The Diamond High School wrestling program might not have quantity at this point of the season, but quality is something they sure seem to have.

With a roster down to only seven wrestlers for various reasons, the team traveled to the Warsaw Duals Saturday and brought home six medals.

Diamond finished fifth as a team with 83 points, following behind — in the team standings — Willard, Adrian, Centralia and Warsaw. Other teams competing were Butler, Jefferson City Blair Oaks, Versailles, Lone Jack, Holden, Sherwood and Tipton.

Sophomore Craig Van Lue (103 pounds) won his first tournament championship ever, going 3-0 on the day. He picked up a pin over Adrian’s Brant McMillan at the 1:27 mark and concluded a day where he has three first-period pins. Van Lue is now 20-3 on the season.

Curtis Russell (152) took second place on the day, falling to Willard’s Garrett Mayfield, 8-1, in the title match. Russell went 2-1 on the day and stands at 15-7 on the season.

Kendall Crosswhite (112) placed third on the day, winning his third-place match over Warsaw’s Chris Younkins, who had to injury default. Crosswhite was 3-1 on the day and stands with a 16-7 mark on the season.

Diamond had three wrestlers finish fourth on the day.

Jayde King (119) went 2-2 and fell to Mason Clark of Willard in the third-place match.
King has already set the Diamond High School record for pins in a season with 16 and is now 16-7 on the year.

Korey Griffin (140) was 2-2 on the day and lost to Adrian’s Luke Hough. Griffin (17-6) and Hough were tied at 14-14 in the third period, before Hough got the pin for the victory.

Cody Grant (145) went 2-2 in the tournament, falling to Chris Glasco of Lone Jack, 14-8, in the third-place match. Grant improves his record to 7-16 on the season.

The Wildcats are idle this week and will dual with Seneca next Monday, with a location to be determined later this week, starting at 6 p.m.