COLUMBUS, Kan. — The Joplin Eagles finished third at Saturday’s Columbus Varsity Duals Tournament.
In the tourney’s third-place match, Joplin defeated Bentonville 42-39.
Joplin went 3-2 in duals on the day.
Joplin defeated Columbus 48-30 and the Eagles beat Caney Valley 58-15.
Miami defeated Joplin 45-30 and Nevada beat Joplin 42-33.
In the title match, Miami defeated Nevada 47-30.
Coffeyville beat Columbus 42-36 for fifth place and Pittsburg defeated Caney Valley 48-24 for seventh.
JOPLIN 42, BENTONVILLE 39 (THIRD PLACE)
The Eagles pulled out a close win to end the tourney on a positive note.
Bentonville won by forfeit at 106 pounds.
Joplin’s Gabriel Kabutha won by fall over Noah Hartley at 113 and Jacob Porter won by forfeit at 120.
Bentonville’s Marco Martinez pinned Dylan Houston at 126, but Joplin’s Andrew Burke won by fall over Maxx Corbett at 132.
Bentonville’s Austin Murphy won by fall over Michael Rhone at 138 and Joplin’s Toryn Jones won by forfeit at 144.
Bentonville won matches at 150, 157, 165 and 175, as Joplin’s Austin Puckett (150), Ben Hedrick (157) and Johnathon Burke (165) suffered losses before a forfeit at 175.
But the Eagles finished strong, as Ethan Bentz (190), Johnny Williams (215) and Josiah Hazelwood (285) all won their matches by fall.
GIRLS FINISH SIXTH
Columbus also hosted a girls dual tourney.
Joplin finished sixth at the event, falling to Coffeyville 48-30 in the fifth-place match.
In the fifth-place dual, Joplin’s Taylor Brown (135), Ericka Washom (145), Amy Kessler (155), Mya Ndedi Ntepe (170) and Ilannah Burtrum (235) won matches for the Eagles. Washom, Kessler and Ndedi Ntepe all won by fall, while Brown and Burtrum won by forfeit.
In the title match, Columbus beat Burlington 48-34.
For third, Independence defeated Cherryvale 36-30.
For seventh, Humboldt defeated Caney Valley.
In other matches, Independence defeated Joplin 36-33, Cherryvale beat Joplin 45-18, Joplin upended Caney Valley 33-12 and Joplin beat Humboldt 39-24.
