Tiger middle school grapplers cap season on high-note

Nevada Middle School's seventh and eighth-grade grapplers capped a phenomenal season on a high-note, playing host to the Big 8 Conference wrestling tournament over the weekend — placing third at the showcase event.

Held at Nevada High School, Nevada finished with four individual first-place medalists, a half-dozen silver medalists, and four third-place finishers.

Nevada medalists

— First-place —

• (Boys) Tyler Longobardi, 4-0; Liam McGrath; (Girls) Averi Dawn, and Aniyae Benson.

— Second-place —

• Barrett Nadurata, Kason Clark, Gannon Marquardt, Drake Ketterman, Luke Anderson, Henry Campbell.

­ — Third-place —

• Myles Callaghan, Hunter Hearting, Gavin Boyd, and Isaac Weber.