Eagle Valley wrestling won it the match that really counted. After being defeated by Glenwood Springs and Rifle at an early-season triangular, the Devils claimed the Western Slope League wrestling title on Thursday in Grand.
Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley brought home some hardware from last Saturday’s wrestling tournament in Soroco. The Devils were coming off a successful home meet on Dec. 8 in which they dispatched Steamboat Springs 35-18.
Moffat County’s Michael Voloshin gets cleaned up during a 152-pound match against Battle Mountain’s Tyson Vasquez in Rifle on Saturday. Voloshin would go on to pin Vasquez at 2:48. (Ray K. Erku / Post Independent)
Keeping things rolling early in the 2021 season, the Moffat County Bulldogs’ wrestling team hit the road Saturday afternoon for a triangular dual against the host Rifle Bears and Battle Mountain Huskies and swept the two schools in impressive fashion to move to 5-2 on the year.
Against the Bears, Moffat County cruised to a 54-15 win, before then downing the Huskies 52-9, capping off a strong weekend of wrestling for the Bulldogs.