Wildcat
 on January 31, 2025
North Union’s Heath Ferguson (top) looks to pin an opponent during this year’s Don Wasserbeck Classic earlier this season. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Wildcat grapplers finish eighth in Utica Invitational

By By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette 

By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette

North Union placed six wrestlers last Saturday at the Utica Invitational.

The Wildcats finished eighth overall with 99 points, Elgin was tournament champion with 248.5 points.

Collin Welch was the top placer, earning a second-place slot in the 126-pound division.

He won his first two championship matches but lost in the final.

Corey Gillium (150), Heath Ferguson (157) and A.J. Leeson (165) each finished third.

Ferguson and Leeson each went 3-1 while Gillium finished with a 3-2 mark.

Jaystin Benney (120) and Ben Bonnell (144) each went to 2-2 and finished fourth.

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