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Joseph City’s wrestling team represented themselves well at the large 34-team Doc Wright Invitational meet held Jan. 18-19. The Wildcats finished with 54.5 points, which placed them 24th in the overall field.
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Joseph City had just six wrestlers compete in the bracket portion of the meet. Cameron Baldwin led the group scoring 24 team points and placed third in the 145 lb. weight class. Baldwin won by fall over Trevor Harris of St. Johns in round one. He also pinned Jordan Smith from Millennium in round two. In the quarter-final round Baldwin fell to Hunter Medina from Aztec by major decision losing the match 20-10.
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He bounced back in the consolation round with a pin over Alex Young from Horizon and a tiebreaker win over Kyle Lund from Chino Valley. In the consolation semi final round Baldwin won by decision over Matthew Andonov from Sandra Day O’Connor. Wrestling for third and fourth place, he won by fall over Timothy Mayhew from Casteel.
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Eligh Ashcroft scored 18.5 points for the Wildcats placing fifth in the 160 lb. division. After receiving a first round bye, Ashcroft defeated Jacob Skousen from St. Johns in the second round. He lost the quarterfinal match to Colter Hogle of Round Valley but came right back with a win over Sean Marhevka of Pinnacle. Ashcroft lost the consolation semi-final match to Seth Larsen from Sandra Day O’Connor, but won the fifth place match with a pin over Christopher Mccarthy from Mesa.
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Terrell Kinlicheenie didn’t place in the 106 lb. division, but he did earn 12 team points by going 3-2 in bracket matches. He won his first three rounds all by pin, but fell in the quarter-final round, and dropped his first round in the consolation bracket in a sudden death tiebreaker.
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Waylon Martineau (106) went 0-2, Ethan Hansen (132) went 0-2 and Reese Ashcroft (285) went 0-2.
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Aztec won the team title with 243 points followed by Chino Valley with 166.5, and Mt. View Marana with 158.
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