Cowboy wrestling team takes second at Parkersburg

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows wrestling team is starting to round into mid-season form after taking second place at the 14-team Keith Vry Invitational hosted by Aplington-Parkersburg last Saturday. A strong Don Bosco (DB) squad took the title with 184 points, followed in the top five by the Cowboys with 145, Sumner-Fredricksburg (S-F) with 132, Dike-New Hartford (D-NH) with 131.5 and Benton Community (BC) with 96.

Connor Johnson (126), Tanner Abbas (138 and Mason Carpenter (170) all grabbed gold medals by winning their respective brackets. Johnson disposed of Crowley of Tipton by fall in 4:24 in the finals, Abbas picked up a technical fall 24-6 over Hellman of the Dons for the championship and Carpenter took a nice 7-0 win over Heathcoate (D-NH) to win.

Next up for the Cowboys is the two-day prestigious Battle of Waterloo this Friday and Saturday.

For the Keith Vry Invitational results, see the December 15 edition of the Monitor.