South Loup was one of 28 wrestling teams to compete in the Garden County Wrestling Invite on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Oshkosh. The Bobcats finished in 8th place in the team standings, with Gordon-Rushville claiming the team title.

Individually, the Bobcats had a great day and brought home three medals—a gold and two silver. The results for the Bobcat wrestlers are as follows.

106 - Noah Hiatt (7-12) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Hiatt received a bye Quarterfinal - Mason Holmes (Kimball) won by fall over Hiatt (Fall 1:50) Cons. Round 2 - Carter Imhof (Sedgwick County/Fleming) won by tech fall over Hiatt (TF-1.5 2:17)

120 - Josiah Coleman (20-5) placed 2nd and scored 15.5 team points. Quarterfinal - Coleman received a bye Semifinal - Coleman won by tech fall over Cash Campbell (Sedgwick County/ Fleming) (TF-1.5 4:33)

1st Place Match - Jaxon Kearns (Gordon-Rushville) won by fall over Coleman (Fall 3:53)

132 - Dawson Mason (19-2) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Mason won by fall over Drayvin Clymer (Gering JV) (Fall 1:44) Quarterfinal - Mason won in tie breaker - 1 over Carson Green (Perkins County) (TB-1 6-5) Semifinal - Mason won by fall over Wyatt Kyle (Overton) (Fall 1:58)

1st Place Match - Mason won by decision over Hunter Brewer (Gordon-Rushville) (Dec 5-1)

144 - Ryan Lords (14-10) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Lords won by fall over Parker Wright (Garden County) (Fall 1:08) Quarterfinal - Carson Gibbons (Crawford) won by fall over Lords (Fall 1:39) Cons. Round 2 - Samual Winter (Brady) won by tech fall over Lords (TF-1.5 2:44)

157 - CJ Quandt (20-3) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 Quandt received a bye Quarterfinal - Quandt won by fall over Anthony Ging (Bridgeport) (Fall 1:41) Semifinal - Quandt won by fall over Daxton Malcolm (Bridgeport) (Fall 0:53) 1st Place Match - Jase Roberson (Garden County) won by fall over Quandt (Fall 2:58) 165 - Paxton Bierman (16-10) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 Bierman won by fall over Cleland Robison (Brady) (Fall 3:19) Quarterfinal - Adam Staman (Bridgeport) won by decision over Bierman (Dec 15-13) Cons. Round 2 - Jared Perkins (Bayard) won by fall over Bierman (Fall 2:56)