Two of the seven Joseph City wrestlers who competed at the Division IV state meet held last Thursday and Friday in Prescott Valley placed. Trey Tuckfield earned fourth place in his weight class and Cameron Baldwin was a fifth place finisher.
As a team, the Wildcats finished 20th in the 40-team field. Morenci took the team title with 180 points. St. Johns followed in second with 124, and Camp Verde was close behind in third with 123.
Wrestling at 126 lbs., Tuckfield went 4-2, finishing fourth and moving his season record to 37-12. In the 132-lb. class, Baldwin also went 4-2, claiming fifth place and ending his season with a record of 39-13.
Jesse Hulsey went 0-2 in the 113-lb. class and finished 13-22 on the year. Joseph Burt was 0-2 in the 120-lb. class and finished 23-20 overall. Wrestling at 145 lbs., Eligh Ashcraft went 2-2 and finished 31-22 on the season. Toby Ballew was 0-2 in the 152-lb. class and went 15-18 on the year. Wrestling in the 285-lb. class, Ben Spurlock went 2-2 over the two-day meet, finishing his season with an impressive 33-13 record.
