Wildcats place 5th in state dual wrestling
The Wildcat boys’ wrestling team placed fifth at the Class 2A state dual team tournament in Coralville on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Chad Beaman’s Humboldt boys’ wrestling team never backs down, evidenced by their 5th place finish in the Class 2A state dual team tournament at Coralville on Saturday, Feb. 3 inside Xtream Arena.
Humboldt, which entered the tournament seeded eighth, beat Independence 31-30 in the fifth place match to end their day.
Top-ranked and top-seeded Osage had its hands full against the Humboldt in the opening round and held off the Wildcats, 37-33.
Humboldt took an early led but the Green Devils prevailed, 37-33, to move into the semifinals against No. 5 seeded Sergeant Bluff-Luton. SBL defeated No. 4 seed West Delaware, 41-24.
Humboldt moved into the consolation side where they whipped West Delaware, 51-22.
Independence was a 34-20 winner over Algona to send them into a fifth place match.
Humboldt’s dual record ends at 22-2.
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