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MISSOURIAN ROUNDUP: Cape Central wrestling finishes third at Kentucky tournament

The Cape Girardeau Central wrestling team represented Missouri well at the Christian County Invitational on Saturday in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, as the Tigers finished third in the team standings out of 25 schools primarily from Kentucky and Tennessee.

Reiss Grove fared the best among the Tigers, placing second in the 195-pound division. Heavyweight Michael Ward finished fifth for Central, which was the only school from the Show-Me State at the tournament.

Team Scores — 1. Woodford County (Versailles, Ky.) 248.5; 2. Christian County (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 233; 3. Cape Girardeau Central 119; 4. Taylor County (Campbellsville, Ky.) 108.5; 5. Meade County (Brandenburg, Ky.) 105; 6. University School (Memphis, Tenn.) 98; 7. Caldwell County (Princeton, Ky.) 97; 8. John Hardin (Radcliff, Ky.) 93; 9. Nolensville, Tenn., 76; 10. La Vergne, Tenn., 75; 11. John Overton (Nashville, Tenn.) 74; 12. Northwest (Clarksville, Tenn.) 71; 13. Ohio County (Hartford, Ky.) 69; 14. Nashville (Tenn.) Christian School 67; 15. Hopkinsville, Ky., 64; 16. Trigg County (Cadiz, Ky.) 62; 17. W.H. Harrison (Evansville, Ind.) 56; 18. Owensboro, Ky., 46; 19. Fort Campbell, Ky., 41; 20. Calloway County (Murray, Ky.) 35; 21. (tie) Mayfield, Ky., Trinity (Whitesville, Ky.) 20; 23. Christian County (Hopkinsville, Ky.) JV 19; 24. Tilghman (Paducah, Ky.) 12; 25. Rossview (Clarksville, Tenn.) 0

Local (Cape Central) results

120 — Brendan Wilkens (6th Place)

132 — Jeremiah Johnson (6th Place)

138 — Conner Moore (6th Place)

145 — Dylan Jordan (7th Place)

152 — Dean Scheller (8th Place)

160 — Dennis Jordan (6th Place)

182 — Cameron Cox (6th Place)

195 — Reiss Groves (2nd Place)

220 — Mitchell Humphrey (8th Place)

HWT — Michael Ward (5th Place)

— From staff report

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