Roughrider wrestlers lead area pack at RPAC
MAXWELL, Neb. — The Southwest Roughrider wrestlers earned a top three RPAC team place to lead all area squads at Saturday’s annual tournament.
Southwest scored 132.5 points for third overall just ahead of Arapahoe in fourth place with 126 points and top five Southern Valley’s 112.
Medicine Valley (seventh/96 points), Dundy County-Stratton (eighth/84), Cambridge (ninth/82) and Hitchcock County (10th/68) completed the top 10.
There were some area individual champions including Hitchcock County’s Seth Hare, won an 8-7 final thriller over Southwest freshman Jacob Kerns at 132 pounds.
Senior Brendan Warman continued his awesome 33-2 season for Dundy County-STratton with a 120-pound title, needing only 43 seconds to win his title match over Southern Valley’s Pete Brown.
Arapahoe freshman Levi Kerner has become quite the high school newcomer, posting a 28-8 record and winning the RPAC heavyweight title by conquering Southwest senior Logan Kircher by an 11-4 final count.
The Roughriders got a title from Brett Tryon to help secure their top three team place.
120 pounds
Champion — Brenden Warman of Dundy County-Stratton
Warman, 33-2, Sr. over Trevor Brown (Southern Valley) 18-13, Fr. (Fall 0:43)
3rd Place Match
Matthew Wissink (Dundy County-Stratton) 18-12, Sr. over Ashton Vargas (Arapahoe) 21-17, Fr. (Fall 1:14)
5th Place Match
Hunter Miner (Wauneta-Palisade) 7-18, Fr. over Zach Halbert (Alma) 9-24, So. (Fall 4:19)
285
Champion — Levi Kerner of Arapahoe
Kerner (Arapahoe) 28-8, Fr. over Logan Kircher (Southwest) 19-7, Sr. (Dec 11-4)
3rd Place Match
Remington Hodges (Hitchcock County) 21-6, Jr. over Bryson Shoemaker (Southwest) 15-12, So. (Dec 8-5)
5th Place Match
Gage Petersen (Hitchcock County) 6-7, Jr. over Therran Bernard (Dundy County-Stratton) 7-20, Fr. (Fall 1:15)
106
1st Place Match
Trevin Edwards (Loomis/Bertrand) 28-5, So. over Chet Fisher (Southern Valley) 21-13, So. (MD 13-0)
3rd Place Match
Colby Hoskovec (Wauneta-Palisade) 10-17, Fr. over Tristan White (Arapahoe) 28-9, Fr. (M. For.)
113
2nd Place - Shane Horwart of Cambridge
126
Champion — Joel Priest of Hitchcock County
2nd Place - Garrett Latimer of Southwest
3rd Place - Kaden Bonini of Medicine Valley
5th Place - John tenBensel of Cambridge
132
Champion — Seth Hare of Hitchcock County
1st Place Match
Hare (Hitchcock County) 15-7, Jr. over Jacob Kerns (Southwest) 10-7, Fr. (UTB 8-7)
3rd Place Match
Cody Lambert (Southern Valley) 21-11, Jr. over John Kenney (Loomis/Bertrand) 21-13, So. (Fall 5:07)
5th Place Match
Reid Stout (Medicine Valley) 10-8, Sr. over Jackson Koller (Arapahoe) 25-13, Sr. (Fall 3:26)
138
Champion: Brett Tryon of Southwest
2nd Place - John Lee of Arapahoe
3rd Place - Jaden Henderson of Medicine Valley
145
2nd Place - Kaden Guerrero of Southwest
3rd Place - Shawn Anderson of Southern Valley
4th Place - Dominik Roberts of Arapahoe
152
2nd Place - Matthew Van Pelt of Southwest
1st Place Match
Ayden Molzahn (Alma) 26-9, Fr. over Van Pelt (Southwest) 27-8, So. (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match
Dalton Whisenhunt (Maxwell) 24-9, So. over Josh Paisley (Cambridge) 16-18, Jr. (Fall 0:59)
5th Place Match
Pete Brown (Southern Valley) 18-14, Sr. over Riece Haines (Dundy County-Stratton) 1-9, Jr. (Fall 3:37)
160
3rd Place - Jonah Shimmin of Arapahoe
4th Place - Chase Wiese of Dundy County-Stratton
5th Place - Skyler Grossnicklaus of Southern Valley
6th Place - Asher Kahler of Medicine Valley
170
2nd Place - Dylan Davis-Mack of Medicine Valley
1st Place Match
Tyson McCurdy (Alma) 34-5, Sr. over Davis-Mack, 18-7, Sr. (Fall 2:55)
3rd Place Match
James Hargett (Southern Valley) 17-7, Jr. over Joel Abramson (Loomis/Bertrand) 21-12, So. (Fall 1:42)
5th Place Match
Bobby Evans (Cambridge) 22-13, So. over Branigan Schaben (Arapahoe) 21-17, Sr. (Fall 4:33)
182
2nd Place - Drew Sprinkle of Cambridge
1st Place Match
Daylan Russell (Alma) 32-3, Jr. over Sprinkle , 20-7, Sr. (Fall 2:26)
3rd Place Match
Tyler Wolfe (Maxwell) 29-9, Jr. over Kaden Cole (Medicine Valley) 19-20, So. (Fall 0:49)
5th Place Match
Cole Downey (Southwest) 6-8, So. over Julien Grindle (Cambridge) 5-14, Fr. (Fall 5:42)
195
Champion: Austin Wolfe of Medicine Valley
2nd Place - Brock White of Loomis/Bertrand
5th Place - Wyatt Ervin of Cambridge
220
2nd Place - Delton Haines of Dundy County-Stratton
3rd Place - Cameron Meyers of Arapahoe
4th Place - Keithen Huntley of Cambridge
5th Place - Taylor Donohue of Cambridge
6th Place - Cole Hamilton of Wauneta-Palisade.