Overland Park ? In the 12-school Shawnee Mission South Invitational, Lawrence High’s wrestling squad proved its mettle on Saturday.

Aaron Madill, Clayton Kellerman and Kenny Poeverlein each earned first-place finishes, helping the Lions finish in second place with 1711¼2 points behind first-place Platte County, Mo. (209).

The wins by Madill (160-pound class), Kellerman (215) and Poeverlein (275) capped an impressive team performance by the Lions, as no LHS wrestler placed lower than eighth. Nolan Kellerman finished second at 145, and Brendan Halpin placed third at 135.

LHS coach Mark Dulgarian was pleased with the Lions’ finish against the tough competition of the invite.

“We had some underclassmen come up and score points. Even if you get beat, if you win the right ones you’re going to score team points,” he said.

“It’s an indication of what potential there can be.”

Dulgarian said stacking up against many different schools gave the Lions a good gauge of their chances come state tournament time.

“Anything can happen in the tournament if you have some base people to go on,” he said. “We had young kids that stepped it up.”

Shawnee Mission South Invitational

Team Results: 1. Platte County, 205. 2. Lawrence High, 1711¼2. 3. Shawnee Mission South, 145. 4. Overland Park Aquinas, 1441¼2. 5. Shawnee Mission East, 1351¼2. 6. KC-Washington, 126. 7. Mill Valley, 1191¼2. 8. Blue Valley West, 89. 9. Olathe South, 65. 10. KC-Schlagle, 52. 11. Topeka West, 31.

Lawrence High Results: 103 — 3. David Stites. 119 — 8. Chris Erney. 125 — 6. Pharouk Hussein. 135 — 3. Brendan Halpin. 140 — 2. Nolan Kellerman. 145 — 7. Jelil Hussein. 152 — 4. Adam Whelan. 160 — 1. Aaron Madill, 8. Chris Cain. 171 — 7. Brandon Price. 189 — 5. Michael Hicks. 215 — 1. Clayton Kellerman. 275 — 1. Kenny Poeverlein, 4. Twynnan Brown.

Eudora sixth at Classic

Bonner Springs — The Eudora High wrestling squad finished in sixth place at the 11-team Dick Burns Classic on Saturday.

James Barr (160-pound) and Luke Powers (171) picked up second-place finishes for the Cardinals. Andy Coffman (103) and Mike Paxton (215) earned third-place finishes at the tournament.

Eudora’s next action comes next weekend at Basehor-Linwood. Matches take place both Friday and Saturday.