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Sweet Home’s boys went 3-1 at the Thurston Duals Saturday, Dec. 17, beating Springfield 72-12, McNary 70-6, Culver 72-9, and Bend 64-15, and losing a close match to Mountain View 38-35.

“We wrestled nine duals in three days, and we went 8-1,” Coach Steve Thorpe said. “We should’t have lost to Mountain View. You can always find three points somewhere.”

There were reasons, he allowed. The Huskies were missing a number of their normal starters both at Thurston and at a six-team home meet they hosted Thursday, Dec. 15.

“To say that we were limping in this week would be an un...