Joseph City held their annual invitational tournament over the weekend, hosting 24 boys and girls teams for the event. Mogollon took the boys team crown, with an impressive 240.5 team points. ALA Queen Creek and Wickenburg tied for second with 175 each. Winslow finished eighth, and the Wildcats were 22nd.
For the girls, Winslow took the top team honor with 173 points. AZ Lutheran was second with 154, Lee Williams was third with 140. Snowflake finished fourth with 115, and Holbrook placed fifth with 98 team points. The Wildcats had just two wrestlers compete but they finished 16th overall with 23 team points.
For the Wildcats, Cory McLaws placed fifth in the 113-pound class with a 6-2 record. Charles Gardner picked up two team points, getting 14th in the 144-pound class with a 1-4 mark. Tytan Penrod placed sixth in the 165-pound class with a 3-4 record. Ben Beatty finished 10th in the 215-pound class finishing the tournament with a 5-2 record.
The Lady Wildcats had two competitors in the meet and they each finished sixth in their respective weight class. Jordan Begay, competing at 107-pound class, earned 12 team points with a 4-4 overall record. She lost to Holbrook’s Ryen Murrey in the fifth and sixth place match.
Kayla Begay also went 4-4 in the 126-pound class. She fell to Madison Jeffers from Flagstaff in the fifth and sixth place match.
