Southern Valley third at home invite

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

OXFORD, Neb. -- Two gold-medal performances helped Southern Valley take third at its home invite Friday.

The Eagles got first-place finishes from Jared Bennet at 126 and Chase Becker at 160 to highlight the hosts’ day.

Bennet went 3-0 in round-robin play to put him in the championship bracket, where he defeated Jacob Lantins of Sutherland and Dustin Charron of Centura to win the weight class. He improved to 9-4 on the season.

Becker went 3-0 in Pool D of the 160 class to put him in the champion’s bracket. He then won by fall over Ryan Haack of South Central Unified and Joseph Felix of Alma to take the divsion title. His 5-0 day helped him improve to 10-3 on the season.

Other top-five finishes for the Eagles were Skyler Grossnicklaus (4th at 138), Pete Brown (5th at 145) and Shawn Anderson (5th at 152).

As a team, Southern Valley scored 122 points.

South Central Unified (a co-op of Lawrence-Nelson and Sandy Creek) narrowly edged out Centura for the team title 180-175.

SCU only had two division winners but picked up points from nine other wrestlers. Centura had three division winners and seven additional point-getters.

Sutherland (115 points) and Franklin (112) rounded out the top five.

Arapahoe was the next-best Gazette finish with 49 points for 14th place. The Warriors’ best finish came from Jackson Koller, who finished third at 138. Isaac Goshert (106) and Skyler Warburton (220) were fifth in their respective classes.

Medicine Valley scored 26 points to finish 16th. The Raiders only had four wrestlers compete, but had two fourth-place finishes. Jaden Henderson (126) and Justin Pendleton (170) had the best results.

Wauneta-Palisade rounded out the team standings with 16 points for 17th place. Evan Nordhausen was fourth at 113, while Willis Chritner took 11th at 160.

Weight class results

106 lbs.: Casey Kuszak (CEN) went 5-0 in round-robin play. Jacob Hilmer (LBS), 4-1; Trevin Edwards (LBS), 3-2; Tobey Turman (SCU), 2-3; Isaac Goshert (ARA), 1-4; Chet Fisher (SV), 0-5.

113 lbs.: Jack Sokol (CEN) went 4-0 in round-robin play. Giovanni Duran (ELW), 3-1; Wyatt Schutte (SCU), 2-2; Evan Nordhausen (WP), 1-3; Tyler Scheuneman (FRA), 0-4.

120 lbs.: Dustin Klingsporn (AXT) went 3-0 in round-robin play. Nate Ruhl (CEN), 2-1; Tyson Linner (ALM), 1-2; Andrew Merritt (CEN), 0-3.

126 lbs.: Jared Bennet (SV) won by fall over Dustin Charron (CEN) (Fall 1:31) for 1st place. Jacob Lantins (SUT) won by fall over Jaden Henderson (MV) for 3rd place (Fall 0:42).

132 lbs.: Kelen Meyer (FRA) won a 3-2 decision over Bryan Zutavem (ST) for 1st place. Chase DeVries (SCU) won by fall over Kyle Johnson (ALM) for 3rd place (fall 1:45).

138 lbs.: Nick Mandl (NOR) won a 14-8 decision over Riley Ritner (WH) for 1st place. Jackson Koller (ARA) won by fall over Skyler Grossnicklaus (SV) for 3rd place (fall 2:22).

145 lbs.: William White (SUT) won a 3-2 decision over Conner Schutz (ELW) for 1st place. Daylan Russell (ALM) won by fall over Evan Hewett (ST) for 3rd place (fall 1:33).

152 lbs.: Toby Scheuneman (FRA) won by fall over Derek Gibson (SUT) for 1st place (fall 1:49). Shawn Anderson (SV) won a 6-5 decision over Tate Shoemaker (STM) for 3rd place.

160 lbs.: Chase Becker (SV) won by fall over Joseph Felix (ALM) for 1st place (fall 1:07). Ryan Haack (SCU) won by fall over Hunter Steinbach (SCU) for 3rd place (fall 1:23).

170 lbs.: Jared Atkeson (STM) won by fall over Gavin Sproul (NOR) for 1st place (fall 1:31). Tyson McCurdy (ALM) won a 10-0 major decision over Justin Pendleton (MV) for 3rd place.

182 lbs.: Ethan Sharp (RCBH) won by medical forfeit over Chase Haussermann (FRA) for 1st place. Jaekob Spitz (SCU) won a 9-7 decision over Antonio Ponce (SUT) for 3rd place.

195 lbs.: Colt Rademacher (SCU) won a 16-5 major decision over James Hargett (SV) for 1st place. Nick Crouse (FRA) won by fall over Alex Auker (NOR) for 3rd place (fall 3:55).

220 lbs.: Austin Simmons (CEN) won by fall over Lane Deisley (RCBH) for 1st place (fall 4:00). Cole Rosenkrans (STM) won by fall over Hector Lugo (ALM) for 3rd place (fall 4:15).

285 lbs.: Hunter Rempe (SCU) went 5-0 in round-robin play. A.J. Skaggs (AXT), 4-1; Gavin Harold (SUT), 3-2; Anthony Benscotter (ST), 2-3; Anderson (CEN), 1-4; Graf (ALM), 0-5.

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