Soda Wrestlers Start Off With a Busy Week

The Soda Springs Cardinals wrestling team participated in several duals last week.  The week began on Wednesday at Minico where they dueled the host school Minico as well as Declo. In the dual with Minico the Cardinals failed to score many team points, only five Cardinal wrestlers won their matches in that dual. Their dual with Declo was much closer but the Cardinals still came up two team points short of matching the Hornets.  The Lady Cardinals also took part in those duals, but suffered the same fate as the boy’s team.  Freshman Brooklyn Dodge was the only Lady Cardinal to secure a win in each dual.

Following the brief mid-week dual the Cardinals next traveled to American Falls to take part in the Dahlke Duals.  The girl’s team wrestled in a bracket style format. The Lady Cardinals had two placers, Brooklyn Dodge (140) finished in second place, and Kaylin Richards (125) finished fourth. The Soda Springs boy’s team faced several teams in duals.  In those duals the Cardinals picked up team wins over Kimberly and Wood River, but fell to Burley, Snake River, American Falls, and Declo.

Individually several of the Cardinals were able to complete the weekend with winning records.  Ryker Hemmert (132), Jace Garbett (144), and Kage Johnson (150) all finished with 4 and 3 records.  There were also three wrestlers that finished with a 5 and 2 record that included Kellen Garbett (138), Troy Krupp (165), and Carson Cook (215).  JT Cutler (126) suffered just a single loss winning 6 of his matches.  Team leader and veteran wrestler Elijah Dilworth (190) finished with a perfect 7 and 0 record.

If you want to see the wrestlers in action they will host Bear Lake on Wednesday before making a long trip up north to Kellogg for the weekend.