West Elk wrestlers returned to the mat last Saturday, Jan. 10, at Burlington.
Following are the results for Patriot wrestlers: 34th Annual Burlington Invitational 113: Welch Murphy (614) placed 6th. He lost by fall to Noah Garcia (McPherson) 9-3 (Fall 0:14); won by fall over Michael Taylor (Eskridge- Mission Valley) 2-10 (Fall 0:18); lost by fall to Kyson Knight (Independence) 5-2 (Fall 1:59); and lost by fall to Chance Boyd (Kansas City-Turner) 2-3 (Fall 1:33).
132: Noah Estrada (0-8) lost by fall to Tate Scott (Eureka) 16-5 (Fall 0:58); and lost by fall to Tyce Engemann (Baldwin) 9-8 (Fall 0:33).
165: Corbin Arbuckle (3-12) received a bye; lost by fall to Kale Pratt (Iola) 8-1 (Fall 0:30); and lost by fall to Jack McAfee (Independence) 4-9 (Fall 0:22).
190: Landon Wunderlich (10-9) received a bye; lost by fall to Keldyn Cox (Baldwin) 16-5 (Fall 3:04); won by fall over Spencer Brown (Eskridge-Mission [email protected] Valley) 7-7 (Fall 1:41); lost by fall to Maddex Doherty (Wellsville) 9-5 (Fall 2:10).
285: Edward Metcalf (11-11) lost by fall to Killian Harrington (Eureka) 9-7 (Fall 0:29); won by fall over Brayden Littlepage (Independence) 0-4 (Fall 1:15); won an 18-1 tech fall over Landen Shinn (Burlington) 7-7; and lost by fall to Carter Leathers (McPherson) 13-4 (Fall 0:21).
9th Burlington LadyCat Invitational 135: Maggie Humphrey (3-11) received a bye; lost by fall to Morgan Mietchen (Wellsville) 18-5 (Fall 0:33); and lost by fall to Lillian Williams (Caney Valley) 8-8 (Fall 0:17).
170: Haylee Knight (5-6) received a bye; lost by fall to Harlie Owings (Eureka) 15-1 (Fall 1:03); received a bye; and lost a 3-8 decision to Taylie Schaub (Fort Scott) 10-6.
Up Next
The Patriots will travel to Wellsville on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. before competing at the Eureka Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 24.

