Franklin had seven wrestlers reach the finals and captured five individual championships on its way to the sectional title at Purcell Marian.

        Team scores: 1. Franklin 212.5, 2. Purcell Marian 195.5, 3. Roger Bacon 146.0, 4. McNicholas 130.5, 5. Norwood 107.0, 6. Turpin 103.5, 7. Lemon-Monroe 87.0, 8. Bethel-Tate 86.5, 9. Indian Hill 65.0, 10. Wyoming 51.0

        Championship

        103—Franklin (Franklin) d. Meinking (Purcell Marian) 6-1; 112—Quigley (Franklin) md. Blessing (Purcell Marian) 11-3; 119—Kremer (Franklin) d. Matt Wells (Bethel-Tate) 3-2; 125—Binford (Purcell Marian) p. Topicz (Indian Hill) 4:54; 130— Hensley (Lemon-Monroe) md. Topicz (Indian Hill) 12-4; 135—Daugherty (Bethel-Tate) md. Longworth (Franklin) 20-11; 140—Garvey (Roger Bacon) pin Feldkamp (McNicholas) 4:57; 145— Couch (McNicholas) p. Forbes (Turpin) 4:30; 152—Mullenger (Roger Bacon) d. Wilson (McNicholas) 10-5; 160—Carter (Franklin) p. Von Hoene (Purcell Marian) 3:14; 171—Watts (Franklin) d. Eppens (Purcell Marian) 7-0; 189—Jimmar (Purcell Marian) p. David Snowden (Franklin) 3:01; 215—Lackmeyer (Purcell Marian) p. Harms (Turpin) 1:48; 275—Ryan (Lemon-Monroe) dec. Katris (Franklin) 7-3.

        Third place

        103—Green (Lemon-Monroe) d. Reiber (Roger Bacon) 8-4; 112—Kidd (Lemon-Monroe) p. Howell (Wyoming) 0:43; 119—Steadman (Norwood) d. Melchiorre (Turpin) 6-2; 125—Paul (Norwood) d. Owens (Roger Bacon) overtime tiebreaker; 130— Messer (Norwood) md. Soles (Roger Bacon) 9-1; 135—Jones (Roger Bacon) d. Cobey (Wyoming) 7-4; 140—Ross (Bethel-Tate) d. Winchell (Turpin) 4-2; 145—Hull (Norwood) d. Quinn (Wyoming) 8-5; 152—Elam (Franklin) md. Voorhees (Indian Hill) 12-3; 160—Burke (Turpin) p. Pride (Roger Bacon) 2:54; 171—Marion (Bethel-Tate) p. Koumoutsos (McNicholas) 0:38; 189—Long (Norwood) p. Neumann (Roger Bacon) 2:10; 215— England (Franklin) p. Hoenie (McNicholas) 0:59; 275—Spears (Purcell Marian) p. Cox (Norwood) 2:39.

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