CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI – The Cardinals learned that Glenwood City is the cream of crop in the conference last week as the Hilltoppers handled the Spring Valley/Elmwood wrestling team a hard defeat. The squad rebounded though and had a good showing from the young team at the Chi-Hi Invite here this past weekend.
The loss to GC is a learning event for this young team, how they battled back in the weekend invitational is a good sign of how the team will grow. This week the Cardinals have some time to recover before wrestling at the Shell Lake Invitational on Saturday.
Glenwood City 81, Spring Valley/Elmwood 0 – It was hard from the get-go for the Cardinals as the D-SC match started at 106 pounds, which the Cardinals forfeited, along with matches at 113, 120, 126, and 132 to give the Hilltoppers a 30-0 advantage, The Cardinals would forfeit one more match at 285 to end the match as well. Of the remaining eight matches that were not forfeits, the Cardinals lost seven by fall. Only freshman Asher Turner was able to hold off a Hilltopper wrestler from taking a win by fall. Turner lost his match at 150 to Andrew Blaser in a tight 3-1 decision.
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