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Northfield Wrestling Finishes Third at Eastern Holiday Classic Invitational, with Three Individual Champions.

By Ed Shenefield | Dec 30, 2023 2:58 PM

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The Northfield Varsity Wrestling Team competed in the Eastern High School Holiday Classic Friday and Saturday. The Holiday Classic is a two-day, ten-team, head-to-head dual Invitational. The Varsity Team wrestled five matches on Friday and four on Saturday, finishing with a 7-2 record, scoring a total team point of 474, the most of all ten teams present. Northfield earned three individual champions: Freshman Eli Gahl going 9-0 at 126lbs, Sophomore Jace Phillips going 8-1 at 113lbs, and Senior Layne Denton going 8-1 at 157lbs. Team Record: 7-2 Northfield vs Eastern-Greentown (60 - 24) Win Northfield vs Sheridan (59 - 24) Win Northfield vs Fremont (57 - 21) Win Northfield vs Madison Grant (60 - 16) Win Northfield vs Eastbrook (52 - 22) Win Northfield vs Clinton Prairie (54 - 21) Win Northfield vs Carroll (60-15) Win Northfield vs Tri Central (39 - 42) Loss Northfield vs Tipton (33 - 37) Loss Individual Records: 106lbs Kaedance Mitchell (4-1) 113lbs Jace Phillips (8-1) 120lbs Isaac Stakeman (7-2) 126lbs Eli Gahl (9-0) 132lbs Brayden Rice (7-2) 138lbs Tate Barlow (8-1) 144lbs Corbin Goshert (6-2) 144lbs Cayden Amburgey (1-0) 150lbs Kameron Pratt (8-1) 165lbs Luke Eviston (5-4) 175lbs Rylan Schultz (2-7) 215lbs Cail Dunphy (6-4) 285lbs Baden Turner (4-5) JV Results: 138lbs: Wyatt Steller (0-3) 215lbs: Rylan Turner (3-0) The Wrestling Norsemen travel to Peru on Wednesday, January 3rd, to take the Tigers. Wrestling starts at 6:30 pm.