Huntley senior Matt Keaty highlighted success in the neutral position as a key strength of the Red Raiders wrestling team.

Those neutral skills were on display Thursday night when Huntley recorded four pins and wrangled a plethora of takedowns to erase an early deficit and beat a scrappy Jacobs squad 48-24 in a Fox Valley Conference dual matchup.

Led by returning state medalist Radic Dvorak, Huntley won eight of the final nine bouts.

“Once we got our first win, we really took off,” Keaty said. “Our first few wrestlers are freshmen and they’re new to our school. They wrestled some tough kids, but I thought we bounced back really well. ... Our neutral is probably the best, but we need to work on getting up from the bottom and keeping a positive mentality.”

Despite entering with just o

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