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North Cedar wrestling season off and running
By Kayla Paup, North Cedar freshman and Darby Hawtrey, North Cedar junior
Dec. 6, 2016 10:51 am
CLARENCE - The North Cedar wrestling team opened the season on Thursday with a dual against Monticello, losing 48-36.
The Knights then wrestled in the Tipton Invitational on Saturday, placing sixth.
'I am very excited about how hard the wrestlers are working and we are looking better every time we go out,” North Cedar Coach Darrell Long said.
Freshman Tyler Thurston of North Cedar wins his match, 11-6, against a North Scott wrestler at 170 pounds at the Tipton Invitational. (Darby Hawtrey/North Cedar junior)
At 132 pounds, North Cedar freshman Brody Hawtrey pins his opponent from Cedar Rapids Jefferson at the Tipton Invitational. Hawtrey got another pin in the first period against a Tipton wrestler. (Darby Hawtrey/North Cedar junior)
North Cedar senior Byron Boleyn scores a technical fall against a wrestler from Jefferson at the Tipton Invitational. (Darby Hawtrey/North Cedar junior)
Senior Byron Boleyn of North Cedar, wrestling at 182 pounds, came back to pin Monticello's Gavin Holub after trailing, 5-4, in the dual meet. (Kayla Paup/North Cedar freshman)
North Cedar junior Mile McCullough pins his North Scott opponent at 126 pounds at the Tipton Invitational. (Darby Hawtrey/North Cedar junior)
David Galloway, a sophomore at North Cedar wrestling at 138 pounds, started his match off fast with a takedown in the first 13 seconds. Galloway later tilted Monticello's Andrew Wall and let him up, then tilted him again before pinning him in the first period at 1:03. (Kayla Paup/North Cedar freshman)