Medical Lake wrestlers grapple with new season on the mat

MEDICAL LAKE — The Medical Lake wrestling crew had plenty of mat moves to make last week as they took both a win and a loss at a double dual and took third at the Davenport Invitational tournament in their first matches of the new season.

Double Dual

On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Cardinals traveled to Idaho where they went 1 ¬– 1 at Lake City High in Coeur d’Alene, first topping West Valley 63-12.

But then Lake City got their paws on them and took the Cardinals out in a 51-18 defeat that was a surprise for head coach Matt Leenhouts, who thought the score would be closer because his team was healthy...