INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The largest and toughest event of the Division II wrestling season saw the Kentucky Wesleyan College wrestling team finish 39^th on Sunday. The Midwest Classic hosted by the University of Indianapolis saw over 40 teams participate in the 43^rd installment, an event that also featured 75% of the DII wrestling programs in the nation.
 
Central Oklahoma won the team event with 178.5 points, Pittsburg-Johnstown was second with 95 points. The Panthers struggled through a tough draw in the brackets. Cade Johnson finished the event with a 1-2 record, pinning his opponent Ibraham Tafour of Quincy in his second match of the day. Johnson lost his opening round match at 157-pounds before recording a fall in the first period.
 
Maxwell Kiel of Belmont Abbey defeated Johnson in the next round of the consolation bracket. Drayden McKerrow lost two hard fought matches at 197-pounds. McKerrow dropped his opening round match 4-0 to Ben Tonnessem from Adams State. Later McKerrow drew All-American Derek Blubaugh of Indianapolis. Blubaugh recorded an easy win over McKerrow earlier this season, this time Blubaugh was pushed to the limit. McKerrow was taken down once and fell 3-0.
 
The Panthers will enter the Holiday break and return to action on January 8^th at the Hawk Classic in Montgomery, Alabama.
 
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