A trio of local girls wrestling programs began the week in invitational play.
Wayne, Wakefield and Winside were among the 27 teams competing in the Summerland Bobcat Lady Invite.
The Wayne girls finished third with 120 points among their 14 wrestlers, the Wakefield girls placed 12th with 35.5 points with 11 wrestlers as Winside’s two wrestlers accumulated seven points to take 25th.
West Holt won the Summerland Bobcat Lady Invite with 129 points, South Sioux City followed in second (124), Wayne took third (120), Summerland placed fourth (107) and Elkhorn Valley rounded out the top five teams with 89.5 points.
The Wayne girls were led by champions of Essynce Owens-Webb (100), Nyla Bolles (135) and Anna Naeve (145); Ivette Ozuna (140) followed in runner-up as Megan Magnuson (130) placed fourth.
Other scoring came from Lupita Alba (110), Serenity Heil-Ellis (125) and Kadence Rees (155).
Andrea Bacillio (105), Hannah Burris (115), Gracelynn Daniels (115), Macy Wilson (120), Alexa Chavez (135) and Jasmine Contreras (235) were also in action.
The Wakefield girls were led by a third place medal from Natalee Nelson (190) with other scoring coming from Jennifer Lopez (110), Katelyn Walsh (115), Maria Perez (120) and Naomi Nelson (135).
Mirella Ruvalcaba (115), KiraCenturion (125), Angie Miranda (125), Melony Manjarrez (135), Jazmynn Scott (155) and Tiffany Chase (170) were also in action.
The Winside girls were led by scoring from Raylyn Behmer (115) and Lily Umbarger (145).
The Wayne High girls will next compete at the Schuyler Invite on Friday, January 17. Blue Devil boys wrestling will host Battle Creek on Thursday, January 16 before traveling to the Schuyler Invite on Saturday, January 18.
Wakefield girls will be off until Monday, January 20 participating in the Battle Creek Girls Invite. The Trojan boys will be in action at the Ponca triangular with Madison on Thursday, January 16 and the Battle Creek Boys Invite on Saturday, January 18.
The Winside girls will be competing in the Schuyler Invite on Friday as the Winside boys will return to the mat at the Weeping Water Invite also on Friday.
