WINTERSET, Iowa — The Woodward-Granger grapplers compiled enough team points to place seventh in a strong 16-team field at the Gary Christensen Invitational Saturday.
Osage won the team race with 260 points, with Winterset second at 212 and Urbandale third at 196. W-G left the 113 pound, 195 pound and 220 pound divisions uncontested but still amassed 111 points to place seventh overall.
No Hawk wrestler reached a final, but 106-pounder Alex Saxton (19-5) produced a 3-1 mark to finish third. He recorded all three of his wins by fall.
Kolby Fogarty (19-7) was 2-2 with a pair of pins to place fourth at 182, with Peyton Nixon (3-2) 2-2 with two decisions to finish fourth at 132.
Two pins and a 2-2 record at 285 allowed heavyweight Alex Evans (17-7) to stand fifth, with Holden Heard (14-12 at 120) and James Dorrian (17-11 at 126) both 2-3 and sixth in their respective divisions. Heard won by decision and medical forfeit, with Dorrian notching two pins.
Dustin Harney (16-5) began with two pins at 160, but lost a decision and then had to medically bow out in his final two matches, placing the senior sixth.
Placing seventh at 152 was Brayden Simons (18-10), who was 3-2 with two pins and decision while Oliver Potter (7-11) was eighth at 145 with a 3-2 mark on three pins.
Tjaden Smeltzer (10-16 at 138) and Jackson Potter (13-8 at 170) were both also in action. Smeltzer was unable to find a victory in his two matches, but Potter was 1-2, claiming a win by major decision.
W-G will join Pella in competing at Indianola Thursday before becoming part of a 16-team field Saturday at the Perry Invitational.
