The class 2A section of the state wrestling tournament included six wrestlers from the KCII listening area Thursday.
Three of those wrestlers won their opening match to advance on the championship side of the bracket in their weight classes. Mid-Prairie junior Cael Garvey was a winner in dramatic fashion by 11-9 decision over No.7 Matthew Wirtz of Emmetsburg. Golden Hawk head coach, and Cael’s dad, Justin Garvey broke down the match Thursday night for KCII sports. “I think I aged five years during that match. We had a two point lead and unfortunately we squandered it away on stall calls. The kid was tall, he was posting up on our shoulder. We didn’t want to give in, they wanted us to circle back to the right so they could hit an ankle pick so instead we just backed out and got dinged. So then they got a take down so we are down 9-7 and on bottom. He’s riding Cael with a claw ride and Cael moved his hips, sucked his arm underneath, hipped over for a reversal and scored two back points, a four point move with literally eight seconds on the clock.”