The Summerland wrestling team placed 13th at Saturday's Battle Creek Invitational.

Nineteen teams competed and, at the end of the day, the host team secured the team title, surpassing Crofton/Bloomfield by eight points, 184.5 to 176.5.

The Bobcats ended with 42 points and all eight competitors earned medals.

Ethan Kester won bronze in the 126-pound class. He pinned Ponca's Thomas Beavers, in 1:18, and won an 8-4 decision over BC's Jaxon Hassler to advance to the championship bracket. Trev Arlt, Yutan, pinned Kester in 1:09. In the third-place match, Kester won by an 8-0 major decision over Robert Aschoff, Osmond.

Shayne Jenkins placed third in the 138-pound junior varsity division. After losses, by fall, to Stanton's Jayden Reed, in 2:46, and Elkhorn Valley's Brandon Mutum, in 1:43, Jenkins earned a 4-1 decision over Devin Hassler, BC JV.

Competing in the 120-pound class, Caden Mendoza finished sixth. He lost, by fall, to Bryce Kolc, Yutan, in :35 and Tekamah-Herma's Jager Leichleiter, in 2:22. Following a bye, Mendoze wrestled BC's Zion Baier. Mendoza was pinned in 1:41.

Two Bobcats - AJ Hobbs and Matt Umphress - competed in the 160-pound class. They placed sixth and eighth, respectively.

Hobbs opened competition with a win, by fall, in 3:23 over Gage Jensen, Quad County Northeast. In round two, he lost, by tech fall, 16-1, to Wyatt Tramp, Crofton/Bloomfield. In the first consolation round, Hobbs won a 12-10 decision over Umphress and lost, by fall, in 1:41, to Trevis Halsey, EV.

Umphress pinned EV's Kris Fernau, in 2:39 before losing, by fall, in :55, to Lane Belina, HD. Following a 12-10 loss to Hobbs, Umphress was pinned, in 1:39, by BC's Casey Schnebel.

Connor Thomson placed eighth in the 132-pound class. After pinning EV's Jacob Lind in 4:00, Thomson lost, by fall, in 1:08, to Braeden, Hartington Cedar Catholic. In the consolation bracket, Alexander Molina, of Madison, pinned Thomson in 2:26. In the seventh-place match, Mason McKie, Stanton, defeated Thomson, 6-4.

Logan Kester competed in the 138-pound division and placed eighth. After opening with a loss, by fall, in 1:36, to Jaxon Vinson, Osmond, Kester pinned Winnebago's Alonzo Bass in 4:50. In the third round, Riverside's Damein Roan handed Kester a 9-5 loss. In a consolation match, Kaden Kment, Stanton, pinned Kester in 2:10 and in the seventh-place match, Konner Bourek, Howells-Dodge, defeated the Bobcat competitor, 7-5.

Kendrick Schroeder finished eighth in the 170-pound division. He pinned Justin Backer, QCNE, in 2:40 before being pinned, in 1:31, by HCC's Cole Bensen. In the first consolation round, Mauricio Hernandez, Madison, won by a 7-3 decision and in the seventh-place match, Wyatt Nierodzik, BC, pinned Schroeder, in 1:26.