Video of the meet is available HERE.
By Cort Reynolds
Tournament host Bluffton High School finished a strong third at the 10-team Allen County Invitational wrestling tournament Friday, December 22.
Shawnee narrowly won the team title with 256 points to edge Allen East by a single point.
The youthful Pirate wrestlers came in third with 179 points.
Mustang freshman wrestler Jordan Neal won the 144 lbs. weight class title and was named tournament MVP. He posted a 5-0 mark with three pins at the event.
Pirate senior Kyle Basil rose from the fourth seed to win the 175 lbs. crown. He pinned top seed Jameson Wicker of Lima Senior in the third round at 3:20 to win Pool A in preliminary action.
Basil pinned Allen East senior Nick Zellmann in the semifinals of the tournament to advance to the title match.