Mustangs wrestle at WTC, Ogallala Duals

The Mustang wrestlers’ winter break was cut short by a pair of tournaments, first Western Trails Conference January 4 in Morril, then the Ogallala Duals January 6. The Mustangs finished right in the middle of the nine-team WTC lineup with 107.5 team points.

113 – Round 1 - Nathaniel Murillo (Morrill) over Matt Hood  (Fall 0:33). Round 2 - Jaydon Walker (Hemingford) over Matt Hood  (Fall 1:28). Round 3 - Jordan Cluff (Kimball) over Matt Hood  (Fall 1:43). Round 4 - Chance Cooper (Bridgeport) over Matt Hood  (Fall 2:36). Round 5 - Matt Hood  over Daemon Avilez (Bayard) (Dec 9-3)

126 – Alexander Araujo (Bayard) over Quin Child  (Dec 7-0). Round 1 - Kaden Vowers (Sidney) over Quin Child  (Fall 1:59). Round 2 - Quin Child over Jake Chasek (Mitchell) (Fall 0:50). Round 3 - Quin Child over Shea Webb (Morrill) (Fall 1:18). 3rd Place Match - Carter Buchheit (Hemingford) over Quin Child  (Fall 3:48)

132 – Trendon Starr over Jaden Mohr (Kimball) (Dec 4-2). Round 1 - Mitchell McKibbin (Bayard) over Trendon Starr  (TF 18-2 4:22). Round 2 - Lucas Honstein (Hemingford) over Trendon Starr  (Fall 3:11). Round 3 - Justin Chasek (Mitchell) over Trendon Starr  (Dec 7-0). 5th Place Match - Trendon Starr  over Lucas Honstein (Hemingford) (Fall 3:34)

138 – Blake Henry over Christian Leonard (Bayard) (Dec 10-3). Round 1 - Blake Henry over Jerzie Menke (Bridgeport) (Fall 0:48). Round 2 - Blake Henry over Angelo Revercomb (Sidney) (Fall 1:17). Round 3 - Blake Henry over Kadin Perez (Mitchell) (Dec 7-2). 1st Place Match - Holden Schleve (Morrill) over Blake Henry  (Dec 3-1)

145 – KC Higer (Sidney) over Hayden Hoos  (Fall 3:39). Round 1 - Hayden Hoos over John Thomas (Mitchell) (Dec 9-8). Round 2 - Hayden Hoos over Riley Christensen (Sidney) (Fall 1:32). Round 3 - Josh Warren (Bridgeport) over Hayden Hoos  (Fall 4:50). 3rd Place Match - Hayden Hoos  over Kaden Vincent  (Dec 6-2)

145 – Josh Warren (Bridgeport) over Kaden Vincent  (Fall 1:01). Round 1 - Kaden Vincent over Bryce Seier (Morrill) (MD 10-1). Round 2 - KC Higer (Sidney) over Kaden Vincent  (Fall 0:18). Round 3 - Kaden Vincent over Deven Sullivan (Banner County) (Fall 3:00). 3rd Place Match - Hayden Hoos  over Kaden Vincent  (Dec 6-2)

152 – Round 1 - Tommy Bragg over Marcus Carrillo (Mitchell) (MD 8-0). Round 2 - Austin Garcia (Morrill) over Tommy Bragg  (Fall 2:43). Round 3 - Derek Robb (Sidney) over Tommy Bragg  (Fall 1:01). Round 4 - Tommy Bragg over Josh Ballance (Sidney) (Fall 1:01). Round 5 - Conner Halverson  over Tommy Bragg  (Dec 3-1)

152 – Round 1 - Austin Garcia (Morrill) over Conner Halverson  (Fall 3:00). Round 2 - Conner Halverson over Josh Ballance (Sidney) (Fall 1:48). Round 3 - Conner Halverson over Marcus Carrillo (Mitchell) (TF 15-0 6:00). Round 4 - Derek Robb (Sidney) over Conner Halverson  (Fall 0:23). Round 5 - Conner Halverson  over Tommy Bragg  (Dec 3-1)

160 – Round 1 - Brady Robb (Sidney) over Slayde Denton  (Fall 0:47). Round 3 - Slayde Denton over Emma Gomez (Hemingford) (Fall 0:30). Round 4 - Nathaniel Cooper (Bridgeport) over Slayde Denton  (Dec 7-2). Round 5 - Slayde Denton  over Cody Chambers (Mitchell) (Fall 0:58)

170 – Round 1 - Karsen Hunter (Bayard) over Zane Hamilton Harris  (Dec 8-3). Round 2 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over Drake Gilliland (Mitchell) (Dec 5-1). Round 3 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over Alex Neefe (Hemingford) (Fall 0:41). Round 4 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over Charles Lange (Bridgeport) (Dec 10-5). Round 5 - Will Howell (Morrill) over Zane Hamilton Harris  (Dec 5-2)

195 – Stephen Bateman (Kimball) over Riley Snyder  (MD 12-2). Round 1 - Jack Hinrichs (Sidney) over Riley Snyder  (Fall 2:31). Round 2 - Nathan Coley (Mitchell) over Riley Snyder  (Dec 8-2). Round 3 - Marce Vasquez (Bridgeport) over Riley Snyder  (Fall 0:58). 7th Place Match - Riley Snyder  received a bye.

The Mustangs dropped four straight as a team at the Ogallala Duals on Saturday, January 6, before rebounding to defeat Chase County to finish 7th.

In the Mustangs’ first dual, Gering defeated Gordon-Rushville 48-24.

113 - Eli Aguilar (Gering) over Matt Hood  Fall 2:51

126 - Nate Rocheleau (Gering) over Quin Child  Fall 0:47

132 - Aaron Tovar (Gering) over Trendon Starr  Fall 4:27

138 - Blake Henry  over Julian Corona (Gering) Dec 3-2

145 - Hayden Hoos  over Enrique Saenz (Gering) Dec 11-6

152 - Andres Canales (Gering) over Conner Halverson  Fall 2:30

160 - Tommy Bragg  over Jordan Overlin (Gering) Fall 1:32

195 - Cody Ybarra (Gering) over Riley Snyder  Fall 0:59

In the second dual, Ogallala defeated Gordon-Rushville 41-18.

113 - Lazaro Perez (Ogallala) over Matt Hood  Fall 1:30

126 - Gage Stokey (Ogallala) over Quin Child  Fall 1:51

132 - Trendon Starr  over Brandt Hansmeier (Ogallala) Dec 5-2

138 - Blake Henry  over Hunter Skalsky (Ogallala) Dec 8-2

145 - Hayden Hoos over Dylon Zink (Ogallala) SV-1 7-5

152 - Conner Halverson  over Trevor Edwards (Ogallala) Dec 5-3

160 - Brock Skinner (Ogallala) over Slayde Denton  TF 17-0

182 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over Logan Hansmeier (Ogallala) Fall 1:44

195 - James (Jimmy) Ryan (Ogallala) over Riley Snyder  Fall 1:58

Gothenburg then defeated Gordon-Rushville 56-19

126 - Will Mannel (Gothenburg) over Quin Child  Dec 1-0

132 - Wyatt Hotz (Gothenburg) over Trendon Starr  TF 18-3

138 - Blake Henry  over Noah Larson (Gothenburg) Fall 3:38

145 - Hayden Hoos  over Hunter Baker (Gothenburg) Maj 16-6

152 - Conner Halverson  over Heath Keiser (Gothenburg) Dec 5-4

160 - Brennan Seitsinger (Gothenburg) over Slayde Denton  Fall 5:48

170 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over Vincent Nichols (Gothenburg) Fall 3:37

195 - Noah Gugelman (Gothenburg) over Riley Snyder  Fall 1:24

113 - Jeremy Larson (Gothenburg) over Matt Hood  Fall 1:05.

In match 4, in the consolation bracket, Widefield defeated Gordon-Rushville 52-8 to send the Mustangs to the 7th Place dual.

126 - Reece Lieby (Widefield) over Quin Child  Dec 10-4

132 - Trent Gutierrez (Widefield) over Trendon Starr  Fall 1:27

138 - JoQuez Addison (Widefield) over Blake Henry  Dec 6-4

145 - Elijah Whatley (Widefield) over Hayden Hoos  Fall 3:00

152 - Kody Scholl (Widefield) over Conner Halverson  Fall 1:01

160 - Tommy Bragg  over Frankie Ingraldi (Widefield) Fall 4:38

170 - Ben Long (Widefield) over Slayde Denton  Fall 3:06

182 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over John Underwood (Widefield) Dec 7-4

195 - Nathan Daniel (Widefield) over Riley Snyder  Fall 3:42

113 - Cameron Muransky (Widefield) over Matt Hood  Maj 17-9

Gordon Rushville’s team score was adjusted by -1 for coach on mat wrong time.

In the 7th place dual, Gordon-Rushville defeated Chase County 39-22.

132 - Trendon Starr  over Kenyan Biesecker (Chase County) Fall 3:31

138 - Kaden Vincent  over Logan Mendenhall (Chase County) Fall 4:52

145 - Caleb Weiss (Chase County) over Hayden Hoos  Inj 4:00

152 - Conner Halverson  over Kadin Vrbas (Chase County) Fall 0:53

170 - Zane Hamilton Harris  over Evan Fisher (Chase County) Dec 2-0

195 - Caine Haarberg (Chase County) over Riley Snyder  Maj 9-1

126 - Quin Child  over Alex Gomez (Chase County) Fall 0:49