It was a rough first day for the Republic Tigers at the state wrestling tournament.
After dropping his first match to Brett Bader of Farmington, Republic’s Jake Laswell advanced by default in the 2nd round over Tyler Femmer of Ft. Zumwalt East.
Kerik Crouse lost his two matches — one to Casey Bartee of St. Charles West, and the second to Jonathon Schuler of Hillsboro (Fall 2:39).
Lance Gregory dropped matches to Nicholas Bolden of Hazelwood East (Fall 1:13) and James Williams of Hillsboro (Fall :54).
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