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65th Annual John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament fires up today

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January 24th, 2020 by admin

The 65th Annual John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament will be contested Friday and Saturday in Corning. 22 teams are scheduled to compete at this year’s event and over 20 ranked wrestlers will be on the mat.

Atlantic/CAM is the defending tournament champion and will be expected to compete in the top 5 again this year. Winterset comes in ranked 4th in the latest Class 2A rankings from IAWrestle and will be the favorite to win. Red Oak, Creston/O-M, Missouri Valley, and Riverside are other strong teams in the field.

The tournament begins today with weigh-ins at 2 p.m., coaches meeting at 3 p.m., and action starts at 4 p.m. The first night will have pigtail matches, first round, quarterfinals, and first round consolations contested.

Day 2 on Saturday will pick up with second round consolations at 10:00am. The semi-finals and 5th place matches are scheduled for about 2:45 p.m. with the Championships and 3rd place matches following at about 3:50 p.m.

You can hear more about the Atlantic/CAM squad from Coach Tim Duff on our Saturday morning coaches show at 8:30am Saturday morning.