Four B-U wrestlers finish in top three at Winner’s Choice Tournament

Pictured in first photo: B-U wrestler DANIEL NOLTE (right) grapples with Nitro’s Hunter Skeens during their quarterfinal match in the 220-pound bracket at last weekend’s Winner’s Choice Tournament last weekend. Nolte pinned Skeens early in the third round of the match and finished tournament runner-up at 220 pounds. Pictured in second photo: B-U wrestler SETH CUTRIGHT (top) sends Ripley’s Preston Martin tumbling to the mat during their semifinal match in the 152-pound bracket. Cutright won the match by a 6-4 decision and finished second in his weight class, helping the Bucs finish in a tie for seventh in the team standings at the two-day event. Photos courtesy of JULIE TENNEY

FAIRMONT — Five Buckhannon-Upshur wrestlers earned place-winning positions in their weight classes Saturday, leading the Buccaneers to a seventh-place team finish at the annual Winner’s Choice Tournament.

B-U juniors Seth Cutright, competing in the 152-pound weight class, and Daniel Nolte, competing in the 220-pound bracket, advanced all the way to Saturday’s final round and earned tournament runner-up honors. B-U junior Dakota Linger and freshman Brandon Tenney claimed third-place finishes and Tyler Demastes placed seventh, as the Bucs tied with Musselman in seventh place, scoring 116 points.

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