Republic’s middle school team wrestled well, but lost its opener to Nixa 62-44. The 18-point margin for Nixa was more lopsided than it could have been, because Republic did not have wrestlers competing in several of the lower weight classes. Those forfeits gave Nixa a 24-point advantage to start.
Here are the individual results:
75lbs – Mitchell (Nixa) forfeit
85lbs – Rayl (Nixa) forfeit
90lbs – Gates (Nixa) forfeit
95lbs – Shepherd (Nixa) forfeit
100lbs – Baxter (Nixa) fall McClarnon (Rep)
105lbs – Ionashku (Rep) technical fall Wilcox (Nixa)
110lbs – O’Connell (Rep) fall Gregory (Nixa)
115lbs – Keyes (Nixa) decision Jones (Rep)
120lbs – Noblitt (Rep) fall Gimlin (Nixa)
125lbs – Gherig (Nixa) fall Thomas (Rep)
130lbs – Crawford (Nixa) fall Davis (Rep)
135lbs – Harris (Nixa) technical fall Bowers (Rep)
142lbs – Kinney (Nixa) fall Presnall (Rep)
150lbs – Dickens (Rep) fall Morris (Nixa)
160lbs – Conklin (Rep) fall Beezley (Nixa)
175lbs – Murry (Rep) fall Beebe (Nixa)
195lbs – Wojciechowski (Rep) fall Scott (Nixa)
215lbs – Garcia (Nixa) fall McKinley (Rep)
285lbs – Piles (Rep) decision Gatlin (Nixa)