LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Clarion wrestling team wrapped its weekend at the Cliff Keen Invitational on Saturday, with
Greg Bulsak and
Brock Zacherl both placing in the top-eight of their respective weight classes. The Golden Eagles finished 20
th in the field with 41 team points.
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Zacherl took fourth in the 149-pound bracket and Bulsak took sixth in the 197-pound weight class, and the two of them had the potential to place even higher but were forced to pull out of matches due to injury.Â
Tyshawn White also competed on Saturday, coming up just shy of placing at 125 pounds.
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White was the first to compete on Saturday, taking on Nebraska's Zeke Moisey in the consolation bracket. He fell to the two-time All-American, with the fifth-seeded Moisey taking an 8-2 decision.
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Bulsak competed next, taking on the Huskers' Eric Schultz in the semifinal round. Schultz won narrowly with an 8-6 decision, and Bulsak also fell in his first consolation to Stanford's Nathan Traxler. He was forced to pull out of the fifth-place match due to injury, putting him in sixth place.Â
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Similarly, Zacherl fell in his semifinal match to Ohio State's Micah Jordan, dropping a 19-6 major decision. He rebounded with a win in his first consolation match, beating Campbell's Josh Heil for a 10-6 decision to reach the third-place match against North Carolina's Austin O'Connor. The match was tightly contested in the second period when Zacherl suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw.
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