After sending the short-handed Reeltown Rebels back to the friendly confines of Tallapoosa County, it was time for Elmore County and Stanhope Elmore to step inside the wrestling circle on Thursday night. At the end of the night though, the Mustangs notched the 44-36 victory.

“I’m pleased with the effort and the physicality with which we wrestled (Thursday),” Mustang coach Hunter Adams said. “We lost a couple of matches tonight that I didn’t think we should, but those were first-year wrestlers and they are still learning. As the year goes on, they are going to win those matches.”