The Alma College Wrestling team hit the road on Saturday, traveling to Ohio to take part in the 34th Annual Ohio Northern Invitational. The Scots took second place at the 15-team event with a score of 143.0, finishing just five points behind champion Olivet College.

"This was really a great invitational for us, said Alma Head Coach Todd Hibbs. We battled with Olivet all day, back and forth, and at the end of the day they won one more match than we did. Just one more win and that title would have been ours, but either way it was great to go head-to-head with such a talented program."

The Scots had 10 wrestlers place in their weight classes on Saturday: including second place finishes by Sr. Tyler Foley (New Hudson/South Lyon East) at 125, Sr. Zac Case (Battle Creek/Pennfield) at 133 and #6 Jr. Jamie Jakes (Dearborn/Divine Child) at 174.

Alma Top Finishers

2nd Foley - 125
2nd Case - 133
2nd Jakes - 174
3rd Sr. Jared Groeneveld (Allendale/Allendale) - 197
4th Sr. James Carey (Ithaca/Ithaca) - 149
5th Fr. Travis Heller (Escanaba/Escanaba) - 165
5th Jr. Caleb Huff (Sturgis/Sturgis) - 184
6th Jr. Ali Ayache (Dearborn/Crestwood) - 141
6th Jr. Shawn Brewer (New Boston/Huron) - 157
7th So. Cory Livingston (Otsego/Otsego) - 184

Team Results

1.   Olivet College 148.0
2.   Alma College 143.0
3.   Tiffin University 132.0
4.   Campbellsville University 113.5
5.   Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 102.0
6.   Lycoming College 97.0
7.   Ohio Northern University 88.0
8.   West Liberty University 87.5
9.   Heidelberg University 82.5
10. Waynesburg University 61.0
11. Trine University 54.5
12. Washington & Lee 34.5
13. University of Findlay 28.0
14. College of Mount St Joseph 15.0
15.Muskingum 12.0

The Scots will travel to Naperville, IL on Saturday, Dec. 13, to take part in the North Central Invitational with matches set to start at 9:00 a.m.