INDEPENDENCE — 30 teams competed this past weekend in Independence’s 2024 Cliff Keen Invitational wrestling tournament with the Solon Spartans placing 12th in team points with 199.5.

Lucas Feuerbach took the runner up spot at 215 pounds, Jordan Schmidt was fourth at 138 pounds, Grant Wilson was fifth at 285 pounds, Jackson Feurbach was seventh at 175 pounds, and Anderson Osgood placed eighth at 106 pounds to round out the top ten finishers.

Jaydn Bevans was 12th at 150 pounds as was Kyler Jensen at 190 pounds. Charlie Karam and Carson Kidwell placed 17th at 144 and 157 pounds, Jayden Steapp was 19th at 120 pounds, Quinten Henning was 24th at 113 pounds, Justin Moore was 26th at 126 pounds as was Connor Dunn at 157 pounds, Logan Ross was 27th at 165 pounds, Evan Gleason was 28th at 113 pounds with Michael Bigelow finishing 28th at 132 pounds.

“It was an up and down weekend,” said head coach Aaron Hadenfeldt. “This is arguably the toughest tournament in the state up until the state wrestling tournament, so it was good to get a barometer on where we’re at as a team. I was happy with our effort for the most part, but we’ve got a ways to go if we’re going to attain our goals as a team this year. We’ve got to get better at knowing how to wrestle in different situations and that will come with more experience. We had seven guys in the gold/ silver bracket, which we haven’t had in a while. We’re getting there, but we still have a ways to go.”