Greene County was fifth among nine teams on Saturday at the South Hardin wrestling invitational in Eldora. The middle of the pack finish typified a day where the Rams had seven wrestlers seeded fourth or higher. Three wrestled to their seeds, one finished above his seed, and three finished below where they were seeded. Greene County finished with two champion, one runner-up, one third, two fourth place finishes, and three sixths among the 12 entries by Coach Mark Sawhill.

Senior Jordan Challen (138) and junior Tommy Bradshaw (145), both seeded sixth in Class 2A, easily won their weight classes. Challen improved to 22-1 on the season with falls in all three matches Saturday. Bradshaw is now 20-2 after two falls and a 13-7 decision. Senior Abe Yoder (132) is 23-4 after finishing second. It was an eventful day for Yoder, who picked up his 100th career victory with an opening round fall. The semifinals saw the Ram senior use a four-point move in the closing seconds to upend number 10 Carter Barkema of Hampton-Dumont. The finals saw Yoder fall 6-2 to sixth ranked Nathan Macki of Ballard (Huxley).

Freshman Kane Borgeson (106) placed third with freshman Isaac Ireland (120) and sophomore  Hunter Ruth fourth. Sophomore Isaiah Yoder (160), junior Keyden Pollock (170), and sophomore George Zito (285) were each sixth.

Ballard won the team title with 214 points. Denver-Tripoli was second at 155.5, followed by Iowa Fallas-Alden 138.5, Aplington-Parkersburg 129.5, Greene County 116, Clarksville 109, Hampton-Dumont 105, South Hardin/BCL-UW (Eldora) 83, and Central Springs (Nora Springs) 73.

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