Mustangs finish sixth in Burlington

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January 8, 2019 - 10:59 AM

Iola freshman TJ Taylor, second from left, stands on the podium after finishing second overall at the Burlington Wrestling Invitational in the 106-pound division on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Iola Wrestling.

BURLINGTON — After having a couple of weeks off thanks to winter break, the Iola wrestling team hit the mats on Saturday at the 28th annual Burlington Wrestling Invitational coming away with sixth place overall including five top-five finishes. 

The tournament hosted 24 teams with schools as small as 1A West Elk and as large as 5A McPherson. 

Freshman TJ Taylor earned second overall and scored 18 team points while going 3-1. 

Taylor won by 5-4 decision in the first round over Jayhawk-Linn’s Corbin White before beating Eureka’s Connor Booth-Hughes by a 7-4 decision in the second round. 

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