OXFORD- The Elwood wrestling team once again would have a good showing, with six of their seven varsity wrestlers placing third or better to finish fourth overall at the Southern Valley Invite Saturday in Oxford.

 Elwood finished with 229 points, with the Norton JV (KS) blowing out the competition, taking 341 points and the team title.

 Most of the Elwood wrestlers’ wins would come by pinfall.

 At 119 lbs., Walter Flint would pin his first three wrestlers and all in the first period.  Flint would advance to the championship match, where he would take on Brandon Trueblood of Southern Valley, where Flint would lose by a 11-4 decision to take home the silver medal.

 At 125 lbs., Michael Daake would advance by a Technical pin, then squeeze by Isaac Berquist of Southern Valley 5-4, but would lose in the championship match by being pinned by Toby Thompson of Looms/Bertrand in the third period.

 Will Rahjes would also finish second after winning his first four matches by pin, but lose a close one to Justin Votja of Loomis/Bertrand 5-2.

 Three Pirate wrestlers would take home the bronze, as Mitch Kubert, Hunter Ertz and Dillon Tiede would each place third in their respective weight classes.

 The Pirate wrestling team will be in action again for the final time in 2009 on Dec. 19, as they will travel to Cambridge for their invitational. The invite is set to begin at 9:30 a.m.

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