BY ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — A deep Otter Valley wrestling team walked away from last week’s 50th annual Hubie Wagner Invitational Tournament in Middlebury as the team champions. But, Middlebury Union High School Assistant Coach Jon Ashley over the weekend released corrected results that placed OV in second just nine points behind Colchester.
Nevertheless, the Otters had a great tournament.
OV senior Caleb Whitney at 138 pounds was the only Otter to win a weight class, defeating Granville, N.Y.’s Nathan Barber, 6-2, in the final and pinning five opponents while winning seven matches. But several other Otters reached the podium:
• Lincoln Wilcox, third at 132 with a 6-1 record with five pins.
• Kingston Cotter, fourth at 138 with a 4-3 record and three pins.
• Carter Giles, third at 145 with a 5-2 record and four pins.
• Tucker Babcock, second at 153. Babcock pinned seven opponents to reach the final, where he lost a 4-2 decision to Colchester’s Jordan Lavoie.
• Chase Cram, second at 160. Cram finished with a 5-2 record and four pins.
• Isaac Whitney, second at 182 with a 5-1 record and four pins.
