The Blair boys wrestling team represented Nebraska alone Saturday in Urbandale, Iowa, finishing eighth during the 24-team Ed Winger Classic.
Led by Hudson Loges' second-place finish at 106 pounds, the Bears scored 93 team points. Waverly-Shell Rock, the champions, scored 200, while second-place Southeast Polk scored 187.
Loges went 3-1, dropping his first match of the season in the finals against Carter Pearson of Southeast Polk. Pearson won by 12-4 major decision, pushing his record to 31-1, while the BHS wrestler's dropped to 40-1.
Yoan Camejo is 28-6 after his fourth-place effort at 160 pounds. The Bear went 3-2 Saturday, claiming two decisions after a quarterfinals loss to unbeaten Danny Diaz of Waverly-Shell Rock. He then lost his third-place match against Fort Dodge's Damarion Ross, 4-3.
Luke Frost capped a 3-2 day with a 13-1 major decision at 120 pounds. He was fifth, while Kaden Sears earned sixth at 182 with a 2-3 record. Both of Sears' wins came by pin.
Blair's Tyson Brown, Jesse Loges and Atticus Dick added seventh-place finishes in Urbandale, too. Brown was 3-2 at 132 pounds, while Loges earned the same mark at 138.
Dick lost his first match by 14-9 decision before winning four straight at 145 to finish 4-1. He was his team's leader in pins on the day with three.
The Bears' Tannon Bellamy (one), Blaise Baughman (one) and Seagan Packett-Trisdale (two) notched contested victories during the Ed Winger Invite, too. Their team next competes 4:30 p.m. today in a rescheduled home triangular against Elkhorn South and Millard West. The event was originally set for last Thursday, but was postponed by winter weather conditions.
ED WINGER CLASSIC
Saturday at Urbandale, Iowa
Top-10 Teams (out of 24): Waverly-Shell Rock 200, Southeast Polk 187, Bettendorf 168.5, Ankeny Centennial, Waukee Northwest 108, Fort Dodge 104.5, Valley (West Des Moines) 97.5, Blair 93, North Scott 81, Dowling Cahtolic 80.
Blair Medalists: 2, Hudson Loges, 106 pounds. 4, Yoan Camejo, 160. 5, Luke Frost, 120. 6, Kaden Sears, 182. 7, Tyson Brown, 132. 7, Jesse Loges, 138. 7, Atticus Dick, 145.
