With the most important meet of the season coming up, the Aledo Bearcats had their best showing of the season.
The Bearcats varsity placed second out of 23 teams in the Bowie Invitational in Arlington this past weekend, Jan. 20-21.
“This was also our first team trophy for our program, so my hope is that it is a sign of good things to come for our upcoming district tournament,” said Aledo coach Austin Stockon.
The Bearcats, in only their second season of competition, will wrestle at the District 4-5A Tournament in Azle Feb. 2-3. Along with Aledo and Azle, the district also includes Lubbock, Lubbock Cooper, Lubbock Coronado, Lubbock Monterey, Saginaw, White Settlement Brewer, Lubbock Estacado, Springtown, Henrietta, Vernon and Trent (boys only).
The Bearcats were wrestling at home for the last time at press time against Brewer.
Chad Thomas paced the Bearcats with a runner-up individual finish in the 120-pound division. Taking third in their respective weight classes were Brice Bohn, 106; Jacob Ellerbusch, 132; and Colonel Douglass, 150. Fourth-place finishers were Ty Hand, 157; and Britton Collins, 190.
The junior varsity Bearcats also had a strong showing with the following individual highlights:
The week before competing in Arlington, the Bearcats were joined by the Ladycats in sweeping a dual match at Springtown Jan. 12. The boys won 42-35 and the girls won 36-18.
The Bearcats were led by pins from Bohn, Ellerbusch, Douglas, Collins, Kyle Scharlow (138) and Zach Attaway (144).
Posting pins for the Ladycats were Kyra Wright (114), Arianne Mathias (145) and Baillie Sessom (235).
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