Humboldt advances 6 wrestlers to district tournament

Humboldt will send six wrestlers into a Class 2A District wrestling tournament at Webster City on Saturday, Feb. 14, after hosting a 2A Sectional tournament on Feb. 7. Humboldt scored 204 points to finish third in the sectional team scoring. Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon won the team title with 223.5 points and Webster City was runner-up with 220. Greene County was fourth at 153, followed by Southeast Valley with 128.5 and East Sac County with 28.Humboldt's Austen Gargano (1st at 126), Levi Sawyer (2nd at 106), Malcolm Boyd (2nd at 152), Mike Madsen (2nd at 160), Adam Mickelson (1st at 182) and Cordes Olthoff (2nd at 220) advance into district competition which will determine entries for the state tournament in Des Moines Feb. 19-21.See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe for full digital and print access to the Independent. Click the link above to begin today!