Joseph City hosted its 51st annual wrestling invitational on Friday and Saturday. Twenty-four boys teams and 20 girls teams competed in the event.
The boys team title was won by Arizona Lutheran with 188.5 team points. Holbrook finished just behind in second place with 187 and Mohave was third with 164.5 team points.
The Wildcats finished 15th with 63.5 team points.
Individually for Joseph City, Owen Beatty placed first in the 175-pound weight class. Joseph Thomas (190) was fourth, Hayden Fischer (285) finished sixth, Arizya Heward (165) was 10th, Cory McLaws (113) was 14th, Jason Walter (126) was 16th, Nathan Daumueller (157) was 16th and Independence Rodriguez (138) was 17th.
The girls team title was easily won by Winslow with 254.5 points. Holbrook followed in second with 162 and San Pasqual was third with 146. Joseph City finished 15th with 30 points coming from three wrestlers.
Feryal Bouanati wrestling in the 145-pound weight class placed fifth earning eight team points. Kayla Begay (126) placed sixth to get 14 team points and Sara Scott (100) finished seventh claiming eight team points.
