By William / www.mcpherson-county-ks.com
TOWANDA – The Smoky Valley boys and girls wrestling teams took to the road south on Friday and Saturday to participate in the Circle Invitational where the Lady Vikings placed second as a team and the Viking boys tied for sixth.
For the Lady Vikings they scored 97 points which placed second behind Eureka who rolled up 141 points.
Three Smoky Valley girls placed second, Noelle Peters at 109, Rylie Tolle at 170, and Madi Tolle at 191. Kenzlie Crain placed third at 101 while two other Lady Vikings landed in fourth.
For the Viking boys, Connor Barnes at 120, Justice Gardner at 126 and David Sample at 132 all placed second while Justin Holt finished third at 220.
SMOKY VALLEY LADY VIKING WRESTLING RESULTS
At Circle Invitational
TEAM SCORE = Lady Vikings finished 2nd with 97 points.
Top 5 of 18 teams = 1. Eureka – 141; 2. LADY VIKINGS – 97; 3. Nickerson – 69; 4. Bluestem – 59; 5. Augusta – 57.
LADY VIKING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS =
101 = Kenzlie Crain went 2-3 and placed 3rd.
109 = Noelle Peters finished 3-1 and placed 2nd.
120 = Taytum Reed went 2-2 and placed 4th.
138 = Laini Haigh went 0-4 and placed 5th.
155 = Lydia Peterson went 2-2 and placed 4th.
170 = Rylie Tolle finished 3-1 and placed 2nd.
191 = Madi Tolle finished 4-1 and placed 2nd.
SMOKY VALLEY VIKING BOYS WRESTLING RESULTS
At Circle Invitational
TEAM SCORE = Vikings finished tied for 6th with Ellis at 97 points.
Top 5 of 25 teams = 1. Buhler – 180; 2. Council Grove – 135.5; 3. Garden Plain – 118; 4. Halstead – 110; 5. Kingman – 108.
VIKING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS =
119 = Takoda Hauck went 1-2.
120 = Connor Barnes finished 3-1 and placed 2nd.
126 = Justice Gardner finished 3-1 and placed 2nd.
132 = David Sample finished 3-1 and placed 2nd.
145 = Andrew Young went 1-2.
152 = Wyatt Johnson went 0-2.
170 = Richard Zeller went 2-2.
182 = Geo Luis went 1-2.
220 = Justin Holt finished 4-1 and placed 3rd.