Riding a number of top five finishes, the Lady Eagle wrestling team began the new year with a second place finish at the Fillmore Central Invitational held at Geneva on Friday, January 2. The Wood River ladies finished the day with 155.5 team points. Adams Central won the invitational with 219 team points.
The Gibbon boys wrestling team finished the Wood River Holiday Duals on Saturday, January 3, with a record of 3-2 for a fifth place finish among the eight teams making the trip to Wood River. The team from Pierce took first place on the day.
At the Ravenna Holiday Tournament, the Shelton boys basketball team finished with a loss to Overton, 64-68, on Monday, December 29, but came back for a 62-37 pasting of Palmer on Tuesday, December 30, in the third and fourth place game.
Wood River’s girls basketball team took part in the annual Runza Holiday Classic Tournament held at different sites December 22 through 30. The Eagle ladies were recipients of a first round bye before moving on to host Cross County on Monday, December 29, where they were bested by the Cougars, 30-41.
The Shelton Lady Bulldog basketball team finished in third place at the Ravenna Holiday Tournament held on Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30, which also included the Palmer girls team. Shelton fell to Overton, 47-30, on the 29th but came back to down Palmer in the third and fourth place game by a convincing 82-15 score on the 30th for a third place finish.
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