Despite being one of the smaller schools at the meet, the Joseph City Wildcats placed fourth as a team at the Division Four sectional qualifying wrestling meet held in Holbrook over the weekend.
The Cats had 10 wrestlers place in the top five, which earned them a trip to the state meet in Prescott this coming weekend.
St. Johns won the overall team title with 227.50 points. Round Valley placed second with 182.50, followed by Snowflake with 177 and Joseph City with 169.50. Holbrook placed fifth with 140 in the 15-team field.
The Wildcats had one overall champion, with Remington Baldwin taking the title in the 145-pound class. Baldwin went 3-0 with two pins. He defeated Ryan Bigelow of Round Valley in the finals by an 8-3 decision.
Bryce Crosby placed second in the 119 class, losing to Colton Merrill of Round Valley by a 9-5 decision. Crosby was 2-1 at the meet.
Tyson Smith also went 2-1 to place second in the 140-pound class. Smith fell to Mitchell Udall of Round Valley in the finals by a 6-3 score.
Justice Lee went 2-1 in the 152 class, losing to Josh Hatch of Holbrook by a score of 9-2 in the title match.
Jacob De Jesus also went 2-1 to place second in the 189 class. He fell to Tyler Johnson of Snowflake 13-5 in the finals.
Kyler Crosby placed fourth in the 103 division with a 2-2 record. Joshua Burt was fourth in the 125 class, posting a 3-2 record. Luke DeWitt placed fourth in the 171 class with a 2-2 overall record.
Joel DeWitt placed fifth in the 135-pound class with a 2-2 record. Ryan James also placed fifth in the 160 class with an overall record of 0-2, but he did receive four byes in the bracket.
Colton Spurlock placed sixth in the 130-pound class, posting a 1-3 record.
