Silver, bronze for Langley wrestlers

Pair reach podium at B.C. provincial high school wrestling championships

Local wrestlers managed to get their hands on a pair of medals at the B.C.  provincial high school provincial wrestling championships.

The meet was held Feb. 23-25 in Penticton.

D.W. Poppy’s Meghan Ransford wrestled her way to the silver medal in the 90-kg division while Langley Secondary’s Maddie Millsip nabbed the bronze medal in the 60-kg division.

Ransford had four entries in her weight class while Millsip was up against 17 other wrestlers.

Brookswood’s Stephen Kaita was placed sixth out of 20 combatants in the 78-kg division.

All three wrestle for the Langley United Wrestling team, which comprises wrestlers from the local high schools.

Langley Times