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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- UW-Parkside wrestling had a dominating performance at the 39th Annual Midwest Classic Sunday afternoon, as the Rangers took home the team title in a strong field of 35 teams.
Parkside, who came in unranked, finished with 137.0 points in first place over the field that including multiple ranked teams, including four in the top-10 according to intermatwrestle. No. 10 Ashland came in second with 117, No. 3 McKendree finished in third with 112.0 and No. 19 Findlay came in four with 88.
The Rangers sent five wrestlers into the semifinals after a good day on Saturday and Nick Becker was the lone Ranger that came away with a championship. Becker, who is the reigning national champion, defeated No. 4 ranked Nick Foster in the championship match. Parkside saw both Airk Furseth (133) and Frank Yattoni (149) finish in second, while Joseph Arroyo (125) and Anthony Cheloni (141) took third place. Furseth fell to Darius Bunch of West Liberty while Yattoni dropped his match to No. 1 ranked James Krischke of Maryville.
After the big weekend for the Rangers, the team will take the entire holiday season off before heading to the Mankato Duals on Jan. 6.
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