GRANT MIDDLETON, Men's Wrestling
Lakeside Sophomore Grant Middleton has been named the NCKSSports.com/Cunningham Telephone and Cable Wrestling Athlete of the Week.
Middleton is wrestling in a cooperative with Osborne during the regular season and has been on a tear of late. Middleton has competed in nine tournaments this season and has medaled in all of them. Prior to the last two tournaments, he had five second place finishes, a third place and a fourth place. In back-to-back days on Friday and Saturday, Middleton put together undefeated tournaments at Hoisington (1/26) and Red Cloud (1/27) to bring home gold medals from each event. On Friday at the Hoisington Cardinal Classic, he went 4-0, winning by fall in three of the four matches and injury default in the other. In the championship match, he defeated Axel Ortiz of Stafford by fall in 2:45. He followed that up with a 3-0 day at the Warcat Invitational in Red Cloud, NE on Saturday. He spent a total of three minutes and 57 seconds on the mat in his three wins. His toughest match was a win by fall in 3:00 over Alex Rutt of Kenesaw. He then beat Hunter McLeod of Red Cloud/Blue Hill in just 15 seconds and dispatched of Jacob Copper of Maxwell in the final match of the day in only 42 seconds. With his 7-0 record over the weekend, Middleton is now 25-8 on the season.
We will announce the winners each week. Remember, you can nominate an athlete from any school sport.
