PACKWOOD – North Mahaska’s wrestling team saw some tough competition Monday at the Bill Rex Girls Invitational meet at Pekin High School. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont continued its dominance winning with 259 points. Burlington was a distance second with 173.5. The Warhawks were seventh with 83.5.
North Mahaska saw Macie Little take second at 130 pounds, Addison Terpstra was third at 100, and Lilly Briggs at 110 and Madison Davis at 105 placed fourth.
Little faced Ivory Small of Pekin earning a pin in 1 minute 14 seconds. In the semifinals, Little advanced by scoring a technical fall, 15-0 over EBF’s Kendra Krause. She faced Layla Ewing of Moravia in the finals and was pinned in 2:24.
Terpstra lost her semifinal after having a bye in the first round. Terpstra was pinned by Lola Voth of Chariton in 1:15. In the consolation semifinals Terpstra pinned Makena Martin of Pekin in 2 minutes and won a 13-4 major decision over Izzy McCullough of Sigourney.
Briggs was pinned in her quarterfinal bout by Grace Navarre of Burlington in 2:29. In the consolation bracket, Briggs pinned Jenella Panchillo of Columbus in 37 seconds. She faced Bella Mills of Columbus in the consolation quarterfinals and won by pin in 2:40. In the semifinal match Briggs won by medical forfeit over Lexa Nelson of Pekin. Alyia Abbott of Fairfield pinned Briggs in 5:03.
Davis was fourth but did not win a match. Amara Edwards-Hinton was fifth at 170; Kaylia Shipman fifth at 120; Kieren Perez was sixth at 155 and Ruby Wallerich finished sixth at 115.
The Warhawks return to action Friday at Ottumwa.