Witte leads PCM girls in first weekend wrestling tournament

NEVADA — The PCM girls wrestling team participated in its first weekend tournament on Saturday, and the Mustangs finished 33rd against a tough field at the Central Iowa Kickoff.

PCM was led by Chloye Witte, who picked up the team’s only varsity win. The Mustangs scored nine points in the 35-team field.

Class 2A No. 1 Raccoon River Northwest won the tournament with 279 points. South Tama County (259) was second followed by 2A No. 2 Ankeny (223.5), Algona (188) and 2A No. 9 Carlisle (133.5) in a tournament hosted by Nevada.

Witte was 1-3 at 170 pounds. She finished eighth in the bracket after winning her first match by fall. Her first loss came against 2A No. 1 Autumn Elsbury of South Tama.

Ryan DeVore (110), Addison Fry (115), Holly Wood (135), Hadley Millang (140) and Carly Wilkerson (155) also competed but went 0-2 with two losses by fall.

One of Millang’s losses came against 2A No. 7 Jammie Krah of Ankeny and Wood’s first loss was to 2A No. 6 Izzy Duncan (130) of RRNW.