Saturday, January 25th, at 10 AM, Mason City will be hosting the Northern Iowa Girls Wrestling Tournament. There will be more than twenty schools at the tournament including; Algona, Charles City, Columbus Catholic, Crestwood, Dallas Center-Grimes, Decorah, Denver, Emmetsburg, Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Mason City, Nashua-Planfield, NBC, North Butler/Clarksville, Northwood-Kensett, Osage, Saint Ansgar, Spencer, Summer-Fredricksburg, Waverly-Shell Rock, West Fork, West Marshall.
There are 8 top ten teams in classes 1A and 2A attending the tournament.
“There will be 6 #1 ranked girls wrestling on Saturday,” said Matt Berkley Mason City Activities Director.
The Mason City Riverhawks are currently ranked #10 in 2A. They also have 6 ranked wrestlers on the team. Piper Phillips #12 100lbs, Lila Sheehan #4 105lbs, Ella Als #8 110lbs, Carleigh Arjes #12 120lbs, Kallie Gibbons #3 130lbs, and Aniyah Smith #8 235lbs.