GRANTHAM, Pa. -- Senior
Justice Hockenberry-Folk won the 174 pound weight class for the Elizabethtown College wrestling team on Saturday at the Messiah Invitational. The Blue Jays placed third as a team with 120.5 points.
Hockenberry-Folk was the only first-place finisher for Elizabethtown at the invitational. He used a 15-3 major decision in the first-place match to earn the individual title for the Jays.
Zack Jaffe was the runner-up in the 157-pound bracket. Etown also had a pair of third-place finishers in
Blake Klipp at 125 and
Gavin Wagner at 197. Wagner was tied for the second-most falls in the tournament with four on the day. Elizabethtown amassed 19 falls total, the most of any team at the Messiah Invitational.
Sav Niewiadomy was fourth at 285 and
Ethan Bliss took fifth at 174, giving the Jays a pair of place finishers in that weight class.
EC totaled 669 match points, the second-most of any team.
The Blue Jays will host their Alumni Day in their home opener in Thompson Gym on Saturday, November 14, at 1 p.m.
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