The boys varsity wrestling team took first place at the Salem Elks Tournament out of 22 teams.  Clinton was the smallest school there in the division one heavy tournament.  Clinton ended up with six finalist on the day and five champions.  Senior Connor Busz earned the championship at 120 pounds after a close 7-5 win in overtime against his opponent from Livonia Franklin. Connor was able to get a take down with six seconds left in regulation to force overtime, then picked up another takedown in overtime for the win.  The coaches at the tournament voted Connor the lower weight Most Valuable Wrestler for the tournament.  Braylon Long came away with a pin in the second period to earn the tournament championship at 113 over his opponent from Livonia Franklin.  Braylon picked up four pins on the day.  Connor Busz picked up a 5-0 win over Watson of Grand Ledge to win the tournament championship at 126 pounds. Younts picked up three pins during the tournament.  Dylan Badge competed at 132 pounds and earned 4th overall after picking up several wins during the tournament. Zak Shadley finished as runner up at 138 pounds after picking up a first round pin, a 10-0 major decision in the quarter finals, and a 5-0 win in the semi finals.  Zak lost 1-5 in the finals to his opponent from Grand Blanc.  Maurice Ames won the tournament championship at 144 pounds after picking up three pins during the tournament on his way to the finals.  In the finals Maurice collected his fourth pin of the day to finish his dominate performance.  Clifford Jones wrestled at 150 pounds and finished in 7th place for the day.  The freshman picked up a 7-3 win in the first round, then lost 3-10 in the quarterfinals.  Clifford bounced back with pin, but lost his next match to put in the match for seventh place.  Clifford earned a 9-1 win to finish his day. Ethan Younts opened the tournament with a pin over Shard from Pinckney then dropped his next match and ended his day.  At 165 pounds Freshman Bryce Randolph picked up the tournament championship after receiving an opening round bye, he earned pins in the quarter and semi final matches.  In the finals Bryce earned a 5-0 win to seal the the championship. Hamza Rafferty pinned his opponent from Livonia Franklin in the opening round, but dropped his next match 3-8. Hamza bounced back with a pin over his opponent from Catholic Central, before earning another win to place fifth overall at heavyweight.  Wyatt Hicks competed at 215 pounds and Nate Arntz competed at 106 on the day as well, both wrestled hard but fell short of placing.  Next up for the boys will be the annual Dave Elliott Memorial Tournament at Clinton on Saturday, Jan. 7th starting at 9am.