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WRESTLING: Boulder City cruises to Panther Invitational title

Boulder City’s wrestling team claimed 10 individual titles on Friday to roll to the team championship at the Panther Invitational in Alamo.

The Eagles finished with 269½ points, well ahead of second-place Lincoln County (138½). Moapa Valley was third at 102.

D.J. Reese (106 pounds), Brady Branscum (113), Collin Fox (126), Tyler-James Rushworth (138), Bryan Foster (160), Alex Pappageorge (170), Nelson Van Diest (182), Jacob Jurgschat (195), Dustin Edlund (220) and Jack Rocyzki (285) all won titles for Boulder City.

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