The Boone boys’ wrestling team traveled to Ames for the Jack Mendenhall Invitational on Saturday, January 11. 

Indianola won the meet with 207 points. Boone placed 13^th with 42.5 points. 

Joseph Pestotnik placed 2^nd at 175 pounds. 

He pinned Jacob Schlee of Ankeny in 4:28 and Mason Tilley of Iowa City in 2:47. 

In the 1^st place match, Pestotnik was pinned by Lincoln Jipp of Bettendorf in 1:58. 

Ajay Braddock placed 6^th at 126 pounds. 

He won by major decision over Easton Beehler of Spencer, 13-4, before losing by major decision over Truman Folkers of Ankeny, 13-3. 

Braddock won by medical forfeit in the consolation round before losing by medical forfeit in the 5^th place match. 

Trent Eckard placed 7^th at 157 pounds. 

He won by technical fall over Jackson Mandolfo of Ankeny Centennial, 21-6, before losing by major decision to Levi Johnson of Spencer, 13-4. 

In the consolation rounds, Eckard pinned Brock Rowe of Perry om 1:22. Lost by decision to Andrew Routh of Ankeny, 15-14, and won the 7^th place match by decision over Connor Hill of Bettendorf, 7-3. 

Mason Oostenink placed 7^th at 120 pounds. 

He lost by technical fall in the quarterfinal to Kendall Kurtz of Iowa City, 21-6, before receiving a bye. 

In the consolation rounds, Oostenink lost by decision to Luke Hornyak, 16-10, before winning the 7^th place match by pinning Cayson Westendorf of Waverly-Shell Rock in :45. 

Boone hosts Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, Norwalk and Woodward-Granger at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, January 16 in Boone. 

Jill Lutz reporting