The Aledo wrestling teams had a busy opening week to the season, particularly after the season got started a day later than was planned.
The season began with a dual match at Weatherford on Nov. 9. The match was originally planned for outdoors a day earlier in Kangaroo Stadium, but Mother Nature had other plans. Due to the humidity level, the mats could not be deemed safe and the match was moved indoors to the Outback on the WHS campus.
The Aledo girls team started off with two wins by Avery Kernan (107 pounds) with a 21-second pin and Kyra Wright (114), who also won by a pin in the first period. While there were several other close matches, the Lady Kangaroos came away with a 54-12 victory.
The Aledo boys came up short in the team total of their match by a 40-33 score. Bearcat highlights included a first-period pin by freshman Brice Bohn (106), followed by another pin by Jayden Escalera (13).
Jacob Ellerbusch (312) continued the momentum with a pin of his own in the second period and Zachary Attaway (150) was able to get a 5-3 decision after a hard-fought match.
Max Toth (165) returned from a season ending injury last season,to give the Bearcats a big pin in the first period of his match. Britton Collins (190) finished up the night with a win by injury disqualification.
This past weekend the Bearcats and Ladycats went to Midlothian Heritage for their dual tournament.
The Aledo boys started the day off solidly with a 60-12 win over Gatesville. Aledo won every match by a pin.
Next, the Bearcats took on Midlothian Heritage and lost a close 39-36 match. It was topped off with pins from Ellerbusch, Bohn, Collin Chaney (285), and Kyle Scharlow (144).
The next two matches the Bearcats fell to a pair of strong 6A programs (Aledo is 5A) against Wylie (60-21) and Highland Park (57-24).
Bohn was the standout of the day, going undefeated with four pins.
The Ladycats dropped a 42-24 match to a tough Midlothian Heritage squad. The dual started with two pins from Kernan and Wright. Following this, both Arrianne Mathias (145) and Rilie Blankenship (152) both got their first wins of the year coming via pin.
Both teams will head to the Talon Tournament in Eaton Friday (girls) and Saturday (boys).
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