The Norwell Knights’ finished second out of eight in the No. east 8’s Conference invitational on Saturday, falling behind Bellmont.
The Braves had a team score of 205.5, while the Knights had 167.5. East Noble finished third, followed by DeKalb, New Haven, Columbia City, Leo, and Huntington North.
Hunter Douglas, at 106 pounds, was the lone individual champion for Norwell. Douglas defeated Kealan Fuller of East Noble by decision 7-0.
Other individual placers for Norwell were:
• Jason Prough placed third at 113.
• Conner Lothamer placed fifth at 126.
• Connor Dreiband placed fifth at 132.
• Nicholas Stephens placed sixth at 138.
• Cody Cox placed third at 145.
• Max Walker placed second at 160.
• Elijah Behning placed third at 170.
• Stuart McCabe placed second at 182.
• Tyler Luther placed fourth at 195.
• Ethan Michael placed sixth at 220.
• Hudson Kahn placed second at 285.
Norwell will compete at the sectional in its next time out at Jay County starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.
