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Five of the six wrestlers competing for the Joseph City Wildcats at the sectional wrestling meet held in Winslow last Friday qualified for the Division IV state meet which will be held in Prescott on Thursday and Friday.
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St. Johns won the team title at the sectional meet with 239 points. Page placed second with 171.5 and Monument Valley was third with 152. Joseph City finished in fourth despite having only six wrestlers with 100 points. Winslow followed in fifth with 99 points and Holbrook placed eighth with 36 team points. Sixteen teams competed in the meet.
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The Wildcats had three individual winners with Terrell Kinlicheenie, Cameron Baldwin and Eligh Aschcroft each winning the championship in their respective weight classes. Reese Ashcroft placed second in his and Ethan Hansen finished fourth in this weight class.
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Kinlicheenie went 3-0 in the 106 lb. weight class. Baldwin was also 3-0 in winning the 145 lb. division. Eligh Ashcroft, 3-0 in the 160 lb. weight class; Reese Ashcroft, 2-1 in the 285 lb. class; and Ethan Hansen, 2-2 in the 132 lb. weight class, placing fourth.
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Waylon Martineau also competed for Joseph City and went 0-2 in the 113 lb. weight class.
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Joseph City’s qualified wrestlers will be in action beginning Thursday at the Division IV State Championship meet held at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott. The state tournament concludes on Friday.
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