The road to the top for Dakota Holt of Sargent - Burwell ends in gold in Omaha this weekend. The Horns- Dogs junior topped Dominic Miller of Crofton in a hard-fought 5-4 win.

Teammate Darcy Huffman takes to the mat at the end of the afternoon.

Consolations are over and five area wrestlers will wear some metal at the end of the afternoon.

Tyler Bartak, Anselmo-Merna takes home third, ending his high school career with a 1:19 pin over Sam Lindley in the final round of consolations.

Eric Crouch of A-M and Jed Fenske of Sargent Burwell go home with a fifth place medal and William Glendy of Callaway and Brent Evans of A-M will wear a sixth.

The finals kicked off at 1:30 p.m. with the Walk of Champions at the Qwest Center in Omaha. See this week’s Chief for photos and details of this year’s event.