WILTON

Putting together a victorious team effort this past weekend, Mid-Prairie stacked together quality performances after quality performance to win the team title at the Wilton Girls Invitational on Nov. 3.   

The Golden Hawks grabbed first place with a final team score of 182. Second place and third place went to Mount Vernon and the host school Wilton respectively with final scores of 155 and 153.5

It was Ashlee Farrier (wrestling in the 130 lbs bracket) who gave Mid-Prairie its highest finish of the invitational. 

Farrier went undefeated at 3-0 to claim the top spot on the podium. She won every match by fall with her first win coming in 1:16, her second win being in 1:31, and her first place match win being decided in 1:44 over Sigourney-Keota’s Kia Montgomery

Also greatly contributing to Mid-Prairie first place team score was Ruby Miller, Emmerson Moore, Layken Lee, and Ellie Callahan who all placed third in their respective weight brackets.

Miller went 3-1 in the 110 lbs bracket, winning three matches by fall (1:20, 1:39, 2:55) but being defeated by fall in the semifinal round. Moore went 2-1 in the 135 lbs bracket, winning both her matches by fall (1:53, 2:23) but dropping the semifinal match.

Lee, wrestling in the 140 lbs bracket, won her quarterfinal match (51 seconds) and her third place match (23 seconds) by fall with her only loss coming in the semifinal round.  Callahan competed in the 170 lbs bracket, going 2-1. The junior dropped her semifinal match but won her quarterfinal match by fall (2:44) and her third place match by fall (4:48).

Up next for Mid-Prairie is competing at Washington for a Quad Meet on Dec. 3.