Bearcats win, lose close duals in home opener

GREENE – In spite of three open weights, some tricky maneuvering has North Butler’s wrestlers even in six dual matches in the first week of the season.
Bearcat coach Gordy Smith nearly pulled off a nifty dual win in the finale on Thursday, Dec. 1 at home against rival Nashua-Plainfield.
However, in North Butler’s home debut, they lost to a loaded 2A top-10 Crestwood team (65-9), took the middle dual over Mason City Newman, 40-30, and saw the Huskies come back for a 39-36 win.
“Sometimes the chicken, sometimes the feathers, right?” Smith said after the dust had settled...
The entire story appears in the Dec. 8 print edition of the Butler County Tribune-Journal.