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BLACK RIVER FALLS – The Auburndale wrestling team opened its 2023-24 season with a second-place finish at the 21-team Black River Falls Invitational on Saturday at Black River Falls High School.
Sparta won the team title with 169.5 points, with Auburndale second with 143.5 points.
Derek Godard placed first at 113 pounds and Colton Weiler won the 144-pound title for the Eagles.
Godard defeated Sparta’s Landon Connelly 22-5 in the 113-pound final, while Weiler pinned Nathaniel Esser of Pittsville in 4:00 to take the title at 144.
Truxton Becker (106 pounds), Zade Grassel (132) and Wyatt Malsin (165) each finished third for Auburndale.
Auburndale will open its Marawood Conference season with a quadrangular meet at Athens on Thursday.
Black River Falls Wrestling Invitational
Dec. 2, at Black River Falls High School
Team scores: 1. Sparta 169.5; 2. Auburndale 143.5; 3. Pardeeville 129.5; 4. Onalaska 124; 5. Nekoosa/Assumption 119.5; 6. Portage 113; 7. Eau Claire Memorial 111; 8. Stanley-Boyd 103.5; 9. Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal 98; 10. Ladysmith 97; 11. Black River Falls 87; 12. DeSoto 73; 13. Barron 61; 14. Pittsville 53; 15. Viroqua 47; 16. Whitehall 38; 17. Stratford Reserve 35; 18. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro 34.5; 19. Durand 33; 20. Bruce 25.5; 21. Thorp 7.
Click here for complete results, courtesy of trackwrestling.com.