The Freddie Invite for girls’s wrestling was held on Jan. 14 and Fredericktown took 12th out of 26 teams with a score of 53. St. Mary’s Memorial placed first with a score of 172.
The Freddies had three placers in the meet led by Lilly Rose, who took second place in the 190 class. Rose made it all the way through six rounds before meeting Malaya Foster of Elyria in the title match where Rose lost by pin at 1:54.
Lyliah Leist took fifth place in the 145 pound class. In the fifth place match, Leist pinned Sophia Ellis of St. Mary’s Memorial at 3:56.
In the 140 class, Ruthi Walsh took sixth place. In the fifth place match she faced Autumn Justices of Licking Valley and lost by a 9-4 decision.
The team also honor their senior returning wrestlers Dorthea McCoy and Cammy McKinley at the start of the match. McKinley is one of the team’s top wrestlers, but injured her ankle, which took her out of the competition.
Coach Ellen Hoam commended her wrestlers for a strong performance at the Freddie Invite.
“Lilly Rose, Lyliah Leiast, and Ruthi Walsh (all returning wrestlers) wrestled some of their best matches of the season at the home tournament,” Hoam said. “Our first year wrestlers (Mya Broseus, Annie Craft, Kerrigan Murray-Brooks) demonstrated how far they've come since the beginning of the season, wrestling smart and with confidence.”
