Winner Area middle school wrestling team opened the season Saturday at Valentine, Neb. The Warriors placed 11 wrestlers.
First place went to Kaleb Osborn, Michael Olson, Kaden Keiser, Joey Cole, Aaron Gilchrist, Trevor Peters and Riley Shippy. Finn Bartels and Preston Norrid took second. Owen Duffy placed third. Gavin Tucker took fourth place.
“Coach LaDeaux and myself were happy with how we performed in this tournament,” said coach Spencer Novotny. “We have a lot of stuff we need to work on in the next week.”