WRESTLING: APPLE VALLEY WINS CHEESEHEADThe nation's No. 1-ranked team,
Apple Valley (Minn.), scored 734.5 points to repeat as champion in the prestigious Cheesehead Invitational at Kaukauna, Wis. No. 3-ranked power
Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.) was runner-up with 652 points.
The powerful Eagles had just one individual champion, but seven other members of the deep squad took second place. Destin McCauley – the nation's No. 1-ranked wrestler – won the title at 152 pounds to raise his record to 23-0.
Jake Sueflohn of
Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.) won the title at 140 pounds and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler.
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Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg, Pa.) won its first Powerade Tournament championship with 194.5 points. The Big Macs had three individual champions in the 44th annual meet: Colton Shorts (103), Connor Schram (112) and Cody Klempay (junior heavyweight).
Pete Baldwin of
Osceola (Kissimmee, Fla.) won all five of his Powerade matches at 145 pounds to become the first Florida wrestler ever to notch 300 career victories. He is 31-0 this year with 24 pins and has a career record of 301-20 with 221 pins.
