Sports : Vikings Hyland, Radeke still in contention for State medals

Luke Radeke, Coach James Locke and Nick Hyland appeared at a pep rally Wednesday afternoon.

Despite first round losses on Thursday, both Nick Hyland (145) and Luke Radeke (106) advanced with wins in their first wrestleback matches Thursay evening.

Hyland lost his first round match to seeded Brady Brott (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows), 3-1. Hyland then defeated Jaret Probasco (South Tama), 7-3.

Radeke lost his first round match to Kole Hanson, Atlantic, by a score of 7-5. He then won his first wrestle-back round vs. Chase Luensman of Monticello. Luensman had defeated Radeke earlier in the season.

Both Hyland and Radeke will wrestle Friday as they seek to earn one of the eight medals.

See some videos of the matches on the VS school Facebook page.