Lincoln East secures 1st place team finish at districts

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Boys Class A District 2 wrestling kicked off Saturday at Lincoln East High School.

Several local schools participated all looking to punch their ticket to state.

In individual results, Lincoln Southwest wrestlers had a strong showing collecting wins in three weight classes.

Host school Lincoln East had seven wrestlers winning their weight classes including Leland Sindel at 106, Joshua Shaner at 126 and Axel Lyman at 220.

In team results, the Spartans took home first place, with Southwest coming in as runner-up while North Star and Pius X finished in sixth and seventh place respectively in the district meet.

Other notable finishes include a 4th place finish by George Ivanov of Pius X in the 113 weight class, 3rd place for Jacob Snow of Lincoln Southwest in 126, Kash Bates of Lincoln Southwest finished 2nd in 132, and Colton Hauschild of Lincoln North Star securing a third-place finish in the 145 weight class.

State wrestling begins on February 16th.