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SPENCERVILLE — St. John’s, Spencerville and Parkway are all looking to build toward the sectionals and district wrestling tournaments starting Feb. 15 at Lima Central Catholic.

They battled Tuesday night at Spencerville High School.

The Jays won both of their matches, edging the host Bearcats 39-33 and whipping the Panthers 48-18.

The Bearcats bested Parkway 66-12.

The Jays of head man Derek Sterling had a few more wrestlers back from the injured list than they did over the weekend. They had eight wrestlers, voiding six weight classes versus Spencerville, while the Bearcats had two voided classes (both voided 106).

“We were hoping to get some more guys back and get them at least a match. We had seven matches and won six of them,” Sterling noted. “Will (Buettner) got two pins — the only one that had two matches. Justin (Siefker) had a big match against Trevor Bockey at 132; Trevor was the NWC champion this past weekend, so that was a big win for us to get the team win. Derek (Anthony) got a nice pin of another freshman at 170; we’ve been able to hide him behind two seniors but he also got a big win for us tonight. He weights 160, so he can wrestle there or 170.”
The Jays have one more tri-match tonight: versus Van Buren and Riverdale at Riverdale.