invitational.
Boren pinned both of his opponents, Colton Beeghley of Seaman and Parker Turner of Washburn Rural.
Mathes went 4-0 on the day, pinning Grady Wells and Jacob Eilert of Washburn Rural and Mark Tenebro of Erie. Mathes also pulled in a hard-fought 5-4 win over Levin Hoskinson of Washburn Rural.
Nelson pinned his first opponent, William Schefers of Seaman, before claiming a 6-3 win over Joel Schultz of Pittsburg.
Others wrestling for Iola included Ean DeLaTorre, who took third at 157 pounds, Rohan Springer, fourth at 165 pounds and Beau Erickson and Franklin Kerr, who both took fifth at 120 and 190 pounds, respectively.
Humboldt’s Karsyn Kaufman also wrestled in the 150-pound weight class, dropping both of his matches.
Full results follow.
Erie JV Invitational
Iola
Trapper Boren (first at 106 pounds)
— Boren def. Colton Beeghley, Seaman, fall 1:36
— Boren def. Parker Turner, Washburn Rural, fall :36
Beau Erickson (fifth at 120 pounds)
— Blake Blevins, Parsons, def. Erickson, 7-2
