Andale captured the team title at the 35th annual Circle Invitational, which took place Friday and Saturday in Towanda.
Andale posted seven first-place finishes and scored 215 points. Frontenac placed second with 165.5 points and Clay Center was third with 165.
Buhler placed eighth with 73 points, Smoky Valley finished 11th with 61 points and Nickerson placed 13th with 56 points.
First-place finishers for Andale were Levi Schmidt, 106 pounds; Luke Martin, 113; Luke Seiler, 126; Judd Eck, 132; Tristen Cox 150; and Emmett Eck, 157.
Wyatt Brand placed fourth at 132 pounds and Grant Eck placed fifth at 138 pounds.
Buhler’s Sammy Hershberger placed first at 138 pounds and earned his 100th career victory.
Jacob Burklow placed third at 190 pounds and Max Harmony placed fourth at 157 pounds.
Also competing for the Crusaders were Elijah Gutierrez, 113; Eric Wenzlick, 144; and Braylon North, 150.
Nickerson’s Kristopher Monroe captured first place in the 165-pound weight class. Teammate Aden Taylor placed fifth at 126 pounds.
Also competing for Nickerson were Aiden Brinkley, 120; Evan Trostle, 132; Aaden Vedder, 144; Kobane Swift, 175; and Riley Spurlock, 190.
Smoky Valley’s Parker Gardner placed second at 215 pounds. Placing fifth were Carson Shoshke, 113; and Wyatt Griffin, 144.
Also competing for the Vikings were Braxton Ricketts, 106; Rhett Gaskill, 132; Tavin Wilcox, 144; Hayden Gehrke and Kylan Lindquist, both at 175.


















