Wood River’s Eagle wrestlers posted a 3-1 record when the dust settled at the Sutton Duals on Tuesday, December 21, and finished as runner-up. The Eagles defeated Centennial, 42-39, fell to Thayer Central, 42-37, shot down Sutton, 72-9, and crushed Freeman, 66-18.
After totally dominating the visiting Silver Lake Mustangs in the first half of their meeting on Tuesday, December 14, the Gibbon boys basketball team found themselves in a struggle to hold on to their lead after halftime as the Mustangs came out of the locker room intent on wrestling the game from the Buffaloes. In the end, the home team managed to fight off the Silver Lake surge for a 43-36 victory.
Wood River’s Eagle wrestlers faced big time opponents at the Boone Central Dual Tournament on Saturday, December 18.
The winning streak for the Shelton Lady Bulldog basketball team continued last week as they disposed of the Red Cloud Lady Warriors on Friday, December 17, 69-44, on the road and then swept aside the Lady Vikings of Bertrand by a whopping 53-6 score on Saturday, December 18, at home.
“It was a good weekend of basketball for the boys, getting wins against an improving Red Cloud team and against a tough and imposing matchup in Bertrand,” Shelton head coach Will Reutzel said of the Bulldogs’ 49-33 win over Red Cloud on Friday, December 17, and the win over Bertrand by a 59-49 margin on Friday, December 18.
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