Anderson leads Baxter wrestlers at WACO

WAYLAND — Three Baxter wrestlers scored 30.5 points at the WACO Warriors tournament on Saturday.

Jack Anderson finished third, Maddox Peters won three straight matches after losing and the Baxter boys wrestling team finished 14th in the 15-team field.

Washington won the tournament with 182.5 points. Mount Pleasant was second with 160 and the rest of the top five included Highland (117), New London (107.5) and host WACO (101).

Anderson (21-6) was third at 138 pounds. He was 2-1 with two pins and his lone loss was a 6-2 decision in the semifinals to Class 1A No. 5 Gage Burden of New London.

Peters (17-10) finished fifth at 150 and Derek Rominger was 1-2 at 126. Peters lost his first match but finished his day 3-1 with two pins and one technical fall.

Bolts lose twice in pair of duals

NEW SHARON — Anderson won twice, but Baxter was plagued by 15 forfeits in a pair of a losses on Thursday.

The Bolts fell 42-6 to English Valleys and dropped a 66-9 dual to host North Mahaska. But Baxter was 3-3 in contested matches.

Against North Mahaska, Anderson won 12-5 at 138 and Rominger claimed a win by fall at 126.

Baxter was 2-1 in contested matches as the Warhawks, but North Mahaska took all 10 forfeits.

Anderson won by fall at 144 against English Valleys, but that was the only points as the Bolts were 1-2 in contested matches and 0-5 in forfeits.

Anderson’s pin came in 55 seconds. He’s now 21-5 and picked up his 100th career victory at the North Mahaska tournament last weekend.