Sophomore Aiden Polk and senior Adam Haney each notched weight class runner-up performances as the lone Durant boys placers in the tough Ardmore wrestling invitational last weekend.
Polk notched a 2-1 mark in the 144-pound division while Haney also finished 2-1 at 165 pounds as both received opening round byes.
The Durant girls had three placers in the event with Emma Davis and Adrianna Hendrix each posting third place efforts while Olivia Crossland took fourth.
Durant also scored a 41-24 dual victory over Davis to wrap up the dual season with a 7-9 record.
That tournament was the teams’ final regular season competition before the regional tournaments next week with the girls competing Monday and Tuesday while the boys are slated for February 21-22.
Leading the way at 144 pounds, Polk rolled to a 17-0 technical fall win against Carter Wright of Edmond Memorial in the quarterfinals and then dispatched Ean Wells from Community Christian for a 4-1 semifinal decision.
Polk battled Oklahoma Christian School stalwart Dax Lopez for three solid periods before an 11-5 decision loss in the title match.
Haney, meanwhile, cruised to a 12-3 major decision in the 165-pound quarterfinal facing Henry Fields from Oklahoma Christian. He then stopped Davis’ Jett Jennings in a 3:28 fall to reach the finale, which went back and forth until a 5:03 fall victory by Tristan Buchanan of Lexington.
The Lions picked up strong performances from Mac Barbush at 138 pounds and Gaige Rocha at heavyweight as each notched 2-2 records but fell just short of placing matches.
Barbush bounced back from a round one loss to edge Davis’ Asher Digby in an 8-5 decision and then stopped Nolan Cochell of Community Christian in a 52-second fall triumph.
Rocha got off to a good start with a 4:34 fall victory against Isaiah Fragua from Ada, but suffered a fall loss in the quarterfinals. He rebounded for a 10-3 decision against Hank Green of Oklahoma Christian School before bowing out in the consolation semifinals.
Mason Cooper, Britton Trotter and Aiden Makke each added one victory in three matches to add to the Lion team total.
Wrestling at 106 pounds, Cooper scored a 23-second fall facing Dalton Johnson of Davis in the quarterfinals before suffering two straight defeats. Trotter contributed a 1-0 consolation round decision against Moore’s Erren Henderson at 157 pounds. Makke meanwhile was credited with a win by disqualification pitted against Ma’Harri Durrough from Altus.
Davis had a 2:58 fall win in her Round 1 matchup in the girls’ 140-pound class for her one win in three matches.
Hendrix had four total matches at 190 pounds, winning her first by a 3:02 fall versus Alex Abele of Lexington before toppling Yukon’s Gabriella Delamar with a takedown in sudden overtime to get the 8-5 decision.
At the 105-pound class, Crossland checked in fourth.
